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Chinese investors to build industrial city in Oman
May 23, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese investors signed a deal Monday with Oman's government to build an industrial city, including an oil refinery, in the southern port town of Duqm, a joint...
European vote against China market status not 'constructive': Beijing
May 16, 2016 (AFP)
A European Parliament vote against granting China market economy status in the World Trade Organization was "not at all constructive", Beijing's foreign ministe...
Australia, US boost efforts to protect steelmakers
May 12, 2016 (AFP)
Canberra and Washington will step up joint efforts to protect domestic steelmakers, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Thursday, amid concerns abou...
EU warns against market economy status for China
May 10, 2016 (AFP)
The EU on Wednesday said granting market economy status for China at the World Trade Organization was "untenable" due to the loss of jobs it would cost Europe i...
China group buys DR Congo copper mine for $2.65 billion
May 09, 2016 (AFP)
US company Freeport-McMoRan said Monday it was selling control in the Tenke Fungurume copper mine in DR Congo to China Molybdenum, giving the Chinese company a ...
China and Caribbean cosy up to the sound of music
May 08, 2016 (AFP)
Gyrating in the night, Trinidadian soca singer Lil Bitts's derriere, hugged by a pair of hot pants, is centre stage in efforts to bring together China and the C...
China April exports, imports fall in sign of weakness
May 08, 2016 (AFP)
China's exports slumped nearly two percent in April compared to the same month last year, as imports fell almost 11 percent, officials said Sunday, the latest s...
Protests build in Myanmar over flashpoint Chinese-backed mine
May 07, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of Myanmar villagers rallied Saturday against a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine, activists told AFP, reigniting a contentious issue that could...
French mistrustful of government in EU-US trade deal talks
May 06, 2016 (AFP)
Nearly two thirds of French people say they don't trust the government to defend the country's interests in negotiations on a vast new EU-US trade deal, a poll ...
Amazon steps up air game with new cargo deal
May 05, 2016 (AFP)
Online retail colossus Amazon on Thursday boosted its fledgling air cargo service as it moves to gain more independence from freight firms for delivery of onlin...
Obama faces looming trade row with China
May 04, 2016 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama is facing a fresh trade row with Beijing that could inflame the 2016 election race and complicate his farewell visit to China in Septe...
TTIP: a proposed trade treaty in troubled waters
May 03, 2016 (AFP)
Will the ambitious Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, the world's largest trade pact, ever see the light of day? After leaks from the closed-door n...
US-EU trade deal 'risks' emerge in leak
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
A massive US-EU trade deal would harm the environment and consumer safety, Greenpeace said Monday citing secret documents it leaked, as Brussels dismissed the r...
Greenpeace leaks US-EU trade papers, fears for consumers
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
Greenpeace charged Monday that a massive US-EU trade deal would place corporate interests above the environment and consumer safety, as it released classified d...
Australian Craig Wright says he created Bitcoin
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright on Monday identified himself as the creator of Bitcoin following years of speculation about who invented the pioneering dig...
Chinese ship set to be first through expanded Panama Canal
Apr 29, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese-owned freighter will be the first vessel to pass through Panama's newly expanded canal, to be inaugurated with great pomp in June after nine years of ...
US Steel files complaint against Chinese steel imports
Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)
US Steel Corporation filed a trade complaint Tuesday against big Chinese steel makers and distributors, seeking to bar allegedly unfairly traded Chinese product...
Panama Canal restricts ship depth due to drought
Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)
Officials running the Panama Canal on Monday started imposing restrictions on the depth of ships passing through because of lower water levels caused by a sever...
Steel producers to urge China to cut output
Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)
Key players in the world's struggling steel industry gathered in Brussels on Monday to try to push China to scale back overproduction blamed for causing plant c...
China defends ground in steel crisis talks
Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)
China firmly defended its efforts to address the steel crisis on Monday, rebutting accusations that its cheap exports were causing plant closures and job losses...
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