TRADE WARS - RUSSO DAILY

US visit marks 11th-hour test for China's heir apparent

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping has travelled extensively in the last two years as vice-president, but next week's US visit will provide the greatest test ...

Detained China artist unaware of New York success

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

Dark, bare photos of modern Chinese society by Liu Xia, detained wife of China's best known dissident, went on show in New York without her knowledge after they...

Iran, free trade pact top EU-India summit agenda

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

The European Union looks set to push India at a summit Friday to use its commercial and diplomatic influence to try to bring Iran back to the negotiating table ...

China says exports, imports fall in January

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

China's trade activity fell in January from a year earlier, data showed Friday, as a domestic slowdown, overseas turmoil and factory closures during the Lunar N...

Argentina cuts foreign currency outflows

Feb 09, 2012 (UPI)

Argentina is slashing foreign currency outflows in expectation of tougher economic times, a likely result of the drought-related drop in commodities harvests an...

Thomson Reuters posts loss on $3 bn writedown

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

Thomson Reuters posted a fourth-quarter loss on Thursday as the financial news and information provider took a $3 billion writedown on its financial services bu...

Canada's Harper secures billions in trade with China

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper oversaw the signing of nearly 3 billion Canadian dollars (US$3 billion) in trade agreements with China on Thursday after ...

Canada to close many US consulates: report

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

Canada is considering closing up to eight consulates and trade offices in the United States, public broadcaster CBC reported Thursday as the prime minister was ...

China says January exports expected to have dropped

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

China's commerce minister said Thursday that exports were expected to have fallen in January, as Europe's sovereign debt crisis and weakness in the United State...

US charges people, firms in plot to spy on DuPont

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

US authorities Wednesday unveiled charges against five people and five companies in an espionage scheme aimed at stealing trade secrets for Chinese-controlled f...

Led by China, global art market hits new record

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

Global art auction sales surged to a record $11.5 billion (8.7 billion euros) last year despite the weak world economy, with China cementing its spot as the top...

Argentina risks Brazil ties in import curb

Feb 08, 2012 (UPI)

Argentina is putting its partnerships with Brazil and other Latin American neighbors on the line in its bid to cut imports in response to a trade downturn. Arge...

Japan's current account surplus smallest in 15 years

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

Japan's current account surplus tumbled 43.9 percent to a 15-year low in 2011 as the nation logged a trade deficit due to lower exports and higher energy costs,...

India outsourcers see export growth slowing

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

India's flagship information technology and business services sector forecast on Wednesday that export growth would slow in the next financial year amid global ...

Canada PM Harper in China for trade talks

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday, kicking off a four-day trip aimed at prying open more of the Chinese m...

Groupon fails to turn profit as revenue grows

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

Daily deals site Groupon on Wednesday issued its first earnings report as a publicly traded company, saying it failed to turn a profit despite revenue nearly tr...

China and US have 'trust deficit': senior official

Feb 07, 2012 (AFP)

A top Chinese official has warned of a "trust deficit" between Beijing and Washington and expressed hopes that a key visit to the United States next week by Chi...

US-China trade tensions rising ahead of Xi visit

Feb 07, 2012 (AFP)

A barrage of complaints over Beijing's allegedly discriminatory trade policies awaits Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, the country's leader-in-waiting, when h...

Chinese village exports cheap labour abroad

Feb 07, 2012 (AFP)

Xie Guolu proudly shows off the two-storey home he is having built in the small Chinese village of Lujiazhuang, paid for by money his son earns thousands of kil...

Auction houses outfox Chinese antiquity fakers

Feb 07, 2012 (AFP)

Nicolas Chow places a magnifying glass against a Ming Dynasty vase to inspect the potter's 600-year old workmanship. Chow, the international head of Chinese cer...