TRADE WARS

News About World Trade

7,281 articles

G20: Bali preps for everything from security risks to tsunamis
Nov 13, 2022 (AFP)
Seventeen world leaders -- bar Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the leaders of Mexico and Brazil -- will seek solutions to myriad global crises on the Musl...
Biden hopes to find areas with Xi to 'work cooperatively': aide
Nov 13, 2022 (AFP)
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Biden hoped that he and Xi would be "totally straightforward" during the meeting in Bali. Biden wants to "try to co...
Asian shares surge as investors cheer slower US inflation
Nov 11, 2022 (AFP)
Hong Kong stocks rocketed six percent at the open while Tokyo's key Nikkei index also surged, closing up almost three percent. The gains extended global rallies...
Biden seeks to gauge US, China 'red lines' with Xi
Nov 09, 2022 (AFP)
A day before flying to Asia, Biden indirectly confirmed plans to meet Xi on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in what would be their first encounter since...
China's ultra-rich squeezed by slowing economy: Hurun ranking
Nov 09, 2022 (AFP)
The Hurun China Rich List, released Tuesday, said the total wealth of all individuals with a minimum net worth of 5 billion yuan ($691 million) dropped by 18 pe...
Dark clouds over China's economy as zero-Covid, global slowdown bite
Nov 09, 2022 (AFP)
The world's second-largest economy reported its first decline in exports since the early days of the pandemic last month, while factory activity and gate prices...
China factory gate prices fall for first time in nearly two years; As ultra-rich get squeezed
Nov 09, 2022 (AFP)
The producer price index (PPI) fell by 1.3 percent on-year in October, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), pushing it into negative territory ...
Asian markets mixed ahead of US midterms
Nov 08, 2022 (AFP)
Shares fell in Hong Kong and Shanghai as speculation about a rollback of China's strict zero-Covid policies fuelled market volatility, even after the government...
EU leader's speech to major China trade expo cancelled: diplomats
Nov 08, 2022 (AFP)
The pre-recorded video address was meant to be shown at Friday's opening of the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, but Michel's spokesman and t...
China calls for 'rebuilding mutual trust' with Australia
Nov 08, 2022 (AFP)
Australia and China maintained virtually no high-level communication during the Covid-19 pandemic, when Beijing slapped a trade embargo on billions of dollars w...
Asian markets rise despite China's zero-Covid pledge
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
Global markets and oil prices were buoyant last week on hopes that Beijing may begin to roll back policies aimed at stamping out the disease within its borders....
China exports fall in October, first decline since 2020
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
Exports fell 0.3 percent year-on-year in October, according to the General Administration of Customs, a steep drop from September's 5.7 percent increase and wel...
Vast Hong Kong villa development plot sold to cover Evergrande debts
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
The undeveloped plot in the border district of Yuen Long was sold for nearly $637 million, with Evergrande saying it expected to record a loss of approximately ...
WTO urges countries to lift green trade barriers
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
In its annual World Trade Report, the WTO says international commerce should not be pitted against combating the climate crisis. The report comes as global lead...
UK's new PM touts migrant cooperation after Macron meet
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
Sunak has taken a much more positive tone towards Macron than his short-lived predecessor Liz Truss, who infamously refused to say whether the president was a f...
UK trade minister heads to Taiwan for talks, sparks China rebuke
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
Trade Policy Minister Greg Hands will co-host annual talks and meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during his two-day visit, the Department for Internati...
Germany's Scholz seeks closer ties in China visit
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Scholz is the first G7 leader to visit China since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen the world's number two economy largely close its border...
Stocks, oil prices rally on China hopes
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Equities also got a boost from the latest US jobs data, which showed that hiring remained resilient and wages continued to rise, though at a slower pace, raisin...
German leader calls for equal trade ties in controversial China summit
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Scholz is under pressure to push Beijing to get tough on Russia over the war in Ukraine, and he said Friday that Germany and China had agreed they both opposed ...
Most Asian markets rise as China hopes boost Hong Kong
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Fed boss Jerome Powell's pushback against expectations of a softer approach to monetary tightening sent shivers through trading floors and ramped up fears of a ...
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.