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US-China trade officials to talk again 'this week': official
Jul 15, 2019 (AFP)
That would be the second call in two weeks by senior officials from Washington and Beijing as the thaw in fraught trade negotiations continues. "We expect to ha...
US trade negotiators will travel to China in 'very near future': official
Jul 12, 2019 (AFP)
President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping agreed to "fully engage" on trade when they met in Osaka at the end of June, and since then trade officials...
China's GDP growth seen slowing to 6.2% in second quarter: AFP poll
Jul 12, 2019 (AFP)
The world's second largest economy expanded 6.2 percent in April-June, the poll of 10 economists predicted, ahead of the official release of gross domestic prod...
China police bust bitcoin miners for stealing $3 mn in electricity
Jul 12, 2019 (AFP)
A decentralised virtual currency, bitcoin can be produced or "mined" by banks of computers solving complex algorithms. The mining process can be very expensive ...
UK unveils draft law to tax tech giants
Jul 11, 2019 (AFP)
The proposed levy, which will be consulted on until September, will target "large digital businesses" and reflect "the value derived from their UK users", accor...
Regulators have serious questions about Libra: Bank of France
Jul 11, 2019 (AFP)
Facebook unveiled plans last month for a new global cryptocurrency called Libra, pledging to deliver a stable virtual money that lives on smartphones and could ...
China says US trade issues are 'definitely' resolvable
Jul 11, 2019 (AFP)
Washington and Beijing have hit each other with punitive tariffs covering more than $360 billion in two-way trade, damaging manufacturers on both sides of the P...
US seeks to ease dispute between S.Korea, Japan
Jul 11, 2019 (AFP)
South Korea said Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha in a telephone call with Pompeo brought up the intensifying row, in which Japan has ended expedited shipments o...
US central bank to study Facebook virtual currency
Jul 10, 2019 (AFP)
At a hearing at the US House Financial Services Committee, Powell told lawmakers that the cryptocurrency plan raises "serious" questions. "Let me start by sayin...
US, China negotiators resume trade war talks
Jul 10, 2019 (AFP)
Talks had broken down in May over US accusations that Beijing had reneged on its commitments, and the dispute escalated with the two sides exchanging steep incr...
S. Korea warns of 'prolonged' export row with Japan
Jul 10, 2019 (AFP)
Tokyo last week said it would stop shipment of compounds used by major firms including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in the manufacture of microchips and sma...
China factory price inflation slips as trade war pressure grows
Jul 10, 2019 (AFP)
At the same time consumer prices managed to meet expectations but the main support came from a surge in food prices owing to the impact of African swine fever o...
US asks Swiss to extradite accused Chinese pharma spy
Jul 09, 2019 (AFP)
Gongda Xue, a Chinese national living in Switzerland, is the brother of Yu Xue, who last year pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal trade secrets from GSK in or...
US slaps new duties on steel from Mexico and China
Jul 08, 2019 (AFP)
The decision comes two months after President Donald Trump agreed to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum from Mexico and Canada after the three nations agreed on...
Poland urges China to boost investment, drop tariffs
Jul 08, 2019 (AFP)
Poland in January arrested a former executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei suspected of spying, casting doubt over its bid to develop a 5G network in the EU...
India to ease investment rules to catch up China
Jul 05, 2019 (AFP)
India has been leap-frogged by China as the world's fastest-growing major economy, with unemployment in Asia's third-biggest economy at its highest since the 19...
US-China trade officials aim to talk next week, officials say
Jul 05, 2019 (AFP)
Efforts to pencil in a new round of negotiations come a week after President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met in Japan and agreed to restart ...
China says US tariffs must be lifted for a trade deal
Jul 04, 2019 (AFP)
Trade teams from the world's top two economies "have maintained communication", ministry spokesman Gao Feng said, days after presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinp...
Divisions on show as EU leaders try to end top jobs impasse
Jul 02, 2019 (AFP)
An 18-hour summit session broke up in acrimony on Monday with no agreement on a French-German compromise on who will become the new chief of the European Commis...
US-China trade talks 'back on track': White House advisor
Jul 02, 2019 (AFP)
But trade advisor Peter Navarro said Chinese telecoms giant Huawei remains blocked from participating in the development of 5G wireless networks in the United S...
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