TRADE WARS - INDO DAILY

Shenzhen, China's reform pioneer, leads tech revolution

Dec 16, 2018 (AFP)

Today Shenzhen is again at the heart of a new policy aimed at turning China into a hi-tech innovator and shed its reputation as an assembly line for foreign com...

China to suspend extra tariffs on US cars, parts

Dec 14, 2018 (AFP)

The move is another sign that the ceasefire has not been derailed by the recent arrest in Canada of a top Chinese telecom executive at the behest of the United ...

China economy shows weakness as consumers ease up on spending

Dec 14, 2018 (AFP)

The figures come just as Beijing and Washington engage in a painful trade row, while Chinese leaders are also struggling to kickstart demand at home as part of ...

Former Canadian diplomat held in China a 'pawn': experts

Dec 13, 2018 (AFP)

Friends and experts say former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig, who was detained in Beijing on Monday, may have become a "hostage" and "pawn" in a three-nation...

Beijing offers to cut auto tariffs, buy soy: US official

Dec 12, 2018 (AFP)

Ross told CNBC the moves by Beijing will "prove that President (Donald) Trump was right when he announced his summary of the talks" held recently with China's P...

Global economy in 2019: Growth beginning to fray

Dec 12, 2018 (AFP)

Surveys of US business and consumer sentiment continued to show economic optimism going into next year but cracks are beginning to form -- in the United States ...

Chinese, US negotiators discuss trade talks timetable

Dec 11, 2018 (AFP)

Vice Premier Liu He spoke with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer 10 days after presidents Donald Trump and Xi J...

Trading blows: Canada next in China's crosshairs?

Dec 10, 2018 (AFP)

China's foreign ministry issued the warning after it summoned Canada's ambassador on Saturday and called for the release of Huawei's chief financial officer, Me...

Curitiba: Brazil's once model city, now frozen in the past

Dec 10, 2018 (AFP)

But that was 20 years ago. Today, although it features ample green spaces and a public transport system replicated in many other parts of the world, "Curitiba h...

US sees 'hard deadline' for China trade negotiations

Dec 09, 2018 (AFP)

"As far as I'm concerned it's a hard deadline," US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on CBS's "Face the Nation." "When I talk to the president of the ...

Short, sharp shock of no-deal Brexit

Dec 09, 2018 (AFP)

The possibility of Britain breaking off from its main trading partner without any arrangements in place will grow if the UK parliament rejects the draft withdra...

China's factory gate inflation eases

Dec 09, 2018 (AFP)

The producer price index -- an important barometer of the industrial sector that measures the cost of goods at the factory gate -- climbed 2.7% on-year in Novem...

China's surplus with the US hits new record in November

Dec 08, 2018 (AFP)

Relations between the world's top two economies continue to be tense despite a trade war truce struck between US President Donald Trump and his counterpart Pres...

Huawei 'princess' becomes pawn in US-China trade row

Dec 07, 2018 (AFP)

Meng, Huawei's chief financial officer, was arrested in Canada at the request of the United States, which seeks to extradite her in a move that could blow tensi...

Pioneer bought by Hong-Kong fund

Dec 07, 2018 (AFP)

Pioneer, known for its audio equipment as well as car electronics systems, said Baring Private Equity Asia has agreed on a 102-billion-yen ($904 million) plan t...

China to 'immediately' implement US trade truce measures

Dec 06, 2018 (AFP)

The commerce ministry's remarks came days after US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to give negotiators 90 days to resolve their trad...

China vows quick trade moves as US sends mixed signals

Dec 05, 2018 (AFP)

Trump sowed more confusion as he opened the door to lengthier negotiations with China, suggesting that they could extend beyond a 90-day deadline to reach a dea...

China vows quick trade moves, Trump upbeat

Dec 05, 2018 (AFP)

"Very strong signals being sent by China once they returned home from their long trip, including stops, from Argentina," Trump tweeted. The Chinese commerce min...

IMF's Lagarde urges US, others to reject 'dystopian' path

Dec 05, 2018 (AFP)

She urged world leaders to remember the lesson of the global recession that followed the 2008 financial crisis: "International cooperation is essential, not opt...

Panama awards $1.4 bn bridge project to Chinese group

Dec 05, 2018 (AFP)

That tour was part of China's efforts to extend its political and economic influence in Latin America. "Panama is moving ahead in its relations with China and w...