TRADE WARS

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US, China firms brace for escalating trade war
Jun 16, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing retaliated immediately to tariffs on tens of billions in Chinese imports imposed by US President Donald Trump on Friday, igniting a trade war that threa...
Trump ignites trade war with China, triggering swift retaliation
Jun 16, 2018 (AFP)
The moves brought the world's two largest economies to the verge of an all-out confrontation long feared by markets and industry. And the China trade offensive ...
China hits back as US trade tensions threaten economy
Jun 16, 2018 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump announced tariffs Friday on Chinese imports valued at $34 billion -- with another $16 billion under consideration -- prompting an imme...
Trump keeps his promises on trade
Jun 16, 2018 (AFP)
During his first year in office, Trump and his top economic aides made repeated threats and warned that preliminary investigations were launched into whether ce...
China imposes equal tariffs on US imports in retaliation
Jun 15, 2018 (AFP)
"We will immediately launch tax measures of equal scale and equal strength," the commerce ministry said in a statement on its website which also called on other...
Trump prepares China tariff target list as confrontation escalates
Jun 15, 2018 (AFP)
Imposing the tariffs would escalate the trade confrontation with Beijing, and potentially set off a round of tit-for-tat retaliation, which economists warn woul...
Chinese growth shows signs of flagging as leaders tackle problems
Jun 14, 2018 (AFP)
Industrial output and retail sales in the world's number two economy slowed last month, while the central bank shied away from raising borrowing costs despite a...
Hong Kong tracks Fed rate hike, impact on economy seen limited
Jun 14, 2018 (AFP)
The US central bank on Wednesday lifted borrowing costs, as expected, but indicated another two this year and four in 2019 as the world's top economy continues ...
London hopes for bright tech future despite Brexit
Jun 13, 2018 (AFP)
Launching London Tech Week, dubbed Europe's largest festival of technology and innovation by its organisers, Khan said in an interview that London must "collabo...
Bitcoin 'whales' pulling cryptocurrency strings
Jun 13, 2018 (AFP)
But analysts have cast doubt on the veracity of that perception, highlighting that the bulk of bitcoin is in fact heavily concentrated in the hands of a powerfu...
US launches another trade case against China
Jun 12, 2018 (AFP)
It is the latest in a series of disputes the Trump administration has taken up against Beijing, the largest of which are the looming 25 percent tariffs on $50 b...
Trump tweets about stock market ahead of Kim meet
Jun 11, 2018 (AFP)
"Stock Market up almost 40% since the Election, with 7 Trillion Dollars of U.S. value built throughout the economy," the president wrote in a series of pre-dawn...
Amazon supplier under fire for poor China working conditions
Jun 11, 2018 (AFP)
The investigation by US-based China Labor Watch found a series of problems including inadequate worker training and overtime pay, excessive overtime hours beyon...
Malaysia PM urges TPP 'renegotiation'
Jun 11, 2018 (AFP)
Malaysia, along with 10 other countries, pushed ahead with the TPP in March despite Donald Trump having yanked the United States out of the huge multilateral tr...
China's Xiaomi announces pioneering listing plan
Jun 11, 2018 (AFP)
Xiaomi, one of the world's largest smartphone manufacturers that is planning a primary listing in Hong Kong, said in a regulatory filing that it will also issue...
Trump trade fury torpedoes Canada's G7 summit
Jun 10, 2018 (AFP)
Just minutes after a joint communique Saturday that had been approved by the leaders of the Group of Seven allies was published in Canada's summit host city Que...
China's Ant Financial raises $14bn to become biggest fintech firm
Jun 08, 2018 (AFP)
The cash infusion for Ant, an affiliate of e-commerce heavyweight Alibaba, provides fresh resources as its payments platform Alipay battles Tencent for supremac...
China's trade surplus with US jumps, global imports surge
Jun 08, 2018 (AFP)
The figures may reinforce Washington's determination to move forward with new tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of Chinese imports as early as next week. B...
China offers to buy $70 bn of US goods, says official
Jun 07, 2018 (AFP)
Top Chinese economic advisor Liu He made the offer during weekend trade talks in Beijing with a US delegation led by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, The Wall St...
US, China reach $1.4 bn ZTE deal as signs emerge of trade talks progres
Jun 07, 2018 (AFP)
The deal could be a harbinger of progress in separate and fraught trade talks between the world's two largest economies although Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross ...
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