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US and China open trade talks in Beijing
Feb 14, 2019 (AFP)
Pressure to seal an accord ahead of a March 1 deadline set by Donald Trump appears to have eased slightly after the US president indicated he was open to extend...
China's trade surplus with US narrows in January
Feb 14, 2019 (AFP)
China's exports across the Pacific fell more than 2 percent in January from a year earlier, data from the customs administration showed, after shrinking in Dece...
Ex-Coca-Cola engineer charged with stealing secrets for Chinese firm
Feb 14, 2019 (AFP)
US national You Xiaorong allegedly stole technology for valuable BPA-free packaging jointly owned by several companies, including a former "Atlanta-based" emplo...
Chinese exports unexpectedly perk up in January
Feb 14, 2019 (AFP)
Exports rose 9.1 percent in January from a year earlier, data from the customs administration showed, ahead of forecasts and turning a corner after exports fell...
EU to keep closer eye on Chinese takeover moves
Feb 14, 2019 (AFP)
Under a proposal adopted by the European Parliament, EU countries would supply information on foreign investment to other members if public order or security ar...
Hong Kong's super rich took a $20 bn beating in 2018: Forbes
Feb 14, 2019 (AFP)
The southern Chinese financial hub boasts entrenched income inequality with one of the highest concentrations of billionaires in the world. But the ultra-wealth...
Hong Kong port slips from global top five for first time
Feb 14, 2019 (AFP)
The bustling southern Chinese financial hub owes its very existence to its ideal location as a port, a cornerstone of the remarkable growth of a city's whose na...
Chinese lose taste for French wine as economy cools
Feb 13, 2019 (AFP)
The Federation for Wine and Spirit Exporters (FEVS) said direct sales to mainland China, France's third-biggest export market, slumped 14.4 percent in 2018 to 1...
Trump tariffs bring in additional $9 bn in first quarter
Feb 13, 2019 (AFP)
Trump has repeatedly touted the tariffs imposed last year, notably on $250 billion in annual imports from China, as a windfall for the US government, paid by Ch...
China's Xi to meet top US trade officials: report
Feb 13, 2019 (AFP)
Xi will meet on Friday with officials including US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who are in the capital for crun...
Japan's Toshiba cuts profit outlook again
Feb 13, 2019 (AFP)
The fresh downgrade comes as the firm undergoes painful reforms to stay afloat after logging billions of dollars in losses from its disastrous acquisition of US...
Mnuchin in Beijing for crunch US-China trade talks
Feb 12, 2019 (AFP)
Mnuchin appeared at a Beijing hotel a couple of days ahead of scheduled high-level meetings with Chinese officials in the capital, with a March 1 deadline loomi...
Trump says could extend March 1 China trade talks deadline
Feb 12, 2019 (AFP)
"If we're close to a deal, where we think we can make a real deal... I could see myself letting that slide for a little while," Trump told reporters at the Whit...
US team in Beijing for trade talks after IMF 'storm' warning
Feb 11, 2019 (AFP)
Preliminary discussions had been expected to start on Monday, according to the White House, before US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secret...
Modest praise for US reform of visa program for skilled workers
Feb 10, 2019 (AFP)
The H-1B visa program, which admits some 85,000 foreign nationals each year, will give higher priority to people with post-graduate degrees from US universities...
High-stakes US-China trade talks resume as deadline approaches
Feb 10, 2019 (AFP)
China's economy already has shown signs of slowing, while the trade war has shaken the confidence of US businesses, as retaliatory tariffs have raised prices an...
Trump's World Bank pick, an ally for the lender's critics?
Feb 09, 2019 (AFP)
Those complaints are similar to those voiced by others in the development community. But that does not mean they have found a new ally in David Malpass, the sen...
The giant Chinese companies shaping the world's industries
Feb 09, 2019 (AFP)
The merger by Alstom and Siemens was vetoed by the EU on Thursday, but concerns about the overwhelming power of vast, often state-backed Chinese companies is no...
Trump says no Xi meeting expected before trade talks deadline
Feb 07, 2019 (AFP)
"Not yet," Trump told reporters at the White House when asked if a meeting had been arranged for within the next month. Asked if a meeting could happen by March...
US Democrats unveil carbon-neutral 'Green New Deal'
Feb 07, 2019 (AFP)
The "Green New Deal" introduced by liberal congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a rising Democratic star in the House, and Senator Ed Markey is a dramatic, p...
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