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US temporarily extends tariff relief on Chinese medical goods
Feb 02, 2023 (AFP)
These exclusions cover 81 medical-care products, and the exemptions stem from the US battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. The current exclusions were originall...
Hong Kong offers free flights after Covid isolation
Feb 02, 2023 (AFP)
The government's rebranding campaign, "Hello, Hong Kong", bills itself as an effort to tell "good stories" about the southern Chinese city, where years of polit...
Starbucks profit rises despite hit from China; As markets drift lower
Feb 02, 2023 (AFP)
The big coffee chain's results were a study in contrast between its two main markets, with North American comparable sales jumping 10 percent and China comparab...
Pandemic to paradise: Chinese tourists return to Bali after three years
Feb 02, 2023 (AFP)
Exploring "turtle island", taking day trips to neighbouring Lombok and hitting Bali's famed beaches, the world's biggest-spending tourists were back after the L...
Hong Kong economy shrank 3.5 percent in 2022
Feb 01, 2023 (AFP)
Vast swathes of Hong Kong's economy were shut down at the start of the year, when the territory recorded one of the world's highest Covid per capita death rates...
Asian markets rebound from losses after Wall St rally
Feb 01, 2023 (AFP)
The gains will provide some relief to investors after January's rally appeared to have hit the buffers this week on lingering concerns about the economic outloo...
China factory output rebounds; IMF lifts 2023 global growth forecast
Jan 31, 2023 (AFP)
The Asian giant posted just three percent growth last year as its economy was hammered by stringent lockdowns and a deepening crisis in the key property sector....
EU, Mercosur trade deal possible soon: EU official
Jan 31, 2023 (AFP)
Mercosur -- comprised of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay -- reached a deal with the European Union in 2019 following 20 years of negotiations, but it ha...
Asian markets take fresh hit as nervous traders await Fed meeting
Jan 31, 2023 (AFP)
After spending most of January chalking up gains owing to easing concerns over inflation and interest rates, traders have this week taken a step back with reces...
Markets lose ground as traders await rate decisions
Jan 30, 2023 (AFP)
Even a strong performance on Wall Street was not enough to lift sentiment across the region, after data showed the Federal Reserve's preferred gauge of inflatio...
Hong Kong's sovereign wealth fund suffers record loss
Jan 30, 2023 (AFP)
The Exchange Fund, the semi-autonomous Chinese city's de facto sovereign wealth fund, is one of the largest public investment vehicles in the world. Its slump l...
Germany vows millions for Amazon as Scholz meets Lula in Brazil
Jan 30, 2023 (AFP)
The package includes a brand-new $33.6 million in aid for Brazilian states for rainforest protection, on top of another $38 million already announced for an Ama...
US trade shifts on Covid and China tensions, but no 'decoupling' yet
Jan 29, 2023 (AFP)
While security concerns have escalated and US imports from China fell after Washington and Beijing imposed tit-for-tat tariffs, trade has since climbed again. T...
Germany's Scholz to meet Brazil's Lula on L. American tour
Jan 28, 2023 (AFP)
Accompanied by a delegation of business leaders, Scholz will visit Argentina, then Chile, before heading to Brazil, Latin America's biggest economy. All three c...
Asian markets extend rally on hopes US will avoid recession
Jan 27, 2023 (AFP)
Investors tracked a rally on Wall Street fuelled by the figures, while they are now awaiting the release of closely watched inflation data later in the day and ...
US appeals WTO verdicts on steel tariffs
Jan 27, 2023 (AFP)
It also appealed a ruling that it was flouting international trade rules by labelling imports from Hong Kong as being from China. Former US president Donald Tru...
WTO to weigh in on EU-China spats over Lithuania, patents
Jan 27, 2023 (AFP)
The decision was reached during the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) meeting on Friday, the official said on condition of anonymity. China is the EU's bigges...
Hong Kong returns to lead most Asian markets higher
Jan 26, 2023 (AFP)
Hong Kong led the way again, helped by hopes that China's reopening will fuel a strong recovery this year, while Bloomberg News said travel and box office numbe...
Hands off our public holiday, cry angry Danes
Jan 26, 2023 (AFP)
"It's a big threat to the Danish model", said Lizette Risgaard, the head of the FH union which has 1.3 million members in a country of 5.9 million inhabitants. ...
Lula urges EU-South America regional trade deal before China talks
Jan 25, 2023 (AFP)
Lula made the comments in Uruguay, which has been pursuing its own commercial deal with Beijing, despite opposition from Mercosur -- made up of Brazil, Argentin...
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