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White House denies reports of canceled trade meeting
Jan 23, 2019 (AFP)
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is to meet his US counterparts in Washington next week as the two sides work to resolve their trade disagreements by March 1, when a...
US industries plead for end to US metals tariffs
Jan 23, 2019 (AFP)
In addition to increased costs for any company importing metal products or components, many other industries are suffering from the retaliation imposed by count...
US doing 'very well' in China trade talks: Trump
Jan 23, 2019 (AFP)
China "wants to make a deal," he said at the White House. "We're doing very well in the negotiations." Data showing China's economy grew at its weakest pace in ...
China, Europe follow Brazil's Bolsonaro onto Davos stage
Jan 23, 2019 (AFP)
Top billing at the World Economic Forum will go to Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan, a key member of the communist leadership in Beijing who is tasked with ne...
Far-right Bolsonaro sells 'new Brazil' to Davos elite
Jan 22, 2019 (AFP)
The new leader of the region's biggest economy gave the keynote address at this year's World Economic Forum, where warnings are mounting of the dangers of a gro...
At Davos, China slowdown is 'no disaster'
Jan 22, 2019 (AFP)
"China is slowing down but it's not going to be a disaster," said Fang Xinghai, vice-chairman of China's Securities Regulatory Commission, a key government watc...
China's economy grew at slowest pace in 28 years in 2018
Jan 21, 2019 (AFP)
The 6.6 percent growth comes in above the official target of around 6.5 percent and matches a forecast by analysts polled by AFP, but is down from the 6.8 perce...
Coffee clash brewing in China: startup Luckin takes on Starbucks
Jan 20, 2019 (AFP)
The Chinese upstart is burning through millions of dollars to lure customers with steep discounts, challenging Starbucks' dominance by targeting office workers ...
No breakthrough in US-China trade talks: Trump adviser
Jan 19, 2019 (AFP)
"We've made some progress with China in the deputy's meeting in Beijing," Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, told Fox Business. But he add...
China revises 2017 GDP growth downward to 6.8%
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
The size of the gross domestic product of the world's second-biggest economy was revised down from 82.7 trillion yuan ($12.1 trillion) to 82.1 trillion yuan, NB...
China, Germany to boost financial sector cooperation
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
The agreements were signed at the end of a two day visit by German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz to Beijing for talks with Vice Premier Liu He, China's top econo...
Davos assembly faces Brazilian populism and Brexit
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump stole the show at last year's World Economic Forum (WEF) with a tax-cutting agenda that harmonised with the corporate priority-list, e...
Minus US govt, Davos faces Brazilian populism and Brexit
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
Trump himself had already pulled out of attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) for a second year, having shut down the US government over his demands for Cong...
Canada pours cold water on free trade with China
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
Ambassador John McCallum, who returned to Canada to brief lawmakers on the row, told reporters that Canadian businesses want to press on with growing the trade ...
China growth hit slowest pace in decades in 2018: AFP survey
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
And in a sign of the battle Beijing faces in getting things back on track, the survey of 13 economists also forecast expansion in the last three months to be at...
Is EU competition law outdated in the age of China
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
This is the debate in Brussels as the powerful European commission seems set to veto a blockbuster merger of the train-making businesses of Siemens and Alstom. ...
World's biggest sovereign fund ejects Chinese company
Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)
Yarn, fabric and apparel manufacturer Texwinca is the main shareholder in Megawell Industrial, which has been criticised for working conditions at its factories...
US officials consider lifting China tariffs: report
Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)
American and Chinese trade officials have until March 1 to resolve their trade war, to prevent a sharp increase in punitive US duties on $200 billion in Chinese...
China's top trade negotiator to visit US
Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)
Vice Premier Liu He will visit Washington on January 30-31 for the negotiations, the ministry said, following up on talks between lower-level officials in Beiji...
China firm completes $1.4bn Sri Lanka land reclamation
Jan 16, 2019 (AFP)
"Colombo Port City is an important project of the One Belt, One Road initiative in Sri Lanka, which is one of the key countries along the maritime silk route," ...
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