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Most markets down as US debt impasse sparks Fitch ratings warning
May 25, 2023 (AFP)
Nerves have been rattled across global markets owing to a lack of real headway in the standoff on Capitol Hill to increase the US borrowing limit so it can meet...
China's Xi offers Russia 'firm support' in 'core interests'
May 24, 2023 (AFP)
China and Russia have in recent years ramped up economic and diplomatic cooperation, growing even closer since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine despite Beijing's in...
China's new ambassador arrives in US as 'severe challenges' fester
May 24, 2023 (AFP)
Xie Feng, a career diplomat with extensive experience in Washington, arrived in New York on Tuesday, Beijing's embassy in the US said in a statement. He replace...
Markets sink as US debt talks stutter, fuelling default fears
May 24, 2023 (AFP)
The optimism that flowed through trading floors at the start of the week has given way to trepidation, with several Republicans questioning an early June deadli...
Russia energy exports to China to grow by 40 percent: deputy PM
May 23, 2023 (AFP)
Novak travelled to Shanghai as part of a delegation accompanying Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Speaking at a Russian-Chinese Business Forum, Novak s...
Markets struggle despite 'productive' Biden-McCarthy debt talks
May 23, 2023 (AFP)
With just weeks to go before the United States runs out of cash, the standoff has become the key topic on trading floors on fears that a US failure to pay its b...
Biden says US, China should see a 'thaw very shortly'
May 21, 2023 (AFP)
Biden said relations had deteriorated in the months following his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit on the Indonesian island of Bali in ...
G7 vows economic coercion will 'face consequences'
May 20, 2023 (AFP)
Pushing back against Beijing's willingness to wield trade measures in diplomatic disputes has been a key theme of the bloc's meeting in Hiroshima though, in the...
US and Taiwan conclude trade negotiations
May 19, 2023 (AFP)
"This accomplishment represents an important step forward in strengthening the US-Taiwan economic relationship," US Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai sa...
Most Asian, European markets rally on US debt deal hope
May 19, 2023 (AFP)
But the regional mood was tempered by losses in Hong Kong and Shanghai fuelled by worries over China's economy. After weeks of lumbering talks on Capitol Hill, ...
Commerce minister to pay rare senior Chinese visit to US
May 19, 2023 (AFP)
Minister Wang Wentao will meet Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai in Washington, said Liu Pengyu, spokesman for the Chin...
Most Asian markets rally on US debt deal hope
May 19, 2023 (AFP)
After weeks of lumbering talks on Capitol Hill, congressional leaders appeared ready to put a proposal to lawmakers before the government runs out of cash, said...
Cannes gets rare look at real life in Chinese factories
May 19, 2023 (AFP)
Wang, who has delivered some of the most important and immersive documentaries about China, made "Youth (Spring)" from 2,600 hours of footage. The unflinching b...
Burberry profits rise, China reopening boosts sales
May 18, 2023 (AFP)
Net profit grew almost a quarter to 490 million pounds ($609 million) in the 12 months to the end of March, Burberry said in a statement. Revenue climbed 10 per...
Markets rally on US debt deal optimism
May 18, 2023 (AFP)
Markets have been skittish in recent sessions with Republicans and Democrats unable to find common ground as the deadline for a deal to raise the country's borr...
EU lawmakers urge environmental protections from Brazil
May 18, 2023 (AFP)
"The European side needs... a clear commitment and clear mechanisms on sustainability," European Parliament member Anna Cavazzini of Germany told AFP in Sao Pau...
Markets mixed as sluggish debt talks worry investors
May 17, 2023 (AFP)
Regional traders were provided a tepid lead from Wall Street, where disappointing retail sales data and weak earnings from Home Depot indicated softening consum...
Italy treading carefully on China's Belt and Road
May 17, 2023 (AFP)
Debt-ridden Italy in 2019 became the only one of the group of leading developed democracies to sign up to China's trillion-dollar investment scheme, which criti...
Fashion groups face new Uyghur forced labour complaint in France
May 17, 2023 (AFP)
The complaint, filed on Tuesday, includes allegations of crimes against humanity, aggravated reduction to servitude, genocide and human trafficking. The compani...
EU, India vow to boost trade ties despite differences
May 16, 2023 (AFP)
The European Union held its first-ever trade and technology council with Indian foreign, trade and communications ministers as they seek to bolster ties. The EU...
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