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Markets extend rally on hopes Fed near end of rate hike cycle
Jul 14, 2023 (AFP)
Global markets have been bubbling this week on hopes for an end to monetary tightening aimed at taming inflation, which was fuelled by post-Covid reopening, sup...
EU Commission rebuffs Paris demand to 'reconsider' American hire
Jul 14, 2023 (AFP)
"The decision was made. We see no grounds to reconsider," commission spokeswoman Dana Spinant said. The French government on Thursday asked the commission to re...
Blinken rallies SE Asia against 'coercion', in swipe at China
Jul 14, 2023 (AFP)
Blinken met foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta at a gathering that also brought the top diplomats of China and...
Australia raises human rights, trade with China's top diplomat
Jul 14, 2023 (AFP)
Foreign Minister Penny Wong also suggested a long-awaited trip to Beijing by the Australian prime minister could be put on ice until a lingering trade dispute b...
Top US, Chinese diplomats to meet at ASEAN talks
Jul 13, 2023 (AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Wang Yi, China's top foreign policy official, will meet on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations talk...
Markets surge on hopes Fed close to end of hiking cycle
Jul 13, 2023 (AFP)
Traders already had a spring in their step this week on signs that the US central bank's monetary tightening measures were kicking in, fanning speculation that ...
Germany bolsters approach to more 'assertive' China
Jul 13, 2023 (AFP)
Seeking a balance between competing interests of the EU's biggest economy, the document overhauls Germany's stance toward China as a "partner, competitor and sy...
China exports plunge in June, deepening economic woes
Jul 13, 2023 (AFP)
Overseas shipments are a key pillar of growth in the world's second-largest economy but apart from a brief rebound in March and April, they have declined since ...
ASEAN-plus-three to meet on South China Sea, economic ties
Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)
China will be represented at the talks by top diplomat Wang Yi instead of Foreign Minister Qin Gang after Qin pulled out for "health reasons", according to the ...
Most markets advance as US inflation data looms
Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)
Regional equities have enjoyed a broadly positive week so far after China signalled a long-running crackdown on the tech sector was nearing an end while officia...
Stock markets mostly rise on China support; pound rallies
Jul 11, 2023 (AFP)
Traders were looking ahead to US inflation data this week, set to provide fresh indication of the Federal Reserve's interest rate plans. Hong Kong was again one...
Yellen sees 'desire on both sides' for productive US-China ties
Jul 10, 2023 (AFP)
Yellen's comments on National Public Radio's Marketplace program come after a four-day visit to Beijing during which she met with China's new economic leadershi...
New Zealand signs 'ambitious' trade deal with EU
Jul 09, 2023 (AFP)
The deal, agreed in June 2022 after four years of tough negotiations, is "ambitious", said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. "It is a very wel...
US-China cooperation in climate finance 'critical': Yellen
Jul 08, 2023 (AFP)
Yellen is on a four-day trip to Beijing, as the United States seeks to cool tensions and stress areas of collaboration between the world's two largest economies...
AIIB says internal review found 'no evidence' of China influence
Jul 07, 2023 (AFP)
Bob Pickard, a former communications chief, resigned from the lender last month, saying it "serves China's interest" and was "a resource to the geopolitical goa...
Blinken to seek ASEAN pushback on China, pressure on Myanmar
Jul 07, 2023 (AFP)
Blinken will travel to Jakarta for talks with foreign ministers of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), flying straight from Lithuania where he will ...
Yellen says 'impossible' to decouple China, US economies
Jul 07, 2023 (AFP)
Yellen's four-day trip is her first as Treasury chief to China, with which the United States is butting heads over trade curbs, human rights and a litany of oth...
Maritime sector seals carbon-cutting deal but sparks criticism
Jul 07, 2023 (AFP)
The London-based IMO said its Marine Environment Protection Commission has adopted a "historic... strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international...
Yellen heads to China as US seeks to stabilize ties
Jul 06, 2023 (AFP)
Yellen's trip through Sunday will be her first to China as treasury secretary, and comes just weeks after Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a rare visit to...
Equities track Wall St losses as traders brace for more Fed hikes
Jul 06, 2023 (AFP)
The notes added to worries about the global economic outlook after another round of depressed data out of China highlighted the tough work facing authorities as...
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