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Costco cuts short China debut after shoppers swamp store
Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)
The massive warehouse outlet issued a notice to users of its official app in the early afternoon saying that it would no longer allow more customers through the...
Trump says trade talks 'to start very shortly' as Costco opens first China store
Aug 26, 2019 (AFP)
"China called last night..., said let's get back to the table. So we'll be getting back to the table," Trump told reporters at the G7 summit in Biarritz. Trump ...
Signs of hope as Trump says US-China trade talks back on
Aug 26, 2019 (AFP)
The two sides have been embroiled in a bruising year-long dispute that has seen tariffs slapped on billions of dollars worth of goods in two-way trade, with the...
Trump aides downplay 'order' to US companies to leave China
Aug 25, 2019 (AFP)
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House economics advisor Larry Kudlow took to the airwaves from France, where Trump is participating in the G7 summit...
Costco bets on international appetite for first Chinese store
Aug 25, 2019 (AFP)
The move also comes at a challenging time with Beijing and Washington engaged in a tense trade war that has seen them swap punitive tariffs on hundreds of billi...
Tusk says 'hard to imagine' EU-Mercosur trade deal while Amazon burns
Aug 24, 2019 (AFP)
The European Union "stands by the EU-Mercosur agreement", Tusk told reporters at a G7 meeting in Biarritz in southern France on Saturday. "It is hard to imagine...
UK's Johnson opposes blocking EU-LatAm trade deal over Brazil
Aug 24, 2019 (AFP)
French President Emmanuel Macron has backed the blocking of the Mercosur Free Trade Agreement with the EU after lashing out at the policies of Brazilian counter...
Pressure mounting on EU to end ivory trade
Aug 21, 2019 (AFP)
Poaching has decimated the world elephant population, which slumped in Africa from several million at the turn of the 19th century to around 400,000 in 2015. Ac...
US ports brace for surge of imports ahead of new tariffs on China
Aug 21, 2019 (AFP)
US importers, retailers and shippers are bracing for a new round of punitive duties on Chinese goods set to hit in two steps, September 1 and December 15, likel...
In high-tech Japan, cash is still king
Aug 21, 2019 (AFP)
Four out of five purchases are still made with cash in Japan, despite its reputation as a futuristic and innovative nation. In South Korea, some 90 percent of t...
Macron says tech giants enjoy 'permanent tax haven status'
Aug 21, 2019 (AFP)
"The global tech players do not contribute financially to the funding of the common good, it is not sustainable," the president told reporters. He said he had o...
Obamas' first film charts life in US factory under China bosses
Aug 19, 2019 (AFP)
But the worker in question is American, not Chinese, and is finding life very different under new management after billionaire "Chairman Cao" swept into town to...
Germany warns of possible recession, mulls stimulus
Aug 19, 2019 (AFP)
"The economy could contract again slightly" this summer, Germany's central bank said in its monthly report, following a 0.1-percent decline in gross domestic pr...
US and China seeking to revive trade talks: Trump advisor
Aug 18, 2019 (AFP)
If calls between both sides' deputies pan out in the next 10 days "and we can have a substantive renewal of negotiations," Larry Kudlow said on "Fox News Sunday...
Consumers supporting US economy amid manufacturing slump
Aug 16, 2019 (AFP)
"The economy is phenomenal," Trump said Thursday. "We had a couple of bad days but we are going to have some very good days because we had to take on China." Bu...
The Turkish army pension fund taking over British Steel
Aug 16, 2019 (AFP)
Through its affiliate, Ataer Holding, it has signed a provisional deal to buy British Steel after the UK steelmaker was forced into liquidation in May. The Anka...
Greenland cold-shoulders Trump's reported buyer's wish
Aug 16, 2019 (AFP)
Trump has expressed interest in the self-governing part of Denmark -- which is mostly covered in ice, -- asking advisors if it is possible for the US to acquire...
Crisis-hit Hong Kong: China's gateway to the world
Aug 15, 2019 (AFP)
The global financial hub has been shaken by 10 weeks of pro-democracy protests which could have an impact worse than the 2008 global economic crisis, Hong Kong ...
China economy shows new signs of weakness with soft data
Aug 14, 2019 (AFP)
The figures are the latest to highlight how the world's second-largest economy is being battered by an escalating trade war with the United States and weak glob...
Chinese and US trade negotiators speak on phone
Aug 13, 2019 (AFP)
China's chief negotiator Vice Premier Liu He and Commerce Minister Zhong Shan spoke with their US counterparts, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Repr...
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