TRADE WARS - RUSSO DAILY

China 'cannot tolerate accusations' on Britain investment

Aug 01, 2016 (AFP)

China "cannot tolerate" accusations that its investment in a British nuclear plant threatens that country's security, state media said Monday, after London surp...

China manufacturing contracts in July: govt

Aug 01, 2016 (AFP)

China's manufacturing shrank in July, the government said Monday, blaming the deterioration on rainstorms that wreaked havoc across large swathes of the country...

Japan in first half-year trade surplus since Fukushima

Jul 25, 2016 (AFP)

Japan on Monday posted its first half-year trade surplus since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, after the accident sent energy import bills soaring and led ...

Beijing slaps EU, Japan, S. Korea with steel duties

Jul 24, 2016 (AFP)

China said Sunday it has started imposing anti-dumping tariffs on certain steel imports from the European Union, Japan and South Korea, as Beijing itself comes ...

Philippines driving up nickel prices: industry group

Jul 22, 2016 (AFP)

Concern over the new Philippine government's mining policies is helping drive global nickel prices to nearly one-year highs, the local industry association said...

New UK finance minister to talk up trade on China visit

Jul 21, 2016 (AFP)

New finance minister Philip Hammond will on Friday meet Chinese business leaders and officials to drum up support for Britain's economy ahead of talks with G20 ...

Australian regulator approves logistics giant takeover

Jul 21, 2016 (AFP)

The break-up of Australian logistics giant Asciano between local and international suitors cleared a key hurdle Thursday after the nation's corporate regulator ...

EU dodges China market status question

Jul 20, 2016 (AFP)

The EU said Wednesday it will no longer debate whether or not China's economy is market driven, but will instead focus on new measures to tackle Chinese dumping...

Publishers take on China at Hong Kong book fair

Jul 20, 2016 (AFP)

Hong Kong's feisty publishing industry vowed to take on China by selling books critical of Beijing, despite the disappearances of five city booksellers, as a ma...

EU takes China to WTO over export curbs

Jul 19, 2016 (AFP)

The European Union on Tuesday followed the United States to launch a new legal challenge at the World Trade Organization over duties and quotas China imposes on...

Back to Basics: The HK start-up taking on fashion giants

Jul 17, 2016 (AFP)

Luke Grana arrived in Hong Kong with no contacts, cold-calling 'angel investors' he'd found on LinkedIn armed with only his CV, a business plan, and some big id...

Telefonica sells China Unicom stake for 322 million euros

Jul 10, 2016 (AFP)

Spain's heavily indebted Telefonica said Sunday it had sold a 1.51-percent stake in China Unicom, China's second-biggest telecommunications provider, for 322 mi...

EU member states approve US data deal

Jul 08, 2016 (AFP)

EU member states on Friday approved a highly-criticised deal with the US intended to curb government spying on the personal internet data of EU citizens. Washin...

India's Modi heads to Africa with an eye on China

Jul 06, 2016 (AFP)

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Africa on Thursday, seeking to boost his country's economic influence in a region long dominated by rival Asian po...

EU urges swift ratification of Canada trade deal

Jul 05, 2016 (AFP)

The EU Commission on Tuesday urged member states to swiftly ratify the long delayed EU-Canada trade deal, an agreement that is seen by critics as a dangerous mo...

West China Cement shares plunge following deal collapse

Jul 04, 2016 (AFP)

Shares in struggling West China Cement plunged as much as 34 percent Monday after a much-needed merger deal with the country's largest cement maker collapsed la...

China cement deal collapses amid oversupply woes

Jul 01, 2016 (AFP)

A deal for China's largest cement maker to take over a major rival collapsed after failing to gain government approval, the company said Friday, in a blow to Be...

Scotland's tartan and whisky makers hold breath after Brexit

Jun 30, 2016 (AFP)

In the production hall of the world's biggest tartan maker, huge iron spools rotate amid the roar of machines as threads of every colour are pulled together at ...

Airbnb sues over registration of San Francisco homes

Jun 28, 2016 (AFP)

Home sharing site Airbnb is suing San Francisco over a new law requiring that anyone who offers their home through the rental site first register the dwelling w...

Russia, China chart new trade course

Jun 27, 2016 (UPI)

China is ready to emerge as one of the larger trading partners with Russia in a relationship that extends from military to energy, the Chinese government said. ...