TRADE WARS - INDO DAILY

Trade disputes to dominate as ASEAN meets in Bangkok

Jun 20, 2019 (AFP)

Disputes in the flashpoint South China Sea and Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims are also likely to make the agenda at the two-day Association of Southeas...

China tells top global CEOs it will 'further open up'

Jun 20, 2019 (AFP)

Washington and other trade partners have long complained about the uneven playing field foreign companies encounter in China, theft of intellectual property and...

Sri Lanka in talks with China for $1.0 billion loan

Jun 20, 2019 (AFP)

Talks are underway with China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to raise the new loan in addition to the $1.2 billion obtained from international ag...

Chinese worker killed in Bangladesh construction site clash

Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)

Police said the violence was triggered by the death of a Bangladeshi worker at the site of a China-funded 1,320-megawatt plant, prompting locals to accuse the C...

In China's Chongqing, high-rises buck property slowdown

Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)

The most audacious evidence is one of the newest additions to the city's skyline, a mega project of eight futuristic high-rises, six of which are connected by a...

Reforms and transparency needed for Belt and Road success: World Bank

Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)

President Xi Jinping's signature foreign policy aims to reinvent the ancient Silk Road to connect Asia to Europe and Africa through massive investments in marit...

Trump-Xi meeting at G20 raises hope for trade truce

Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)

The two leaders spoke on the phone on Tuesday, weeks after negotiations broke down when Trump accused Beijing of reneging on its commitments, hiked tariffs on $...

US-Japan trade deal progress likely in 'months': US official

Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)

The testimony by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer comes a week before US officials are due to meet Japanese counterparts on the sidelines of the Group ...

With 'Libra,' Facebook takes on the world of cryptocurrency

Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)

The Libra coin plan, backed by financial and nonprofit partners, represents an ambitious new initiative for the world's biggest social network with the potentia...

China to block pork imports from Canadian firm: Xinhua

Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)

Sino-Canadian relations have been frosty since the December arrest in Vancouver of a top executive of telecoms giant Huawei on a US extradition request related ...

With virtual money, Facebook bets on disrupting the world, again

Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)

The Libra cryptocurrency unveiled Tuesday by Facebook with two dozen partners aims to bring financial services and online commerce to more than a billion "unban...

EU urged to halt trade talks with S. America over Brazil abuses

Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)

The appeal from more than 340 groups could further complicate the European Union's bid to conclude 20 years of talks for a free trade agreement with Brazil and ...

Trump-Xi meeting planned for G20 raises hope for trade truce

Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)

Trump said the leaders had a "good" conversation, while Xi said the countries have more to gain by cooperating than by engaging in a protracted battle. The comm...

Businesses clamor for Trump's ear as $300 bn in new China tariffs loom

Jun 17, 2019 (AFP)

And on Monday, seven days of public hearings are due to begin as major businesses issue their loudest warnings yet about layoffs, lost business and America's wa...

More worry for China as industrial growth disappoints

Jun 14, 2019 (AFP)

Authorities have for years been attempting to transition the world's number two economy from a reliance on state investment and exports to a more stable model d...

China probes FedEx after Huawei parcels misrouted

Jun 14, 2019 (AFP)

FedEx apologised earlier this month for the delivery mishap after Chinese telecoms giant Huawei said it was reviewing its ties with the package service over the...

Amazon dethrones Google as top global brand: survey

Jun 11, 2019 (AFP)

The brand value of Amazon surged by 52 percent to $315 billion, global market research agency Kantar said in its 2019 100 Top BrandZ report. Amazon jumped from ...

Beijing mum on Trump-Xi meeting at G20 summit

Jun 11, 2019 (AFP)

Trump said a meeting with Xi has been "scheduled" during the G20 summit in Japan later this month, and that he expected the Chinese leader to attend. "We have n...

China's exports beat forecast to rise as trade war heats up

Jun 10, 2019 (AFP)

The spat between the world's top two economies escalated last month, with President Donald Trump increasing tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods. But Chines...

Trump delivers hard line on new China tariffs threat

Jun 10, 2019 (AFP)

Trump delivered his hardline message ahead of the G20 summit on June 28-29 in Osaka, Japan, which could mark a turning point in the trade dispute between the wo...