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IMF warns tariffs could come at 'significant economic cost'
Sep 20, 2018 (AFP)
The global lender is still assessing the impact of the duties imposed so far but the economic costs "will quickly add up," IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told reporte...
Pakistan invites Saudi to invest in China economic corridor
Sep 20, 2018 (AFP)
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an ambitious plan to build energy and transport links connecting the western Chinese region of Xinjiang with the ...
US consumers may bear brunt of Trump's tariffs
Sep 19, 2018 (AFP)
Shampoo and furniture. Vacuum cleaners, handbags and mobile phones. Half of everything Americans buy from China will by Monday be subject to 10 percent levies, ...
Chinese premier slams 'unilateralism' in trade disputes
Sep 19, 2018 (AFP)
Speaking at the summer session of the World Economic Forum in the eastern city of Tianjin, Li said problems must be worked out through consultations, a day afte...
Trump's many trade wars: a summary
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
His trade war with China escalated on Monday to cover nearly half of all US imports from that country. It is by far the largest and broadest of several fights p...
China vows to hit back as Trump targets $200bn in goods
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
Trump ratcheted up pressure on Beijing as the new round of levies will bring the amount of goods hit by duties to roughly half of Chinese exports to the US. He ...
China's arsenal in US tariff row shrinks but it has other weapons
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
Trump said Monday he would impose 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods from September 24, adding to levies already put on $50 billion of products...
EU business group laments China's 'reform deficit'
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
Despite four decades of booming growth, Beijing has fallen behind on pledges to implement reforms and liberalise its economy, the EU Chamber of Commerce in Chin...
Resilient China is firewall in emerging currency crisis
Sep 16, 2018 (AFP)
Emerging countries -- loosely defined as having fast growing but volatile economies -- have seen their currencies battered in recent weeks, plunging their finan...
China economy shows weakness as investment growth hits new low
Sep 14, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing faces a delicate balancing act, aiming to shift its growth driver away from investment and exports towards personal consumption, while at the same time ...
Bezos unfazed by antitrust concerns on Amazon
Sep 14, 2018 (AFP)
Speaking at a Washington business gathering, Bezos said it was normal to draw scrutiny but he did not anticipate any actions that would prevent the internet gia...
US companies in China say tariffs are hurting: survey
Sep 13, 2018 (AFP)
The American Chamber of Commerce in China polled more than 430 US companies operating in the country, providing the first detailed look at how Donald Trump's tr...
China welcomes US trade talks offer as new tariffs loom
Sep 13, 2018 (AFP)
The countries have been engaged in an escalating tit-for-tat trade fight for months but on Wednesday it emerged that US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had in...
A reliable cryptocurrency needs good governance, say researchers
Sep 13, 2018 (SPX)
He is the lead author of a study in Springer's journal Environment Systems and Decisions, which analyzes the governance challenges of many cryptocurrencies and ...
China warns of 'serious hazard' of protectionism at WEF meeting
Sep 12, 2018 (AFP)
The comments from China's vice premier comes as the world's top two economic powers edged closer to an all-out trade war after imposing tit-for-tat tariffs on b...
China's trade surplus with US hit new record in August
Sep 08, 2018 (AFP)
The figures were released hours after President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on the totality of Chinese goods imported into the United States, worth ...
Trump turns up the heat in trade conflict with China
Sep 07, 2018 (AFP)
His comments, which contradicted the more diplomatic remarks earlier Friday from his top economic adviser, sent the stock market plunging amid fears of the econ...
A more prosperous global future is possible
Sep 07, 2018 (SPX)
"The expected global effects of climate change on our oceans are broadly negative," said Steve Gaines, the study's lead author and dean of UC Santa Barbara's Br...
Deutsche Bank shares drop on reports of Chinese sell-off
Sep 07, 2018 (AFP)
The bank's stock was trading down 2.25 percent at 9.54 euros ($11.07) by 2:30 pm (1230 GMT), underperforming the DAX index of blue-chip German shares. Citing pe...
Canada upbeat on trade deal progress, China tariffs loom
Sep 07, 2018 (AFP)
Discussions with Canada -- the largest US trading partner -- seem to be on track to agree on a rewrite of the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement. W...
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