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Much to be done on China trade: US Trade Rep Lighthizer
Feb 27, 2019 (AFP)
After months of negotiating with Beijing, "now we are making real progress," US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in congressional testimony. However,...
A 'catastrophe' if US Congress fails to ratify USMCA: trade rep
Feb 27, 2019 (AFP)
In congressional testimony, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said American credibility was at stake in efforts to get lawmakers to ratify the US-Mexico...
Standard Chartered's 2018 profits rise despite setting aside fine cash
Feb 26, 2019 (AFP)
The UK-based bank has been stalked for years by probes on both sides of the Atlantic over alleged violations of United States sanctions against Iran and investi...
American businesses in China see gloomy year ahead
Feb 26, 2019 (AFP)
The survey of 314 US businesses by the American Chamber of Commerce in China provided a full accounting of challenges American business face after Beijing and W...
Trump to delay China tariff hike after trade talks 'progress'
Feb 25, 2019 (AFP)
Trump said there could be "very big news" in the next two weeks, and he planned to meet with Xi at the US leader's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida if more progress...
Trump says he sees 'signing summit' with China on trade
Feb 25, 2019 (AFP)
The comments cheered global stock markets, since they confirmed the dispute will not ratchet up immediately, averting an even bigger impact on the global econom...
Trump to greet China's trade negotiator as deadline presses
Feb 22, 2019 (AFP)
Just a week remains to avoid a sharp increase in US duty rates on more than $200 billion in Chinese exports -- though Trump has suggested he could extend the Ma...
Crunch time as high-level US-China trade talks resume
Feb 21, 2019 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed the talks with Beijing are going "very well," but concrete signs of progress have not been apparent in the thre...
Japan trade deficit expands in January as China-bound exports fall
Feb 20, 2019 (AFP)
Japan logged a trade deficit for the month of 1.41 trillion yen ($12.8 billion), 49.2 percent larger than a year before, the finance ministry said. Exports were...
BHP posts lower profits, warns of China trade risk
Feb 19, 2019 (AFP)
The underlying profit for the six months to December 31 was eight percent lower than the US$4.05 billion recorded in the previous corresponding period, missing ...
Trump says US-China trade talks 'going very well'
Feb 19, 2019 (AFP)
Officials on Tuesday resumed the high-stakes negotiations aimed at ending a damaging tariff war between the economic superpowers. "I think the talks are going v...
US-China trade talks resume in Washington from Tuesday: W. House
Feb 19, 2019 (AFP)
The last set of talks ended Friday in Beijing with no deal, though US President Donald Trump said the discussions were going "extremely well" and suggested he c...
Trade war boogeyman hangs over giant US toy show
Feb 18, 2019 (AFP)
Yet uncertainty about the trading relationship between Beijing and Washington hangs over this weekend's Toy Fair, dampening the festive mood amidst giant balloo...
Hong Kong economy stalls amid trade dispute: finance chief
Feb 17, 2019 (AFP)
Beijing and Washington have already imposed duties on more than $360 billion in two-way trade, roiling global financial markets and weighing heavily on manufact...
UK finance minister forced to axe trip to China: reports
Feb 16, 2019 (AFP)
Hammond was set to visit China for trade talks with senior government figures, but has axed the trip after Beijing reacted angrily this week to news of the wars...
US officials to meet Xi as trade talks near end
Feb 15, 2019 (AFP)
The world's two biggest economies are seeking an accord to bridge their deep trade differences, after President Donald Trump set a March 1 deadline beyond which...
US Treasury Sec Mnuchin calls China trade talks 'productive'
Feb 15, 2019 (AFP)
Top officials from the world's two biggest economies had held two days of talks, hoping to at least create sufficient goodwill to stave off an escalation of the...
China-US trade talks to move to Washington after 'hopeful' Bejing meeting
Feb 15, 2019 (AFP)
US duty rates on more than $200 billion in Chinese exports are due to more than double in two weeks -- an unwelcome shock to a slowing global economy. US Presid...
China's January inflation comes in slower than expected
Feb 15, 2019 (AFP)
The producer price index (PPI) -- an important barometer of the industrial sector that measures the cost of goods at the factory gate -- rose 0.1 percent on-yea...
Uber narrows losses, growth slows on the road to IPO
Feb 15, 2019 (AFP)
The loss for the final three months of the year amounted to $865 million, compared with $1.1 billion in the same period a year earlier. The San Francisco-based ...
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