TRADE WARS

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Beijing says welcomes Mnuchin visit for crunch trade talks
Apr 22, 2018 (AFP)
Tensions between the world's two largest economies have cast a shadow over the gathering of finance ministers in Washington, with concerns a trade war could und...
Door to US-China trade talks seems to open after IMF meeting
Apr 22, 2018 (AFP)
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, who has been urging countries to avoid damaging protectionism, said this weekend's spring meeting had "made...
World Bank shareholders approve $13 bln capital increase
Apr 21, 2018 (AFP)
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said neither China nor any middle income countries was happy about the prospect of paying more for loans, but they agreed beca...
Escalating trade dispute could derail recovery, put 'many jobs at risk': WTO chief
Apr 20, 2018 (AFP)
And most of the impact of an all-out trade war would hit poor countries the hardest, he said in a statement to the International Monetary Fund's spring meetings...
France rejects 'vain and pointless' trade fight with China
Apr 20, 2018 (AFP)
"We will not be satisfied with a provisional exemption," French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the World Bank a...
China targets US, EU with rubber trade case
Apr 19, 2018 (AFP)
The case could stoke the simmering tit-for-tat trade tiff between Beijing and Washington, with each side having made threats of more duties on billions of dolla...
IMF's Lagarde warns against harming trade, investment
Apr 19, 2018 (AFP)
IMF chief Christine Lagarde said escalating trade tensions could reverberate through the world economy, undermining confidence and choking off investment, urgin...
Bitcoin's true believers vow to ride out currency rollercoaster
Apr 18, 2018 (AFP)
"Two months ago we couldn't breathe here" due to the throngs, recalled Nick Spanos, founder of the trading and educational hub in lower Manhattan. "People outsi...
As China, US continue to borrow, mounting debt a global liability: IMF
Apr 18, 2018 (AFP)
Mounting government deficits and indebtedness leave countries vulnerable to shocks and hinder their ability to respond should their economies falter, the IMF sa...
IMF sees emerging Asia as top global growth engine
Apr 17, 2018 (AFP)
The International Monetary Fund's latest quarterly World Economic Outlook forecasts global growth of 3.9 percent this year as the world economy hums along and n...
China's Central Bank to cut reserve requirement ratio by 1 percentage point
Apr 17, 2018 (AFP)
The move to cut the amount of cash which most commercial and foreign banks must hold in reserve, to repay loans obtained via the central bank's medium-term lend...
'Big Freeze': Russian counter-sanctions draft may put Boeing 'on hold'
Apr 17, 2018 (Sputnik)
The bill, which was drafted in response to the new round of US sanctions announced last week, proposes a wide range of restrictions on the import of US goods an...
China growth beats forecasts in face of trade row, financial risk
Apr 17, 2018 (AFP)
While acknowledging the potential negative impact of a US trade war officials on Tuesday warned the country faced greater downside risk at home, citing the need...
China's former insurance regulator charged with bribery
Apr 16, 2018 (AFP)
Xiang Junbo, 61, took advantage of his position to amass "an enormous amount of assets" first as a deputy governor of the central bank, then as head of the stat...
China's economy slows in first quarter: AFP survey
Apr 15, 2018 (AFP)
The world's second largest economy is expected to have grown 6.7 percent in the January to March period, down from 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter of last yea...
Trump zig-zags on trade jarring but could get results, experts say
Apr 14, 2018 (AFP)
But trade experts concede the pressure on China to reform could actually work, especially as it is in Beijing's own interests to make the reforms the US is dema...
Chinese urged to boycott US firms, but Big Mac fans unconvinced
Apr 14, 2018 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese goods have roused nationalist sentiment in the world's second largest economy, where consumers have a long track ...
Trump considers re-joining Pacific trade pact he once spurned
Apr 13, 2018 (AFP)
"Would only join TPP if the deal were substantially better than the deal offered to Pres. Obama," he wrote in a late night tweet. "We already have BILATERAL dea...
US, China talking on trade frictions, says OECD boss
Apr 13, 2018 (AFP)
Angel Gurria said Chinese officials had told him this week that they were talking to their US counterparts, despite official denials. "Everybody is very alarmed...
China's trade surplus with US surges, calls for patience
Apr 13, 2018 (AFP)
Fears of a trade war have been rumbling since last month as President Donald Trump has threatened a series of tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chin...
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