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Trump prepares China trade sanctions, Beijing vows retaliation
Mar 22, 2018 (AFP)
White House spokesman Raj Shah told AFP that Trump will announce actions following an "investigation into China's state-led, market-distorting efforts to force,...
China urges US to not act emotionally; US trade groups say same and more
Mar 20, 2018 (AFP)
After announcing tariffs on global steel and aluminium imports, Trump is now mulling new actions against China over its "theft" of US intellectual property. Was...
US-educated reformist takes over China's central bank
Mar 19, 2018 (AFP)
Yi, who taught at Indiana University before returning to China, was elected by the rubber-stamp National People's Congress with 2,965 votes in favour, two again...
China names reform-minded Yi Gang to lead central bank
Mar 19, 2018 (AFP)
Yi, who taught at Indiana University before returning to China, was the only nominee for the governor post ahead of a vote by the rubber-stamp National People's...
US, China flex muscles at G20 meeting
Mar 19, 2018 (AFP)
The meeting of the world's leading economies in Buenos Aires comes days before US tariffs on steel and aluminum are due to come into force on Friday for all cou...
IMF chief warns 'no winners' in trade wars
Mar 18, 2018 (AFP)
"Trade wars leave no winners," she said in the interview with Argentine daily La Nacion, responding to a question about President Donald Trump's decision to sla...
EU readies tax on US tech titans
Mar 16, 2018 (AFP)
The move is aimed at recovering billions from multinationals that divert European earnings to low-tax countries, and opens a new front in an offensive by Brusse...
'Superman': Hong Kong's richest tycoon Li Ka-shing
Mar 16, 2018 (AFP)
The billionaire earned the nickname "Superman" for his business acumen and was so influential in Hong Kong that islanders joked he could prevent typhoons from h...
At G20, US seeks 'like-minded' countries, As Trump eyes China tarrifs
Mar 15, 2018 (AFP)
Talks in Buenos Aires between the world's largest advanced and emerging economies will occur amid raw tensions over President Donald Trump's increasingly confro...
China unloads Blackstone stake amid Trump trade tension
Mar 14, 2018 (AFP)
Blackstone said in an annual report released earlier this month that China Investment Corp (CIC) had recently unloaded the stake that it first began to acquire ...
US proposes WTO reforms likely targeting China
Mar 14, 2018 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's envoys to the Geneva-based trade body have circulated a document, dated March 12, that aims to address "the chronic low level of compli...
Trump planning new tariff crackdown on China
Mar 14, 2018 (AFP)
The White House is currently eyeing a hundred different Chinese products, a person with knowledge of internal discussions told AFP, stressing that the dollar va...
China's industrial output posts strong start to 2018
Mar 14, 2018 (AFP)
Output at factories and workshops expanded 7.2 percent year-on-year in January and February combined, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, beating the ...
China rejects Canadian accusation of steel dumping
Mar 13, 2018 (AFP)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that Canada was "very concerned" about actions taken by China and that his country has already taken steps to prevent ...
China to merge banking, insurance regulators in massive overhaul
Mar 13, 2018 (AFP)
The sweeping changes were presented to the National People's Congress two days after President Xi Jinping tightened his grip on power with the legislature's app...
US orders compliance overhaul at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Mar 13, 2018 (AFP)
The consent order came after an exam by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found "significant deficiencies" at the branch in detecting and preventing illicit ...
Canada's Trudeau accuses China of 'dumping' steel on global markets
Mar 12, 2018 (AFP)
"We are very concerned about the actions taken by China and the dumping of steel and aluminum on the global market," Trudeau said following a tour of an aluminu...
China says still talking with US on trade
Mar 11, 2018 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping's top economic advisor, Liu He, held trade discussions with US officials at the White House earlier this month but the meetings yielded few...
China can be more 'courageous' in opening: central banker
Mar 09, 2018 (AFP)
"Now that we have entered a new stage, we can be more courageous in opening our market to the outside world," said Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank...
Allies, rivals alike hit out at Trump trade tariffs
Mar 09, 2018 (AFP)
Close ally Japan warned the tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminium "could have a grave impact on the economic relationship" between...
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