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China slams US aluminium foil tariff ahead of Trump visit
Oct 30, 2017 (AFP)
The tariff was announced Friday by the US following concern that China was undercutting American manufacturers by flooding the country with underpriced aluminiu...
Business leaders bow to Xi as Communist Party pushes in
Oct 29, 2017 (AFP)
Under President Xi Jinping, the country's ruling party is muscling back into business, expanding its reach in private enterprise and even laying out a plan for ...
US puts anti-dumping duties on Chinese aluminum foil imports
Oct 27, 2017 (AFP)
The move follows a Commerce Department decision in August that also imposed import duties to counteract alleged unfair Chinese subsidies in the aluminum foil in...
Japan bank CEO quits over claims of $2.2 bn in bad loans
Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)
The report alleged that hundreds of employees at almost all of Shoko Chukin Bank's offices across Japan falsified documents to make low-interest loans to firms ...
France seeks 'green veto' in EU-Canada trade deal
Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)
Hailed by the European Union as one of its most ambitious trade deals ever, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement went into force last month despite li...
At a forgotten Pakistan port, China paves a new Silk Road
Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)
Situated on a barren peninsula in the Arabian Sea, Gwadar, or the "gate of the wind", owes its fortuitous selection as Pakistan's next economic hub to its strat...
Brie trade agreement: China lifts soft cheese ban
Oct 23, 2017 (AFP)
From early September, businesses in the country were forbidden from importing cheeses made with certain moulds and bacteria. The ban was lifted following meetin...
Cashing out: The end of Hong Kong's historic trading floor
Oct 22, 2017 (AFP)
But as electronic and internet services burgeoned, brokers drifted away to corporate offices. With just a handful of traders remaining, the historic hall will c...
Studies suggests link between testosterone, stock market instability
Oct 20, 2017 (UPI)
An international team of researchers recruited 140 young males to participate in experimental asset market simulation. Prior to the simulated trading period, th...
China's economic growth slows in Q3 but on course to beat target
Oct 19, 2017 (AFP)
The world's number two economy expanded 6.8 percent in July-September, but while the figures released on Thursday were slightly down from the 6.9 percent of the...
China's Xi vows open economy, investors want action
Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)
Xi made his pledge during a wide-ranging speech to open a week-long Communist Party congress that will hand him a new five-year term as general secretary. "Open...
Cognac craze in US, China prompts Hennessy expansion
Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)
The venerable distillery, which was bought by LVMH luxury goods group in 1987, sold 83.8 million bottles of drink last year. Half of its output went to the US a...
Xi says China 'will not close its doors to the world'
Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)
"Openness brings progress for ourselves, seclusion leaves one behind. China will not close its doors to the world, we will only become more and more open," Xi t...
Hiring not part of Alibaba pledge to create US jobs
Oct 17, 2017 (AFP)
Tsai, speaking at a California tech conference, made the comments to follow up on a headline-grabbing pledge earlier this year by Alibaba founder Jack Ma and US...
As Xi ascends, will economic reforms finally take off?
Oct 17, 2017 (AFP)
Xi will likely lay out his future economic policies on Wednesday, when he opens a five-yearly Communist Party congress that will extend his tenure as general se...
US moves closer to EU position on taxing tech giants
Oct 14, 2017 (AFP)
The evolving attitude in recent days would mark a stark shift from American officials' frustration at previous efforts by European authorities to collect taxes ...
China's imports from North Korea fall as trade with world surges
Oct 13, 2017 (AFP)
Speaking at a press conference, Customs administration spokesman Huang Songping said China's imports from North Korea had dropped by almost 38 percent in Septem...
S. Korea, China renew $56 bn currency swap deal despite diplomatic tensions
Oct 13, 2017 (AFP)
There had been fears the diplomatic row would threaten the major economic agreement that expired on Tuesday, but the central Bank of Korea said it has been exte...
US inflation jumps in the wake of Hurricane Harvey
Oct 13, 2017 (AFP)
The spike in gasoline costs was likely tied to Hurricane Harvey, which idled much of US energy production in late August and created shortages, officials said. ...
Energy-hungry China takes step to buffer against economic shocks
Oct 13, 2017 (UPI)
The official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday the People's Bank of China injected about $75.6 billion into the financial network through its medium-term lendi...
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