TRADE WARS - INDO DAILY

US manufacturers bringing work home from overseas

Oct 05, 2012 (SPX)

Increasingly, U.S. firms are moving or considering moving their manufacturing operations back to domestic soil from overseas, finds a new study co-authored by a...

Japan insurers stop China riot coverage: report

Oct 05, 2012 (AFP)

Big Japanese insurers have stopped covering firms against riots in China, a report said Friday, a move seen likely to hit investment there as the countries rema...

Argentine retailers told to cut prices

Oct 05, 2012 (UPI)

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner ordered retailers to slash prices of commodities and basic food items as part of the government's widely publ...

Russia denies sending high-tech spies to US

Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)

Russian diplomats and security chiefs denied Thursday sending their spies to the United States to purchase high-tech military electronics and detonators in fake...

China firm makes offer for Australia-listed miner

Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese private equity firm Cathay Fortune Corp has made an $850 million offer for Australia-listed Discovery Metals, Dow Jones Newswires reported Thursday, as ...

Australia and Mongolia mining cooperation?

Oct 04, 2012 (UPI)

Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj has encouraged Mongolian-Australian cooperation in Mongolia's mining boom. Elbegdorj, noting that Mongolian-Australian rel...

China, S. Korea seen to attend IMF meeting in Japan

Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)

China and South Korea are expected to send their financial chiefs to meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Japan, despite their diplomat...

EU unveils measures to combat biopiracy

Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)

The European Union on Thursday set out proposals aimed at thwarting the illegal use of genetic resources and traditional medicine, a practice known as bio-pirac...

China slowdown hits services sector

Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)

Activity in China's non-manufacturing sectors hit a near two-year low last month, official figures showed, adding to concerns over a slowdown in the world's sec...

Immigrant-led startups on the decline in US: study

Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)

The number of US high-tech startups founded by immigrants, which has long been a source of growth for the American economy, has begun to slip, according to a st...

Australia's Forrest wins High Court appeal

Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)

Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest on Tuesday won a High Court appeal against a ruling that he misled investors on Chinese deals that could have seen him ...

Strikes hammer S. Africa's mining industry

Sep 28, 2012 (UPI)

Trouble in South Africa's mining sector has paralyzed Anglo American Platinum, the world's biggest producer of the precious metal, and other companies in a swel...

WTO appoints expert panel in long-running China-US dispute

Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)

International trade arbiter the World Trade Organization on Friday appointed a panel of experts to investigate the latest in a series of disputes involving Chin...

Protest shuts alpine transit route in Austria

Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)

A major alpine transit route through western Austria was partially shut to traffic on Friday, as part of a protest against excessive heavy transport and resulti...

Hong Kong hails start of first free trade pact with Europe

Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)

Hong Kong on Friday said its first free trade agreement with European countries would take effect from the beginning of October, opening up business opportuniti...

One-third Taiwan firms in China face closure: report

Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's intelligence chief on Thursday warned that one in every three Taiwanese companies based in China are facing closure this year due to rapidly decreasing...

Asia must make money, not trouble: Thai PM

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Wednesday that Asia's emerging economies can help the troubled global economy, but warned against allowing conflict...

Canada frets over foreign takeover bids

Sep 26, 2012 (UPI)

Canada fears foreign ownership of its key corporations and resource entities, officials said in private and public comments mirrored in the media. Nowhere is th...

Workers protest at Italy steel mill facing closure

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Workers staged a new protest Wednesday against the proposed shuttering of the ILVA steel mill in southern Italy, which has been accused of generating massive po...

Tourism bright spot in global economy: UN body

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Global tourism has adapted well to the economic crisis, with international arrivals expected to rise by nearly four percent this year, the head of the UN World ...