TRADE WARS - AFRICA DAILY

Australia mulls tighter foreign property investment rules

Nov 27, 2014 (AFP)

An Australian parliamentary committee Thursday recommended strengthening rules on foreign investment in the country's booming housing market, calling enforcemen...

China's Alibaba plans to invest more in India

Nov 26, 2014 (AFP)

E-commerce giant Alibaba's founder Jack Ma promised Wednesday to invest more in India where online sales are soaring, predicting that the Internet will transfor...

Nicaragua $50 bn canal construction to start in December

Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)

Nicaragua said a Hong Kong-based company will start building a $50 billion waterway next month, despite opposition from farmers and environmentalists against th...

Worldwide ship traffic up 300 percent since 1992

Nov 17, 2014 (SPX)

Maritime traffic on the world's oceans has increased four-fold over the past 20 years, likely causing more water, air and noise pollution on the open seas, acco...

EU report laments lack of free trade

Nov 17, 2014 (UPI)

The European Union's trade commissioner said Monday she regretted global trade was restricted, where road blocks exist even in the U.S. market. Commissioner Cec...

Australia and China seal bumper trade deal

Nov 17, 2014 (AFP)

Australia and China sealed a landmark trade deal hailed Monday as a "game-changer", abolishing tariffs in the lucrative resources and agricultural sectors as Ca...

Nobel summit moved from S.Africa to Rome after Dalai Lama visa row

Nov 16, 2014 (AFP)

A summit of Nobel peace laureates scheduled to be held in Cape Town has been moved to Rome after the South African government failed to issue a visa to the Dala...

China calls for swift movement on BRICS development bank

Nov 15, 2014 (AFP)

China on Saturday urged BRICS nations to speed up the creation of a development bank as an alternative to the Western-dominated global financial system. The BRI...

China, Myanmar ink $7.8 bn in deals: state media

Nov 15, 2014 (AFP)

China has signed agreements worth $7.8 billion with neighbouring Myanmar, state media reported Saturday, as Beijing continues to assert its growing economic clo...

Turkey could scrap controversial Chinese missile purchase: sources

Nov 12, 2014 (AFP)

Turkey could scrap a controversial plan to buy missile defence systems from China that alarmed the United States and its Western allies, Turkish and European so...

China wins APEC support for free trade 'roadmap'

Nov 11, 2014 (AFP)

Asia-Pacific leaders Tuesday backed China's roadmap for a vast new free trade area rivalling US plans for the region at a summit in Beijing where Russian leader...

China, S. Korea secure 'effective' free trade deal

Nov 10, 2014 (AFP)

South Korea and China said Monday they had effectively secured a free trade agreement to remove tariffs on over 90 percent of goods, although some details remai...

Taiwan alarmed by China-Seoul free trade pact

Nov 10, 2014 (AFP)

Taiwan's government expressed alarm Monday at China's free trade agreement with South Korea, the island's strong trade competitor, and urged the opposition to s...

Xi, Abe meet as big-power rivalries take APEC stage

Nov 10, 2014 (AFP)

The leaders of China and Japan held an ice-breaking summit Monday after two years of dangerous animosity, as world leaders including Barack Obama gathered for a...

Xi offers vision of China-driven 'Asia-Pacific dream'

Nov 09, 2014 (AFP)

President Xi Jinping offered the world a vision of a Chinese-driven "Asia-Pacific dream" on Sunday, as Beijing hosts a regional gathering that underlines its gr...

APEC cautiously supports China-backed free-trade zone

Nov 08, 2014 (AFP)

A Pacific Rim summit on Saturday voiced cautious support for a vast free-trade zone proposal being pushed by China in the face of reported resistance from the U...

Australia keen on China-backed infrastructure bank

Nov 06, 2014 (AFP)

Australia on Wednesday said it was keen to join an Asian infrastructure lender seen as a counterweight to Western-backed international development banks, but sa...

APEC leaders meet amid rival trade proposals, tensions

Nov 05, 2014 (AFP)

Leaders of more than half the world's economy gather in Beijing next week for the annual APEC forum, with China and the US pushing rival trade agreements as a w...

Hong Kong lawmakers demand inquiry into city leader

Nov 05, 2014 (AFP)

Hong Kong's democratic lawmakers called for an official inquiry into the city's embattled leader Wednesday, saying he "has no political integrity" after receivi...

Google guns for 300 mn new Indian local language users

Nov 03, 2014 (AFP)

Search giant Google announced Monday the creation of a new Hindi-language website in an ambitious bid to add 300 million Indian Internet users by 2017 and bridg...