TRADE WARS

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US trade war upends China's economic balancing act
Jun 29, 2018 (AFP)
With the Trump administration preparing to roll out tariffs on some $34 billion of Chinese imports next week, the Shanghai Stock Exchange is taking a nosedive -...
China unveils easing of investment curbs as trade war looms
Jun 29, 2018 (AFP)
The new "negative list" outlines key reforms in the financial sector while dropping restrictions in areas including the car industry, agriculture, infrastructur...
Trump favors tougher investment oversight but stops short of targeting China
Jun 28, 2018 (AFP)
Following a report that raised "very serious issues" on China's trade and investment practices, Trump decided a plan in Congress to enhance the powers of the so...
Trump hails 'America First' at Wisconsin plant site
Jun 28, 2018 (AFP)
"Moments ago we broke ground on a plant that will provide jobs for much more than 13,000 Wisconsin workers," he said at a ceremony celebrating the inauguration ...
China defends its post-WTO business record
Jun 28, 2018 (AFP)
Hitting back at critics like US President Donald Trump, China published a white paper titled "China and the World Trade Organization" outlining reforms Beijing ...
Mnuchin rebuts reports on new China investment restrictions
Jun 26, 2018 (AFP)
The reports were widely cited Monday as helping to spark a global stocks selloff, with investors increasingly gloomy about the prospects of de-escalation in the...
EU, China vow to uphold global trade order despite divisions
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
Officials on both sides pledged to strengthen the World Trade Organization, announcing a plan to cooperate on updating the body which has come under blistering ...
US restrictions on Chinese investment next front in trade dispute
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
That could open US firms like Apple and General Motors up to new forms of retaliation from China and experts worry it also marks another step in government inte...
China launches $200 mn mining venture with largest Tajik smelter
Jun 24, 2018 (AFP)
On Sunday a groundbreaking ceremony was held for a mine that is expected to produce its first gold and antimony in 2020. The venture between Tajikistan's state-...
China's central bank to cut reserve requirements
Jun 24, 2018 (AFP)
The move to cut the amount of cash banks must hold in reserve will free up a combined 700 billion yuan ($108 billion) in funding at commercial banks and the lar...
China's Xi denounces 'protectionism, isolationism and populism'
Jun 21, 2018 (AFP)
Xi told a gathering of foreign business executives that after "signs of stability and improvement in the world economy" last year, "we must also stay vigilant b...
French crystal maker Baccarat joins Chinese magnate's collection
Jun 21, 2018 (AFP)
Coco Chu -- founder of the Hong Kong-based Fortune Fountain Capital -- has completed the acquisition of Baccarat, whose hand-crafted sculptures and champagne fl...
US lawmakers hammer commerce secretary Ross over trade
Jun 20, 2018 (AFP)
Pleading for an assortment of interests -- from nail manufacturers in Missouri to cherry growers in Washington state -- senators told Ross US trade policies are...
European firms say China business 'more difficult'
Jun 20, 2018 (AFP)
The study comes as President Xi Jinping looks to portray the world's number two as being at the forefront of the globalisation while trade tensions with the Uni...
US slaps anti-dumping duties on Chinese alloy aluminum sheet
Jun 19, 2018 (AFP)
Trade relations between the world's two top economies on Tuesday were at the brink of all-out conflict, with US President Donald Trump having threatened late Mo...
China accuses Trump of 'blackmail' after new tariffs threat
Jun 19, 2018 (AFP)
Trump said on Monday he had asked the US Trade Representative to target $200 billion worth of imports for a 10 percent levy, citing China's "unacceptable" move ...
No profit motive in Russia-linked short sale: US official
Jun 19, 2018 (AFP)
The transaction was first reported Monday in Forbes as part of a set of investments the magazine said constituted major ethical conflicts for Ross -- who instea...
Malaysia murder case linked to Najib 'may be re-opened'
Jun 19, 2018 (AFP)
Altantuya Shaariibuu was shot dead and her body blown up with military-grade plastic explosives near Kuala Lumpur in 2006. The Mongolian's murder was the most s...
White House: China has 'much more to lose' in trade dispute
Jun 19, 2018 (AFP)
Trade brinkmanship between Washington and Beijing continued late Monday when President Donald Trump threatened to put fresh duties on between $200 billion and $...
Trump escalates China trade war with extra tariffs
Jun 19, 2018 (AFP)
With the world's two largest economies already engaged in a confrontation long feared by markets and industry, Trump said he was pushing forward with fresh puni...
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