TRADE WARS - AFRICA DAILY

Uruguay sees deepwater port as regional master plan

Oct 22, 2013 (UPI)

Uruguayan President Jose Mujica is pushing the country's deepwater port project as a multibillion-dollar regional undertaking, built on Uruguayan soil, leased t...

S. Korea hails milestone cargo move via Arctic

Oct 22, 2013 (AFP)

South Korea announced Tuesday it had completed its first commercial freight voyage via the Northern Sea Route, amid growing global interest in the increasingly ...

Starbucks latest foreign target for Chinese media

Oct 21, 2013 (AFP)

Starbucks has become the latest foreign firm to be roasted by China's state-run media, with a series of accusations that the world's largest coffee shop chain i...

Britain grabs slice of Chinese investment

Oct 20, 2013 (AFP)

Britain has assuaged its hunger for economic ties with China after finance minister George Osborne came away from a trip to the Asian powerhouse with a range of...

Indian PM heads to Russia, China to boost trade

Oct 19, 2013 (AFP)

India's Manmohan Singh embarks Sunday on one of his last major foreign trips as prime minister, heading to Russia and China to strengthen trade ties and address...

Mercosur mulls impact of EU-Canada trade deal

Oct 18, 2013 (UPI)

The Canada-EU trade agreement adds new pressure on Latin America to secure a long-delayed free trade deal with European Union partners, analysts said. Despite E...

Foreign investment in China up 6.2% in first nine months

Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)

Foreign investment in China rose 6.2 percent on year in the first nine months of 2013, the government said Thursday, but it warned the world's number two econom...

Australia to keep Japan and China as partners: Bishop

Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)

Australia's newly-minted Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Tuesday the new government in Canberra intends to keep Japan as its "best friend" in Asia, as it wor...

Fast and malodorous: Bangkok's khlong boat network

Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)

Every morning, tens of thousands of Bangkok's most rushed, reckless or cash-strapped commuters hop onto its "khlong" boats -- plying the main canal in a speedy,...

Russia's Nord Gold wins license for Siberian gold field

Oct 14, 2013 (UPI)

A mining company owned by Russian steel industry oligarch Alexei Mordashov has won a long-sought license for gold exploration in eastern Siberia. Mordashov's No...

China firm denies ex-premier's daughter brokered Zurich deal

Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)

A Chinese tycoon has denied allegations the daughter of a former leader brokered an illegal deal for Swiss giant Zurich Insurance to buy into one of his compani...

Britain to ease China visa restrictions

Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)

Britain says it will make it easier for China's citizens to obtain visas, as it seeks a bigger slice of the multi-billion-dollar Chinese traveller cake. Finance...

Hard road to world domination for Chinese firms

Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)

In the global contest for business Chinese brands struggle to rival big Western and Japanese names, but some are now looking to reinvent their identities to ove...

China's September trade surplus down 44.7%

Oct 12, 2013 (AFP)

China's trade surplus narrowed to a disappointing $15.2 billion in September from $28.6 billion in August, customs figures showed Saturday. Exports fell 0.3 per...

Australia to build on ties with 'closest friend' Japan

Oct 11, 2013 (AFP)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop plans to capitalise on Japan being Australia's "closest friend in Asia" by pushing for the conclusion of a free trade deal in a vi...

Foxconn admits to intern labour violations in China

Oct 11, 2013 (AFP)

Taiwan's Foxconn, which assembles products for Apple, Sony and other major tech firms, has admitted some of its student interns worked night shifts and overtime...

Latin America's commodities-fueled growth slowing

Oct 11, 2013 (UPI)

As the IMF and the World Bank see Latin American economic growth faltering and a recovery unlikely before 2014, a dim outlook for Brazil is emerging -- with the...

US should have 'wisdom' to solve debt problem: China

Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)

A top Chinese central banker on Thursday called on the United States to overcome political gridlock and avoid a debt default. "They should have the wisdom to so...

Chinese, European central banks strike currency swap deal

Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)

The Chinese and European central banks said Thursday they reached agreement to set up a "currency swap" mechanism for the purchase and repurchase of their respe...

Paraguay mulls patch-up with Venezuela

Oct 09, 2013 (UPI)

Paraguay will patch up differences with Venezuela that have paralyzed Mercosur -- a trade and political association of several South American nations -- and put...