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US commerce secretary meets Chinese counterpart in Beijing
Aug 28, 2023 (AFP)
Her visit is the latest in a series of high-level trips to China by US officials in recent months as Washington works to cool trade tensions with Beijing. The t...
China developer Evergrande posts losses for first half of the year
Aug 27, 2023 (AFP)
The developer's January-June losses amounted to 33 billion yuan ($4.53 billion), compared to 66.4 billion yuan in the same period last year, according to a stat...
China halves stock trade tax to boost market
Aug 27, 2023 (AFP)
The cut, which will take effect on Monday, is the country's first since 2008. China's Ministry of Finance and its State Taxation Administration said in a joint ...
Canada minister in China for talks, a first since 2019
Aug 26, 2023 (AFP)
Steve Guilbeault will take part in three days of talks starting Monday at the annual assembly of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment ...
China's debt-hit Country Garden delays bond repayment vote: Bloomberg
Aug 25, 2023 (AFP)
One of China's biggest builders, Country Garden has accumulated debts of more than $150 billion and said this month it had failed to make interest payments on t...
Drought-hit Panama Canal to restrict access for one year
Aug 25, 2023 (AFP)
The canal is facing a shortage of rainwater needed to transfer ships through locks that function like water elevators, an engineering marvel that moves six perc...
Markets track Wall St surge after US data, Nvidia results
Aug 24, 2023 (AFP)
Traders have spent most of August fretting that the Federal Reserve will be forced to tighten monetary policy further owing to a string of reports pointing to a...
Canada probes allegations Walmart, Hugo Boss, Diesel used Uyghur forced labor
Aug 24, 2023 (AFP)
The announcement follows similar probes started in the past month of Ralph Lauren, Nike and Canadian mining firm Dynasty Gold by the Canadian Ombudsperson for R...
Fitch cuts unit of China's debt-hit Country Garden to junk
Aug 24, 2023 (AFP)
Country Garden, China's largest private developer in terms of sales last year, has amassed more than $150 billion in debt and said this month it had failed to m...
Markets broadly up as traders await Powell speech, Nvidia results
Aug 23, 2023 (AFP)
Sentiment has taken a hit in recent weeks owing to a spike in US Treasury yields to around 15-year highs, fuelled by expectations that a strong economy will all...
BRICS leaders agree to expand membership at summit
Aug 23, 2023 (AFP)
Calls to enlarge the BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- has dominated the agenda at its three-day summit in Johannesburg and exposed rift...
BRICS summit of emerging economies to begin in South Africa
Aug 22, 2023 (AFP)
The so-called BRICS nations -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- represent a quarter of the global economy, and interest in joining the club has ...
Markets head tentatively higher but traders fret over outlook
Aug 22, 2023 (AFP)
Markets globally have struggled this month on the prospect that the Federal Reserve will hike borrowing costs once more before the end of the year as it looks t...
China's Xi arrives in South Africa for BRICS summit
Aug 22, 2023 (AFP)
The state visit will be Xi's second of 2023, after making an official trip to Russia in March. "Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Johannesburg on Monday t...
Biden to attend next month's G20 summit in New Delhi as Harris heads to Jakarta
Aug 22, 2023 (UPI)
Biden will travel to New Delhi on Sept. 7. The G20 leaders' summit, which is scheduled for Sept. 9 to 10, will include discussions on a range of global issues f...
Markets rise after latest selloff but traders fret over outlook
Aug 22, 2023 (AFP)
Markets globally have struggled this month on the prospect that the US Federal Reserve will hike borrowing costs once more before the end of the year as it look...
US commerce secretary to visit China next week for talks
Aug 22, 2023 (AFP)
Washington says it is seeking to better manage its frosty relations with China, with the two powers at loggerheads over everything from trade to human rights an...
China's Xi heads to South Africa for BRICS summit
Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)
The state visit will be Xi's second international trip of 2023, after making an official trip to Russia in March. "Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on ...
European stocks rebound, China rate cut fails to ease worries
Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)
At midday, Paris stocks were up by more than one percent, with both Frankfurt and London also pushing higher. Market sentiment has taken a hammering this month ...
Stocks mixed as China rate cut fails to ease worries
Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)
Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook parent Meta were among the companies rising more than one percent in what analysts view as bargain-hunting after a weak stretch. ...
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