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Macron threatens China with tariffs over trade surplus
Dec 07, 2025 (AFP)
"I told them that if they don't react, we Europeans will be forced to take strong measures in the coming months," Macron told business daily Les Echos after ret...
German FM to visit China for economic talks
Dec 05, 2025 (AFP)
Johann Wadephul was originally supposed to pay his first visit to China as foreign minister in late October but abruptly cancelled that trip at the last minute ...
Macron urges China to push for peace, rebalance trade
Dec 04, 2025 (AFP)
For Macron, making his fourth visit to China while in office, the three-day trip is an opportunity to shore up support for a ceasefire in Europe's deadliest con...
Markets mixed as traders struggle to hold Fed cut rally
Dec 04, 2025 (AFP)
Wall Street rose for a second straight day after a minor selloff on Monday, though regional traders moved a little more tentatively as worries over extended val...
German president gets royal treatment on UK state visit
Dec 03, 2025 (AFP)
Steinmeier and his wife Elke Budenbender were guests of honour at the lavish dinner hosted by Charles and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle, west of London, cappi...
China's factory activity extends months-long slump
Nov 30, 2025 (AFP)
The manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) -- a key measure of industrial health -- was 49.2 in November, according to the National Bureau of Statistics...
China likely to bid on building new Panama Canal ports
Nov 26, 2025 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump made the threat earlier this year, alleging that China controls the strategic waterway because Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings o...
Asian stocks extend global rally as data boost rate cut hopes
Nov 26, 2025 (AFP)
A report that US President Donald Trump's top economic aide was the frontrunner to be the central bank's next boss added to the risk-on mood as investors redisc...
Asia markets advance as odds for another Fed rate cut grow
Nov 25, 2025 (AFP)
After a swoon in recent weeks, optimism appeared to be returning to trading floors as the chances of a third successive reduction in US borrowing costs increase...
US to slap big surcharge on foreign visitors to national parks
Nov 25, 2025 (AFP)
The Department of the Interior, which operates the renowned US national parks, said that starting in 2026 visitors from abroad will have to pay $100 on top of t...
Japan businesses brush off worries over China tourists
Nov 22, 2025 (AFP)
A souring of Beijing-Tokyo relations this month, following remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi about Taiwan, has fuelled concerns about the impact...
Japan's Takaichi insists $135 bn stimulus fiscally 'responsible'
Nov 21, 2025 (AFP)
The 21.3-trillion yen outlay comes as the government looks to kickstart growth in the world's number-four economy, ease the pain of inflation for households and...
Tech firms lead stock rout as AI bubble fears linger
Nov 21, 2025 (AFP)
A blockbuster earnings report from chip bellwether Nvidia on Wednesday seemed to settle nerves that vast investments in the artificial intelligence sector may h...
China passes US to return as Germany's top trade partner
Nov 19, 2025 (AFP)
Total trade between Europe's biggest economy and China from January to September this year grew slightly to nearly 186 billion euros ($215 billion), according t...
Japan warns citizens in China over safety amid Taiwan row
Nov 18, 2025 (AFP)
The escalating spat has already seen Beijing advise Chinese citizens to avoid travelling to Japan and hit Tokyo stocks. "Pay attention to your surroundings and ...
Asian markets track Wall St down with Nvidia, US jobs in view
Nov 18, 2025 (AFP)
Building anxiety that this year's record rally linked to all things artificial intelligence has made some traders question whether the billions spent on the ind...
China's Xi vows closer ties as Thai king makes first official visit
Nov 14, 2025 (AFP)
King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who has rarely made overseas state visits since he ascended the throne nine years ago, is in Beijing with his wife Queen Suthida for h...
China retail sales grew at slowest pace in over a year
Nov 14, 2025 (AFP)
The world's second-largest economy has been confronted with sluggish domestic spending since the end of the Covid pandemic, with a prolonged debt crisis in the ...
Markets sink on concerns over tech rally, Fed rates
Nov 14, 2025 (AFP)
With the US shutdown saga now out the way, focus returned to the central bank's policy meeting next month, when officials will decide whether or not to lower bo...
EU backs small parcel duties to tackle China import flood
Nov 13, 2025 (AFP)
Currently there is no levy on packages worth less than 150 euros ($174) imported directly to consumers in the 27-nation bloc, in many cases via Chinese-founded ...
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