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China hopes for trade war solution at G20 Xi-Trump talks
Nov 23, 2018 (AFP)
The talks in Argentina come as the two countries have failed to reach any agreement to resolve a dispute that escalated after Trump slapped huge tariffs on Chin...
APEC host says WTO and trade row scuppered joint declaration
Nov 23, 2018 (AFP)
In a chairman's statement following last weekend's summit, Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O'Neill said members had been unable to agree on sections conce...
Trump says prepared for G20 meeting with China's Xi
Nov 22, 2018 (AFP)
The president will meet Xi on the sidelines of the summit, which is taking place from November 30 to December 1 in Buenos Aires. "I have been preparing for it a...
China says 'cannot accept' new US trade accusations
Nov 22, 2018 (AFP)
In an update to an earlier investigation into China's trade practices, Washington on Tuesday accused Beijing of failing to change its "unfair" trade practises, ...
WTO to rule in spat over US tariffs
Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)
The WTO's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed to establish panels to review US President Donald Trump's decision to hit a long line of countries with tariffs o...
Busy US border town worries about impact of Trump's military fence
Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)
"It's a surprise to some of us, a shock frankly. We're not used to concertina wire," the mayor tells AFP. Laredo, whose population of about 260,000 is more than...
US renews accusations of unfair trade practices against China
Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)
The renewed accusations from President Donald Trump's administration come as markets grow pessimistic that the world's two largest economies can resolve their b...
ASEAN may be forced to choose between US, China: Cambodia PM's son
Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)
Impoverished Cambodia has become an unlikely staging ground for geopolitical influence in Asia. In recent years it has turned into a key China ally, heading off...
US renews unfair trade accusations against China
Nov 20, 2018 (AFP)
The renewed accusations from President Donald Trump's administration come as markets grow pessimistic that the world's two largest economies can resolve their b...
China's former trade negotiator questions tariff strategy
Nov 19, 2018 (AFP)
Long Yongtu, who paved the way for the country's admission to the World Trade Organization, suggested the government erred by immediately retaliating against Wa...
China downplays failure to reach APEC joint statement
Nov 19, 2018 (AFP)
Clashes between the world's top two economies over the rules of global trade blocked agreement on a formal written declaration by the 21 nations represented at ...
APEC leaders divided after US, China spat
Nov 18, 2018 (AFP)
For the first time, APEC leaders were unable to agree on a formal written declaration amid sharp differences between the world's top two economies over the rule...
Protectionism 'doomed to failure': China's Xi says in swipe at US
Nov 17, 2018 (AFP)
In a major speech, Xi also stressed that there would be no winners from a trade war or a new cold war amid increasing rivalry between the world's top two econom...
US, China clash over WTO at Asia-Pacific meeting
Nov 15, 2018 (AFP)
The United States insistence that members of APEC agree to publicly criticise the WTO -- saying the organisation is not working and needs major reform -- has pr...
As US retreats, China touts its trade deal wares to Asia
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
World leaders gathered in Singapore this week for a summit where a massive Beijing-backed agreement covering half the world's population has dominated discussio...
APEC summit: the Xi show by the sea shore
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's decision to skip the summit in Papua New Guinea has allowed the Chinese leader to take centre stage, an opportunity that Beijing is ...
Chinese consumers pull back, but other indicators stabilise
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
Concerns about China have increased in recent months after third-quarter growth came in at its slowest pace in nine years, and as trade frictions with the US ha...
'Substantial progress' made on massive China trade deal that excludes US
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
World leaders gathered in the tropical city state this week for a summit where a massive Beijing-backed agreement covering half the world's population has domin...
Timeline for massive China-backed trade deal slips
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), covering half the world's population, is billed as an antidote to President Donald Trump's "America Firs...
Trump advisor's Wall St criticism 'way off base': official
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
Top White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said trade advisor Peter Navarro was "way off base" in his comments, and were not authorized. In an address to a W...
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