TRADE WARS - INDO DAILY

Sep 18, 2012 (UPI)

Mercosur divisions are growing as landlocked Paraguay accuses fellow founder members Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay of undermining its small resource-dependent e...

Australia cuts mining forecasts on China drop

Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)

Australia's resources agency slashed its mining export forecasts Tuesday as China's slowdown hits commodity prices, with earnings set to fall for the first time...

Philippines predicts $15 bln from call centres by 2016

Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)

The Philippines expects to boost its revenues from call centres to nearly $15 billion by 2016, sustaining its three-year lead over rival India, industry leaders...

Seeking political gain, Obama fires new trade shot at China

Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)

President Barack Obama fired a new trade shot at China Monday, wooing blue collar workers and outmaneuvering his Republican foe Mitt Romney as Beijing took a po...

US, China trade battle heats up at WTO

Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)

US-China trade tensions heated up Monday as the US lodged a complaint over Beijing's automotive subsidies with the WTO and China countered with a filing over US...

Australian FM hits back at critics of China investment

Sep 14, 2012 (AFP)

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr Friday hit out at critics of Chinese investment in the country, urging resistance to "nationalistic sloganeering" on the is...

Argentine import tariffs hitting exports

Sep 14, 2012 (UPI)

Argentina's increasingly tougher import tariff regime is beginning to hit the country's export potential as manufacturers find they cannot meet production targe...

People smugglers get rich, Canberra reacts

Sep 14, 2012 (UPI)

The kingpins of Asia's people smuggling racket have made millions of dollars smuggling everyone from farmers to terrorists, a report by the New Straits Times sa...

China aims to boost exports as economy slows

Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)

China said Wednesday it has approved a package of measures aimed at boosting exports, as the world's second largest economy grapples with a slowdown. The State ...

Hundreds protest against Myanmar mine

Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)

Hundreds of Myanmar villagers protesting a Chinese co-owned copper mine vowed to continue their fight against the project despite arrests of demonstrators and o...

Outside View: Trade deficit rises

Sep 11, 2012 (UPI)

The U.S. Commerce Department reported Tuesday that the U.S. deficit on international trade in goods and services was $42.0 billion in July, up slightly from $41...

Burberry value rocked by profit warning amid China slowdown

Sep 11, 2012 (AFP)

Shares in luxury clothing and accessories group Burberry tumbled by almost 21 percent Tuesday after the British firm issued a surprise profits warning which ana...

Chinese company to study Nicaragua canal feasibility

Sep 07, 2012 (AFP)

A Chinese company will conduct a study about the possibility of building a canal that would link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Nicaraguan territory, P...

Putin touts ex-Soviet bloc as Asia-Europe bridge

Sep 07, 2012 (AFP)

President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Russia and a new bloc with ex-Soviet states were well-positioned to become a bridge between Europe and Asia, as he hoste...

US pleased with APEC 'green' products list

Sep 07, 2012 (AFP)

The United States welcomed Friday a deal to cut tariffs on dozens of "green" products in the Asia-Pacific, saying it would boost the region's economies as well ...

Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013

Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)

Hong Kong on Thursday announced the first step in a policy aimed to restrict foreigners from buying property, in a move seen to be targeting mainland buyers who...

'Green' products trade gains momentum in APEC

Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)

A push to boost Asia Pacific trade in environmentally friendly goods gained momentum Thursday as officials agreed to cut tariffs on bamboo floor panels, solar b...

Brazil says tariff hikes not protectionist

Sep 06, 2012 (UPI)

Brazil is raising import tariffs on 200 commodities but insists it's not pursuing protectionism in the style of neighbor Argentina, which faces punitive action ...

Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation

Sep 06, 2012 (UPI)

Europe's Nordic and Baltic countries are strengthening cooperation to assure they're not left off the European agenda, Lithuania said this week. Lithuanian Fore...

Chile eyes free trade deals at APEC

Sep 05, 2012 (AFP)

Chile wants to strike new free trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia and Russia at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vladivostok, ...