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China mulls new foreign investment law: state media
Dec 23, 2018 (AFP)
The new "unified law" will replace three existing laws on Chinese and foreign equity joint ventures, non-equity joint ventures and wholly foreign-owned enterpri...
China signals more support for economy
Dec 21, 2018 (AFP)
The meeting headed by President Xi Jinping also pledged further opening of the economy, better protection of intellectual property rights and to push forward tr...
Siemens boss takes aim at Chinese buyouts
Dec 21, 2018 (AFP)
The recent ousting of robotics maker Kuka's chief executive Till Reuter two years after the prestigious German firm was taken over by Chinese group Midea, was j...
Under pressure: clock ticks for China in trade talks
Dec 20, 2018 (AFP)
With the clock ticking since December 1 on a 90-day deadline to reach a deal with the United States, China has only made superficial peace offerings as it tries...
Nike stays bullish on China as it reports higher profits
Dec 20, 2018 (AFP)
Net income for the quarter ending November 30 was $847 million, up 10.4 percent from the year-ago period. Revenues were $9.4 billion, up 9.6 percent. A key driv...
With eye on China, Germany shields strategic firms against takeovers
Dec 19, 2018 (AFP)
The new rules allow the government greater review powers in the defence, high-tech and infrastructure sectors, including utilities and telecoms providers, for m...
FedEx shares dive on weak China, Europe outlook
Dec 19, 2018 (AFP)
Executives listed a panoply of vulnerable markets: China, which has been hit by its trade fight with the United States; Britain, which has slowed sharply since ...
US and China spar at WTO policy forum
Dec 19, 2018 (AFP)
The world's top two economies exchanged harsh words at the US Trade Policy Review, where the WTO's 164-members are given the chance to scrutinise the practices ...
With eye on China, Germany toughens rules for foreign buyouts
Dec 19, 2018 (AFP)
It plans to lower the threshold where reviews apply to foreign purchase offers of 10 percent of companies, down from 25 percent now. Germany and other EU states...
China's economic miracle: 40-year rise in numbers
Dec 18, 2018 (AFP)
Here we break down the transformation in numbers. - 42 - The factor by which the size of China's economy multiplied between 1980 and 2017, expanding from $305 b...
British companies in China optimistic despite Brexit
Dec 18, 2018 (AFP)
Nearly half of 212 British companies that took part in the survey, or 47 percent, think Brexit could have a positive impact on business if London and Beijing st...
US takes fire at WTO trade policy forum
Dec 17, 2018 (AFP)
Every WTO member faces a trade policy review, but the latest US audit turned especially hostile, with nations blasting a raft of tariffs and other measures impl...
Report aims at untapped workforce for Israel's growing high-tech sector
Dec 16, 2018 (AFP)
Israel's high-tech sector -- an industry that has earned it the nickname "start-up nation" -- is seen as a global leader. Its 7,000 local high-tech firms and do...
Trade war: Signs of progress in US-China talks
Dec 16, 2018 (AFP)
The whole world is watching the talks between Washington and Beijing, hoping a 90-day tariff truce will hold and the sides can end a dispute that threatens hund...
Germany to tighten rules on foreign takeovers: report
Dec 16, 2018 (AFP)
Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet plans to approve the law change on Wednesday and send it to parliament, the Handelsblatt business daily said, without citing ...
Shenzhen, China's reform pioneer, leads tech revolution
Dec 16, 2018 (AFP)
Today Shenzhen is again at the heart of a new policy aimed at turning China into a hi-tech innovator and shed its reputation as an assembly line for foreign com...
China economy shows weakness as consumers ease up on spending
Dec 14, 2018 (AFP)
The figures come just as Beijing and Washington engage in a painful trade row, while Chinese leaders are also struggling to kickstart demand at home as part of ...
China to suspend extra tariffs on US cars, parts
Dec 14, 2018 (AFP)
The move is another sign that the ceasefire has not been derailed by the recent arrest in Canada of a top Chinese telecom executive at the behest of the United ...
Former Canadian diplomat held in China a 'pawn': experts
Dec 13, 2018 (AFP)
Friends and experts say former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig, who was detained in Beijing on Monday, may have become a "hostage" and "pawn" in a three-nation...
Global economy in 2019: Growth beginning to fray
Dec 12, 2018 (AFP)
Surveys of US business and consumer sentiment continued to show economic optimism going into next year but cracks are beginning to form -- in the United States ...
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