TRADE WARS - RUSSO DAILY

Argentine envoy hauled over U.K. trade row

Mar 01, 2012 (UPI)

Argentina indicated Thursday that it's pleased that Britain wants the European Union to intervene in the Falklands sovereignty dispute. The Argentine comments c...

China foreign minister in India talks

Mar 01, 2012 (AFP)

China's foreign minister held talks in India on Thursday that focused on issues affecting the neighbours' often troubled ties as well as an upcoming summit of m...

Romanian opposition leader pledges to block Canadian mine

Mar 01, 2012 (AFP)

The leader of Romania's main opposition party, Victor Ponta, on Thursday pledged to block a Canadian gold mine project in the northwest of the country if he bec...

Mercosur keen to profit from Arab markets

Feb 29, 2012 (UPI)

Latin America's Mercosur trade bloc is keen to profit from Arab cash investments and expanding consumer markets while talks with the European Union on a free tr...

US creates new trade unit, targets China

Feb 28, 2012 (AFP)

The US took direct aim at China Tuesday with the establishment of a new agency to crack down on what Washington judges unfair practices by its major trade partn...

Bribes hold back Chinese in Australia mining: WikiLeaks

Feb 28, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese mining interests in Australia are being held back because they believe they must pay bribes to get what they want, according to a former senator quoted ...

China signs deal for mega mosque in Algeria

Feb 28, 2012 (AFP)

Algeria signed a deal with a Chinese construction giant on Tuesday for the building of a vast new one billion euro mosque that is expected to be the third large...

Shanghai hikes minimum pay to combat labour shortage

Feb 27, 2012 (AFP)

Shanghai said Monday it will raise the minimum monthly wage by 13 percent, the latest pay hike in China as officials try to combat labour shortages and worker u...

Iraq seeks investment to upgrade transport network

Feb 26, 2012 (AFP)

Iraq's transport minister appealed to foreign firms on Sunday to help restore his country's dilapidated infrastructure by rebuilding airports and constructing a...

Brazil to slap quality control on China goods

Feb 25, 2012 (AFP)

Brazil plans to impose strict quality control on imports from China and other Asian nations to prevent the influx of cheap goods, the daily O Globo reported Sat...

Canada hails no change in New York shipping rules

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

Canada on Friday welcomed New York state's reversal on proposed ballast water rules aimed at preventing foreign species from invading the Great Lakes, restricti...

China links EU trade probe with eurozone debt help

Feb 23, 2012 (AFP)

China said Thursday a European investigation into imports of Chinese-made specialised steel products would "undermine" efforts to combat the eurozone crisis. Th...

Patent wars: Microsoft takes Motorola to EU

Feb 22, 2012 (AFP)

Microsoft on Wednesday filed a complaint with the European Commission against Google's Motorola Mobility in the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter patent wa...

Italian fashion designers look to China for salvation

Feb 22, 2012 (AFP)

Italy's top designer brands are looking to China for salvation this year with revenues falling due to a debt crisis that has cast an air of gloom as Milan Fashi...

Clinton pledges 'Jobs Diplomacy' for economy

Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)

Hillary Clinton promised Tuesday to put the force of her State Department behind US businesses, calling for "jobs diplomacy" to help boost exports and jumpstart...

Clinton pledges support for US business

Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised Tuesday that US diplomats would do more to promote business interests overseas but renewed criticism of what she cal...

Hong Kong fights landmark maids residency ruling

Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)

Hong Kong's government on Tuesday launched an appeal against a landmark court ruling which grants thousands of foreign maids the right to seek permanent residen...

Taiwan's China Steel to invest in Australia mine

Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)

China Steel Corp, Taiwan's largest steel producer, said Tuesday its board of directors had approved a plan to invest about Aus$102 million ($110 million) in an ...

Report: Global trade picking up faster

Feb 21, 2012 (UPI)

Global trade may be picking up faster than originally anticipated and that may be good news for U.S. commerce and business elsewhere. Until recently, hopes were...

China's leader-in-waiting wraps up Ireland trade visit

Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)

China's Vice President Xi Jinping bade farewell to Ireland on Monday after a three-day visit during which Dublin sought to provide Beijing with a financial foot...