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Hong Kong imports to be labelled 'Made in China': US customs
Aug 11, 2020 (AFP)
Last month, President Donald Trump retaliated to Beijing's imposition of a tough new security law in Hong Kong by removing special trading privileges for the fi...
China sanctions 11 Americans in retaliation for US move
Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)
Washington last week accused 11 officials of suppressing "freedom and democratic processes" in Hong Kong, including city leader Carrie Lam, and announced plans ...
China inflation edges up on the back of food prices
Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)
The consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of retail inflation, had been pushed up over the past year by livestock prices after China's pig herds were ravaged ...
Tech titans say Trump block on worker visas harms US
Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)
The brief was filed in federal court Monday in support of a suit by the US Chamber of Commerce and trade groups against a proclamation issued by Trump in June h...
Most Asia markets rise but trade talks, stimulus cause worry
Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)
Adding to uncertainty was US lawmakers' inability to find common ground on a much-needed, new stimulus for the world's top economy, with executive orders signed...
Despite agreement, China purchase of US agriculture lags
Aug 09, 2020 (AFP)
As President Donald Trump readies for a tough reelection battle in November, US media reported the two sides are set to meet beginning August 15 to discuss the ...
China-US ties plunge further over Hong Kong sanctions
Aug 08, 2020 (AFP)
In the toughest US action on Hong Kong since China imposed a sweeping new security law on the territory, Washington on Friday imposed sanctions on a group of Ch...
US slaps sanctions on Hong Kong leader in new offensive on China
Aug 08, 2020 (AFP)
In the toughest US action on Hong Kong since Beijing imposed a security clampdown on the territory, the Treasury Department said it was freezing US assets of Ch...
Global stocks mixed as US-China tensions rise, Washington deal elusive
Aug 07, 2020 (AFP)
The monthly US non-farm payrolls market report had been eagerly awaited as the first important indication of how a recent surge in infections that has sparked a...
Asia markets hit by China-US tensions, stimulus wrangling
Aug 07, 2020 (AFP)
China-US tensions were back on traders' minds after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring US residents from doing any business with the Ch...
China exports see unexpected spike in July, imports down
Aug 07, 2020 (AFP)
The readings, however, showed an unexpected fall in imports, highlighting the battle leaders have in stoking domestic demand as a key driver of national growth....
California sues Uber, Lyft for driver wage theft
Aug 06, 2020 (AFP)
Classifying their drivers as independent contractors "has deprived these workers of a host of legal protections in violation of California labor law," the offic...
Markets rise as investors eye US stimulus talks, gold hits record
Aug 05, 2020 (AFP)
Still, long-running uncertainty about the global economic outlook caused by the coronavirus pandemic and a weak dollar helped push gold to new records after bre...
Banks snared by Hong Kong sanctions laws as US-China spat spirals
Aug 05, 2020 (AFP)
Lawyers working for the lenders have been busy. Their clients have grown increasingly alarmed by two pieces of legislation that came into effect last month that...
Asian markets track Wall St surge, focus turns to Capitol Hill
Aug 04, 2020 (AFP)
But while there are small signs of a slowdown in infections in key US states, the spread of the virus across the planet and the reintroduction of strict contain...
HSBC profit slump adds to bank sector virus woes
Aug 03, 2020 (AFP)
HSBC announced earnings of $3.1 billion (2.6 billion euros) compared with almost $10 billion in the first six months of 2019, as spiralling China-US tensions al...
Asian markets mostly lower as virus forces new lockdowns
Aug 03, 2020 (AFP)
A lack of substantial progress by US lawmakers on a new stimulus package is also frustrating traders, while China-US tensions continued as the White House consi...
China's young jobseekers struggle despite economic recovery
Aug 02, 2020 (AFP)
Ma, 26, is one of almost nine million people graduating and entering the job market this year at a time of great uncertainty, an issue that has the ruling Commu...
EU-Vietnam trade deal begins Saturday
Jul 31, 2020 (AFP)
The free trade agreement, signed in Hanoi in June last year, will phase out tariff barriers over a decade for Vietnam and over seven years for the EU. European ...
Asia markets slip as dour US data reinforce worries over virus
Jul 31, 2020 (AFP)
The figures from Washington added to fears about the long-running economic impact of COVID-19 and overshadowed a better-than-forecast read on Chinese factory ac...
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