TRADE WARS

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US trade policy at a crossroads with Canada, China
Sep 06, 2018 (AFP)
With Canada, the largest US trading partner, talks seem to be on track to agree on a rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement. But there have been no ...
China's Zijin to buy Canadian miner Nevsun for $1.41 bn
Sep 05, 2018 (AFP)
Zijin offered shareholders C$6.00 ($4.5) per share in the all-cash deal that comes after Nevsun rejected several bids from Canadian rival Lundin Mining. "Zijin ...
China's 'Silk Road' project runs into debt jam
Sep 02, 2018 (AFP)
First announced in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, the initiative also known as the "new Silk Road" envisions the construction of railways, roads and ports across...
Deal on China-backed mega free trade pact likely in November: Singapore
Sep 01, 2018 (AFP)
The 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which will cover about half the world's population and a third of its GDP, has taken centre st...
China manufacturing activity strengthens in August
Aug 31, 2018 (AFP)
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of factory conditions, came in at 51.3 for the month, up from 51.2 in July, the National Bureau of Statistics ...
Chinese banks post solid profits but US trade war a risk
Aug 30, 2018 (AFP)
Net profit for Industrial & Commercial Bank of China climbed almost five percent to 160.4 billion yuan ($23.5 billion) between January and June compared to the ...
Trump says EU bid to end auto tariffs 'not good enough'
Aug 30, 2018 (AFP)
Just hours earlier, the EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem had said the bloc was "willing to bring down... our car tariffs to zero" provided that the Unit...
China-backed trade pact talks at 'critical stage': Singapore PM
Aug 29, 2018 (AFP)
The 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which will be the world's biggest free-trade accord if it is agreed, has taken centre stage as...
Rights groups urge Google not to bend to China censors
Aug 28, 2018 (AFP)
A reported Dragonfly project, which Google has not publicly confirmed, "would represent an alarming capitulation by Google on human rights," argued a letter sig...
Foreigners barred from buying in planned Malaysian city
Aug 27, 2018 (AFP)
Forest City, an "eco-city" of high rises and waterfront villas, will sit on four man-made islands in Malaysia's southern state of Johor, just an hour from Singa...
Kazakh port in decline bids for slice of China trade
Aug 26, 2018 (AFP)
But the sleepy port, which has been badly hit in recent years by new oil routes, is vying for a slice of the pie as competition for Chinese trade warms up on th...
US-Mexico trade talks progressing but no breakthrough with China
Aug 24, 2018 (AFP)
The North American Free Trade Agreement and China have been two key targets of Trump's aggressive trade strategy and he has largely brushed off concerns from th...
Trump's trade pledges have backfired, energy trade group says
Aug 24, 2018 (UPI)
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to "use every tool under American and international law to end these (trade) abuses." Nearly two years into his term, he's...
Amid China talks, Trump touts new investment security powers
Aug 23, 2018 (AFP)
Trump's remarks on the legislation, which was enacted earlier this month and does not target specific countries, coincided with a visit by trade negotiators fro...
US, China swap tariffs on billions in goods as sides hold talks
Aug 23, 2018 (AFP)
The latest action completes the first round of $50 billion in Chinese products that President Donald Trump targeted with Beijing striking back at American produ...
US, China talks raise optimism on eve of new trade tariffs
Aug 22, 2018 (AFP)
These are the first formal discussions with China since June on the spiraling and multifaceted trade war between the world's two largest economies. Meanwhile, U...
Domestic pressure mounts on U.S. trade policy
Aug 22, 2018 (UPI)
From steel bins, signage, grills and store fixtures, a coalition of companies in Tennessee tied to the steel industry said U.S. President Donald Trump's decisio...
China hopes for 'good results' in US trade talks
Aug 21, 2018 (AFP)
US and Chinese officials are set to hold two days of talks in Washington starting Wednesday, their first formal discussions since June. In an interview with Reu...
Malaysia to shelve China-backed projects worth $22 bn
Aug 21, 2018 (AFP)
The projects include a railway connecting Malaysia's east coast to southern Thailand and Kuala Lumpur, and two gas pipelines. "I explained to (the Chinese leade...
Malaysian PM to scrap China-backed $22 bn projects
Aug 21, 2018 (AFP)
The projects include a railway connecting Malaysia's east coast to southern Thailand and Kuala Lumpur, and two gas pipelines. "I explained to (the Chinese leade...
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