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China exports dive in September on weak global demand
Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)
China's exports plummeted in September, data showed Thursday, as anaemic global demand dealt another blow to the world's second-largest economy, while weak impo...
Paypal founder raises $100 mn for new payments startup
Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)
Affirm, a startup led by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, said Thursday it secured $100 million in financing to expand its consumer lending business that aims to ...
US seeks WTO panel on China trade barriers for raw materials
Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)
The United States on Thursday said it was calling for a World Trade Organization arbitration panel to resolve an escalating trade dispute on Chinese export barr...
EU hits China with fresh steel anti-dumping duties
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
The European Union on Friday hit China with anti-dumping duties on two types of steel imports as Europe tries to cope with a global steel glut largely driven by...
Trump factory jobs sent to China may never come back
Oct 06, 2016 (AFP)
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has pledged to bring long lost American manufacturing jobs back from China. But he may be too late -- even for products t...
IMF warns of protectionist threat to global growth
Oct 04, 2016 (AFP)
The IMF on Tuesday left its global economic forecasts unchanged into 2017 but called on governments to take action against the threats of low growth and protect...
Canada, China aim to strike free-trade deal
Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)
Canada and China have agreed to begin talks for a possible free-trade accord with an aim of doubling bilateral commerce by 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Justin ...
Two top China steelmakers announce merger to combat glut
Sep 20, 2016 (AFP)
Two of China's top steelmakers announced plans Tuesday to merge,creating the world's second-largest manufacturer of the commodity as markets struggle with a glu...
China to unveil steel merger plans this week: reports
Sep 20, 2016 (AFP)
China is expected to announce plans to merge the country's top steelmakers this week, according to media reports, creating the world's second-largest manufactur...
Australia's Port of Melbourne sold for $7.3 bln
Sep 19, 2016 (AFP)
An Australian-led consortium with Chinese investment won a 50-year-lease Monday on the nation's biggest container and cargo port for Aus$9.7 billion (US$7.3 bil...
Protesters rally across Germany against mega trade deal
Sep 17, 2016 (AFP)
More than 160,000 demonstrators thronged seven major cities across Germany on Saturday in protest over a massive transatlantic trade deal, dealing a new blow to...
China says grain subsidies meet WTO rules; 13 nations take aim at fishing subsidies
Sep 14, 2016 (AFP)
China's rice, wheat and corn subsidies are in line with WTO rules, Beijing's commerce ministry said after Washington launched legal action against what it says ...
Moody's warns on Hong Kong rating after polls
Sep 13, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong's credit rating could be at risk after the success of a new generation of young anti-China politicians in legislative elections this month, Moody's wa...
China imports break two-year losing streak in August
Sep 08, 2016 (AFP)
China's imports rose for the first time in nearly two years in August, figures showed Thursday, the 1.5 percent annual increase beating expectations in a positi...
Irish opposition attacks Apple ruling appeal
Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)
Ireland's opposition on Wednesday lashed out at a cabinet decision to appeal the EU's Apple ruling amid public support for the European Commission order to coll...
Canada's Trudeau hails new friendship with China
Sep 06, 2016 (AFP)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that ties with Beijing had entered a new era following a charm offensive which saw 56 business deals signed....
G20 warns against slide into protectionism
Sep 05, 2016 (AFP)
The world's leading economies spoke out against a return to protectionism and defended the unfashionable concepts of free trade and globalisation Monday, warnin...
Britain's May faces obstacles to post-EU trade goals
Sep 05, 2016 (AFP)
New British leader Theresa May sought Monday to start shaping her country's post-EU access to world markets, but faced a Japanese warning over the fallout from ...
Trudeau warns against dangerous protectionist mood
Sep 03, 2016 (AFP)
World leaders need to push back against a tide of "rampant" protectionism and nationalism, Canadian premier Justin Trudeau said Saturday, warning that "building...
New Brazil president woos business allies in China
Sep 02, 2016 (AFP)
New Brazilian President Michel Temer insisted Friday his country has turned a page on years of crisis as he wooed businesses in China after replacing Dilma Rous...
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