TRADE WARS - INDO DAILY

EU hopes for trade pact with Indonesia within two years

Sep 20, 2022 (AFP)

"We think it is feasible by mid-2024" to conclude a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, Valdis Dombrovskis told reporters in the Indonesian capital Ja...

Covid curbs leave Hong Kong musicians on their 'last dollar'

Sep 20, 2022 (AFP)

The coronavirus has battered live performances around the world, especially in the first 18 months of the pandemic, but nowhere has that hardship lasted longer ...

Markets drop again as traders brace for another big Fed hike

Sep 19, 2022 (AFP)

With recent data showing US inflation rooted at four-decade highs, investors are increasingly pessimistic about the outlook for the global economy. Some observe...

EU seeks emergency powers over supply chains

Sep 19, 2022 (AFP)

The proposal is part of the EU's answer to its bruising experience during the worst of the Covid pandemic, when the United States and China stopped exports of v...

Biden says warned Xi of investor fallout if China backs Russia's war

Sep 18, 2022 (AFP)

In an excerpt of an interview with CBS due to air Sunday, Biden said he told Xi that violating the sanctions would be a "gigantic mistake," but said that so far...

China-Russia: an unequal and fragile relationship

Sep 16, 2022 (AFP)

Xi and Putin Thursday held a bilateral meeting in Uzbekistan on the sidelines of a regional security summit, in a hugely symbolic encounter under the shadow of ...

China retail sales, industrial production beat expectations in August

Sep 16, 2022 (AFP)

The world's second-largest economy saw a bounce in business activity, with retail sales up by 5.4 percent year-on-year in August, according to official data. Th...

Xi urges more 'political trust' with Turkey in Erdogan meeting

Sep 16, 2022 (AFP)

Xi and Erdogan met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Turkey is a dialogue partner of the SCO, whi...

Asian stocks edge higher, with all eyes on Fed rate path

Sep 15, 2022 (AFP)

The data showed US yearly inflation slowing less than expected and monthly inflation rising, stoking fears that the US Federal Reserve would continue its aggres...

EU chief talks Ukraine 'accession' with Zelensky in Kyiv

Sep 15, 2022 (AFP)

Her trip coincided with a meeting between Vladimir Putin and his increasingly close ally Chinese leader Xi Jinping in ex-Soviet Uzbekistan, where the Russian le...

'Naivety' towards China on trade is 'over': Germany

Sep 15, 2022 (AFP)

Any "naivety" in relations with China was "over", German Economy Minister Robert Habeck told a press conference after hosting a meeting of G7 trade ministers. "...

Xi says China willing to work with Russia on 'core interests'

Sep 15, 2022 (AFP)

"China is willing to work with Russia to strongly support issues concerning each other's core interests, and deepen practical cooperation on trade, agriculture,...

EU to ban products made using forced labour, risking China anger

Sep 14, 2022 (AFP)

The plan by Brussels does not specifically mention China, but will instead focus on all products made from forced labour -- including those made within the bloc...

Iran says will pursue membership of Russia, China-led bloc

Sep 14, 2022 (AFP)

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) -- made up of China, Russia, India, Pakistan and four ex-Soviet Central Asian countries -- was set up in 2001 as a p...

Summit with Putin, Xi to showcase 'alternative' to West: Kremlin

Sep 13, 2022 (AFP)

Putin and Xi will be joined by the leaders of India, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran and several other countries for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ...

Asian and European markets rally, euro surges

Sep 12, 2022 (AFP)

The euro surged in early trading, a day after German central bank chief Joachim Nagel signalled that the European Central Bank (ECB) would probably continue rai...

China's Xi to visit Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan this week

Sep 12, 2022 (AFP)

Russia had already announced last week Xi will meet with President Vladimir Putin at a leaders' summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Uzbekis...

Modi to attend regional summit with Russia, China, Pakistan

Sep 11, 2022 (AFP)

The gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) comprising China, Russia, four Central Asian countries -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Ta...

Asian markets rally, dollar dips as traders price in policy tightening

Sep 09, 2022 (AFP)

The more confident mood was reflected in a dip in the dollar, which has surged in recent weeks to multi-decade highs against its major peers owing to the Federa...

US launches Asia economic forum to counter China

Sep 08, 2022 (AFP)

The two-day event is the first face-to-face meeting between members of the new Indo-Pacific Economic Prosperity Framework (IPEF), an initiative launched in May ...