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US economy untouched by trade war: Mnuchin
Sep 09, 2019 (AFP)
The remarks brushed aside concerns prompted by recent economic data showing slower employment growth, falling business investment and a weakening manufacturing ...
China's exports fall in August as US trade war rumbles
Sep 08, 2019 (AFP)
The drop comes after a surprise 3.3 percent rebound in July despite the yearlong battle with Washington and weakening global demand. But economists cited by Blo...
China to cut reserve requirements for banks to boost economy
Sep 06, 2019 (AFP)
The People's Bank of China (PBoC) will cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) on September 16 by 50 basis points, it said in a statement, reducing the amount o...
Vexed Canada takes China to WTO over canola ban
Sep 06, 2019 (AFP)
In a news release, Carr said Canada raised concerns at the WTO General Council in May about the ban that has compounded already strained relations. Now Canada i...
Trump bullish on China tariffs, but aide warns of long haul
Sep 06, 2019 (AFP)
Top-level negotiators are due to resume stalled talks in Washington early next month, with lower-level staff preparing the way in late September, according to o...
US, China to resume trade talks in Washington in October
Sep 05, 2019 (AFP)
The world's two biggest economies have been embroiled in a tense year-long tariffs row, which escalated on September 1 when both sides swapped fresh levies on g...
US slaps fresh duties on Chinese, Mexican steel goods
Sep 04, 2019 (AFP)
The Commerce Department's findings, which are preliminary and could be reversed, follow a similar decision in June concerning Chinese alloy aluminum imports val...
Getting out -- tariffs push some US manufacturers to exit China
Sep 04, 2019 (AFP)
Buttolph, chief finance officer at Xentris Wireless, expects that his company will never return to China after completing a move that he describes as "a kind of...
Hong Kong stocks surge after extradition bill withdrawal reports
Sep 04, 2019 (AFP)
The Hang Seng index leapt more than three percent in afternoon trade after the South China Morning Post and HK01 both published reports that the city's pro-Beij...
Rising US exports shrink trade deficit; China imports fall
Sep 04, 2019 (AFP)
The relatively steady deficit comes as hopes dim for a near-term resolution to the US-China conflict, which has begun to rattle the American economy. Economists...
Trump hardens tone on China as trade war rattles economy
Sep 03, 2019 (AFP)
After a month of escalations in the year-long battle with Beijing, Trump fired off another Twitter blitz, saying Chinese negotiators may be holding out for a be...
EU locked in 'long battle' against Chinese fraud
Sep 03, 2019 (AFP)
"The biggest, most worrying border is between China and your home," said Ernesto Bianchi, head of the investigations directorate in the EU's anti-fraud office O...
China lodges WTO trade complaint against US: govt
Sep 02, 2019 (AFP)
The world's two biggest economies have been embroiled in a bruising year-long trade war which escalated further on Sunday when Washington moved ahead with fresh...
US, China to talk trade Thursday: Trump
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
"There's a talk scheduled for today at a different level," Trump told Fox News Radio, without elaborating. He rebutted prior news reports skeptical of his claim...
China hints may not retaliate for latest US tariff hike
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
Last week China and the US exchanged the latest blows in the year-long trade dispute, with Beijing announcing it would hit $75 billion worth of US goods in reta...
Slow boat to China: cargo ships urged to cut speed and pollution
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
Here, AFP looks at how the debate took shape and is evolving: - Ecological impact - Shipping represents 2.3 percent of carbon dioxide (C02) emissions, according...
New China tariffs a 'job killer,' US industry tells Trump
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
The latest cry for peace in Trump's year-long trade war came just days before the first in series of tariff increases is due to go into effect -- potentially ra...
Thomas Cook agrees to Chinese-led rescue
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
The recapitalisation, worth the equivalent of 994 million euros or $1.1 billion, sent Thomas Cook stock crashing by a fifth as analysts warned that shareholders...
Norway says timing of EFTA-Mercosur pact 'awful'
Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)
Faced with massive criticism for his handling of the blazes in the rainforests, Brazilian President Jose Bolsonaro on Friday announced the agreement between EFT...
US tech industry cool on Trump deal on France digital tax
Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) reacted a day after Trump and Macron agreed on a plan that would see France scrap its digital tax once...
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