TRADE WARS - INDO DAILY

Nov 20, 2024 (AFP)

- Big Global South players - China and Brazil are the major emerging powers of the eastern and western hemispheres. They are also the world's fourth- and fifth-...

China's Xi urges 'strategic' ties in talks with Germany's Scholz

Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)

"China and Germany are both major countries with significant influence," Xi told Scholz on the sidelines of the G20 summit, according to Beijing's state news ag...

China's Xi urges closer ties in meeting with Mexican president

Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)

The Chinese leader is in Brazil this week for the G20 summit and met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer earlier in the day, with more bilateral meetings expect...

China's Xi meets Germany's Scholz on G20 sidelines: state media

Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)

Scholz last met Xi in April in Beijing, where he pressed China's president to use his influence on Russia to end the war in Ukraine. A German government source ...

European stocks slide on fears of Russia-Ukraine escalation

Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)

On the 1,000th day of Russia's offensive on Ukraine, Moscow said it will consider using the weapons against a non-nuclear state if they are supported by nuclear...

G20 leaders talk climate, wars -- and brace for Trump's return

Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, host of the Rio gathering, scored a first-day triumph by getting 82 countries to sign up to a Global Alliance Aga...

Trump names China hawk Howard Lutnick as US commerce secretary

Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)

Lutnick will also lead the country's tariff and trade agenda, with "additional direct responsibility for the Office of the United States Trade Representative," ...

Taxing the richest: what the G20 decided

Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)

Getting the super-rich to cough up more in taxes has been a priority of left-wing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is hosting the summit of th...

Divided G20 fails to agree on climate, Ukraine

Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)

Ahead of the meeting, the UN had implored the leaders of the world's richest economies to rescue stalled climate talks in Azerbaijan by boosting funding for dev...

Asian markets rally after US bounce as Nvidia comes into focus

Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)

Hong Kong and Shanghai were among the better performers in early action on hopes that China will unveil more stimulus after a raft of measures at the end of Sep...

Strike at French maker Hennessy over measures in China spat

Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)

Some 500-600 staff in cognac's home Charente region in southwestern France were protesting at an experimental plan to export the drink in vats, rather than bott...

Argentine president Milei meets China's Xi at G20

Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)

Both countries "agreed to continue working to strengthen trade ties and develop joint projects that benefit both economies," the Argentine presidency said in a ...

China's Xi says to 'enhance' ties with Brazil as arrives for G20: state media

Nov 18, 2024 (AFP)

Xi is due to meet Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the visit, which will last until Thursday. State news agency Xinhua said he looked forward to...

Keir Starmer to meet Xi Jinping at G20 summit Monday: UK PM's office

Nov 18, 2024 (AFP)

Starmer will meet the Chinese president "for the first time" and "seek serious, stable and pragmatic engagement with China", Downing Street said in a statement....

Markets swing after Wall St losses as traders weigh US rates outlook

Nov 18, 2024 (AFP)

A warning from US central bank boss Jerome Powell that reductions in borrowing costs were not preset dented optimism last week, while traders were also keeping ...

Starmer hails importance of 'strong' UK-China ties in Xi meeting

Nov 18, 2024 (AFP)

In the first bilateral meeting between a British prime minister and the Chinese leader since February 2018, Starmer told Xi the UK wanted "consistent, durable, ...

Woman-owned cafe in Indonesia's Sharia stronghold shakes stigma

Nov 18, 2024 (AFP)

The 28-year-old opened Morning Mama last year to create a space that caters to women in Banda Aceh, known as the city of 1,001 coffee shops. "I thought why not ...

G20 tests Brazil's clout in Lula 3.0 era

Nov 17, 2024 (AFP)

"Brazil is back!" Lula announced triumphantly two years ago after he unseated far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, who had turned his country into a pariah, to s...

China's Xi urges APEC unity in face of 'protectionism'

Nov 16, 2024 (AFP)

Speaking to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders hours before he is due to hold talks with US counterpart Joe Biden, Xi pointed to "challenges such ...

Macron to press Milei on climate action, multilateralism in Argentina talks

Nov 16, 2024 (AFP)

Argentina's climate skeptic president, a fervent admirer of Donald Trump, caused fears for the future of the 2015 Paris accord on global warming this week after...