TRADE WARS

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China-backed trade deal pushed back to 2019
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), covering half the world's population, is billed as an antidote to Donald Trump's "America First" agenda,...
Trump to discuss trade war with Xi at G20 summit
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
Top White House economic aide Larry Kudlow said the high-level efforts continue to resolve the US-China trade war, and follow Trump's recent telephone call with...
China-backed trade deal centre stage at summit as US retreats
Nov 11, 2018 (AFP)
China, Japan, India and other Asia-Pacific countries could announce a broad agreement on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which covers ha...
China's factory gate inflation slips
Nov 09, 2018 (AFP)
The producer price index -- an important barometer of the industrial sector that measures the cost of goods at the factory gate -- decelerated to a 3.3 percent ...
US, China meet to explore path forward from tensions
Nov 09, 2018 (AFP)
Friday's delayed meeting in Washington comes weeks before US leader Donald Trump is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the ...
China's exports hold up despite US tariffs
Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)
Relations between the world's top two economies have soured sharply this year as US President Donald Trump slapped higher taxes on roughly half of Chinese impor...
Hermes keeps firm grip on China luxury market as sales soar
Nov 07, 2018 (AFP)
The company said sales in the third quarter climbed 9.4 percent to 1.46 billion euros ($1.68 billion), racking up higher sales in all the regions where it opera...
With US absent, world's exporters turn attention to China
Nov 07, 2018 (AFP)
The China International Import Expo opened Monday with thousands of foreign companies wooing Chinese buyers with products including Italian helicopters, Canadia...
Ex-US Treasury chief warns of 'economic iron curtain'
Nov 07, 2018 (AFP)
Washington and Beijing have been locked for months in a stand-off over US President Donald Trump's move to end what he describes as years of unfair trade practi...
EU business lobby dismisses China's latest opening pledge
Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)
Xi vowed at the opening of a new import fair in Shanghai on Monday that China had a "sincere commitment" to open its markets, despite foreign accusations that i...
Alibaba's Ma calls trade war 'stupidest thing in the world'
Nov 05, 2018 (AFP)
Ma, who recently took back an earlier pledge to create a million jobs in the US -- blaming the trade war launched by Donald Trump -- made the comments in a pane...
Xi pledges to open China's markets wider to an impatient world
Nov 05, 2018 (AFP)
Xi said China would "step up" efforts to stimulate imports, lower tariffs, ease customs clearance procedures, and implement harsh punishments for intellectual p...
Trade war's bark turns to bite in Asia
Nov 04, 2018 (AFP)
Manufacturing gauges in several export-reliant Asian countries, as well as China, weakened in October as gloom deepens over the trade outlook. China's official ...
Uruguay's government asks Congress to approve US troops for G20
Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)
Washington wants to send 400 civilian and military personnel as well as eight aircraft for a week, from November 26 to December 3. US President Donald Trump and...
Trump, Xi eye G20 talks after 'very good' phone call
Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)
The phone call comes as tensions between the world's two biggest economies are rising on several fronts, including commerce and security. "Just had a long and v...
China urged to move 'beyond reform rhetoric' at trade expo
Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping on Monday formally kicks off the week-long China International Import Expo (CIIE), which will gather more than 3,000 foreign businesses fro...
Trump expects 'very good' trade deal with China
Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)
"I think we will make a deal with China," he told journalists at the White House. "I think a very good deal will be made with China." Markets have soared on rep...
President Xi admits 'uncertainty' in China's economy
Nov 01, 2018 (AFP)
Xi held the meeting amid signs that the world's second largest economy is losing steam as it faces a trade war with the United States, a massive debt buildup an...
Chinese premier meets US lawmakers amid tensions
Nov 01, 2018 (AFP)
Relations between Washington and Beijing have grown tense since US President Donald Trump activated new tariffs on roughly half of Chinese imports this summer w...
China battles 'unfair' trader image with import expo
Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)
But not everyone is buying it. China's trade war adversary, the United States, is pointedly snubbing a gathering that will draw several overseas leaders, and fo...
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