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Sri Lanka enters port deal with Japan, India
May 28, 2019 (AFP)
The state-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) said a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) had been signed between the three countries to develop what is known as th...
Trade war threatens US access to rare earths: China state media
May 28, 2019 (AFP)
The commentary follows President Xi Jinping's visit last week to a Chinese rare earths company -- a move widely read as a threat, after President Donald Trump b...
China digs in for protracted trade fight with US
May 26, 2019 (AFP)
The trade spat has turned into a war of words since President Donald Trump blacklisted Huawei last week over concerns the telecom giant's equipment could be use...
Chinese regulators take over small lender
May 24, 2019 (AFP)
The rare takeover of a domestic lender -- announced by the People's Bank of China and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission in a joint statement...
US, China dig in heels on Huawei as tech war intensifies
May 23, 2019 (AFP)
The world's top two economies stepped up their rhetoric following President Donald Trump's decision to blacklist the smartphone and telecom firm over worries th...
China slams US 'bullying' as firms step away from Huawei
May 23, 2019 (AFP)
Beijing also warned that Washington must show "sincerity" for trade talks to resume after President Donald Trump's moves against Huawei stoked tensions between ...
IMF warns US-China trade war will 'jeopardize' 2019 global growth
May 23, 2019 (AFP)
Gita Gopinath, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist, directly refuted President Donald Trump's claim that tariffs are paid by China and provide a w...
US official acknowledges consumers will pay some tariff costs
May 22, 2019 (AFP)
Mnuchin's remarks were at odds with the message hammered by President Donald Trump, who claims China pays for the tariffs, creating a windfall for the US govern...
US firms rethink China presence because of trade war
May 22, 2019 (AFP)
The recent poll by the American Chamber of Commerce in China and its sister organisation in Shanghai paints a gloomy picture of the business environment for Ame...
Portugal to issue 'panda bonds' in eurozone first
May 22, 2019 (AFP)
One of the European countries most open to Chinese investment, Portugal plans to place two billion renminbi, or yuan, of three-year bonds, according to a financ...
Fears as Chinese investment in Australia falls
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
After hitting a peak of Aus$15.8 billion (US$10.4 billion) in 2016, Chinese firms invested Aus$4.8 billion in the country last year, the Australian National Uni...
Huawei sees US 'bullying' as threat to rules-based trade
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
Abraham Liu, Huawei's envoy in Brussels, played up what he said were his firm's common interests with Europe and pledged to go the "extra mile" to ease EU secur...
Nepal bans Chinese digital wallets
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
Over 150,000 Chinese holidaymakers visited Nepal last year, many using digital wallets to pay in hotels, restaurants and shops in tourist areas -- especially in...
Nike ditches shoe design after Panama's indigenous Guna protest
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
Lawyers for the Guna said the special-edition Air Force 1 model shoe sports a traditional "mola" design without their permission, flouting their intellectual pr...
OECD cuts global growth forecast as US-China tensions rise
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
"Governments must act urgently to reinvigorate growth that benefits all," the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said as it pared back its f...
Adidas, Nike, PUMA say new tariffs on China would be 'catastrophic'
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
In a letter to Trump, those big name manufacturers joined forces with more than 170 other American shoe manufacturers and retailers calling for footwear to be e...
Dutch issue first 'green bond'
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
It is aiming to raise between four and six billion euros ($4.5 billion to $6.7 billion) up to July 2040, according to HSBC, one of the banks handling the operat...
Canada lawmakers in China to press for detainees' release
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
"China is making stronger moves than it has before to try to get its own way on the world stage and Western countries and democracies around the world are point...
EU firms 'caught in crossfire' of US-China trade war
May 20, 2019 (AFP)
The clash between Beijing and Washington does not benefit European companies, contrary to what some might have hoped at the beginning of the dispute last year, ...
Huawei ban a salvo in widening US-China standoff
May 20, 2019 (AFP)
The Trump administration has waged an intense global campaign against Huawei and last week hit it hard with orders that restrict the company's US sales and make...
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