TRADE WARS - AFRICA DAILY

SLeone, China sign $8 billion in infrastructure deals

Jul 05, 2013 (AFP)

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koroma said on Friday that he had signed deals for a new international airport, a railway and raft of other huge construction pr...

Pakistan PM talks business on China visit

Jul 04, 2013 (AFP)

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif started his first foreign visit since his May election in China Thursday looking to secure infrastructure projects to tackl...

Israeli inventor says chemical scanner will change the way we shop

Jul 03, 2013 (UPI)

Want to know what strange chemicals are in your Subway sub roll? Soon, consumers won't necessarily need to rely on investigative journalists or public safety ad...

Peru gold mine protesters want project scrapped

Jul 02, 2013 (UPI)

Protests against a $5 billion gold mining project that's set to drain three lakes in northern Peru's Cajamarca region are mounting amid warnings of a repeat of ...

Canal could make Nicaragua richest CentrAm country, official says

Jun 30, 2013 (AFP)

A proposed waterway to rival the Panama Canal could make Nicaragua the richest country in Central America, a project official was quoted as saying Sunday. Presi...

Bilateral trade with China could reach $200 billion, Russian minister says

Jun 30, 2013 (UPI)

Trade between Russia and China should reach the $200 billion mark before the end of the decade, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Monday. Rogozi...

Obama hits out at unfair deals with Africa

Jun 29, 2013 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama urged Africans on Saturday to ask more questions about lop-sided deals with some foreign investors, while dismissing talk of a Chinese...

Australia to turn up the heat on boat people

Jun 28, 2013 (UPI)

Australia's courts and tribunals won't have as much discretion when it comes to deciding if asylum seekers are genuine refugees, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said....

China slaps anti-dumping tax on EU chemical

Jun 27, 2013 (AFP)

China announced Thursday it would impose anti-dumping tariffs on a chemical imported from the European Union, the latest twist in a series of bitter trade dispu...

US factory boss freed in China: union official

Jun 27, 2013 (AFP)

An American factory boss held hostage for nearly a week over a labour dispute that has highlighted employer-worker tensions in the country has been freed, a uni...

Four Chinese butchered in PNG

Jun 26, 2013 (AFP)

Four Chinese nationals have been hacked to death in Port Moresby, with one reportedly beheaded and the others dismembered in an attack condemned as "brutal and ...

Taiwan's Hon Hai set to spin off units

Jun 26, 2013 (AFP)

Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision said Wednesday it plans to spin off some units as its founder unveiled measures to battle global sluggishness and falling share price...

China factory workers hold US boss over wage dispute

Jun 25, 2013 (AFP)

An American factory boss in China held hostage for five days by workers told AFP Tuesday he won't be released until a labour dispute is resolved and that author...

Hollande urges talks to resolve EU-China trade row

Jun 25, 2013 (AFP)

A bitter row between the European Union and Beijing over new duties on Chinese solar panels should be settled amicably through talks, French President Francois ...

India's market watchdog bids to boost foreign investment

Jun 25, 2013 (AFP)

India's market regulator on Tuesday announced an overhaul of existing regulations for foreign investors, in a bid to attract crucial inflows to the country's ca...

China outsmarted US in Snowden chess game: experts

Jun 24, 2013 (AFP)

China interceded to allow Edward Snowden's dramatic flight from Hong Kong, calculating that infuriating the United States for now was necessary to prevent longe...

Melting ice pulls Norway closer to Asia

Jun 23, 2013 (AFP)

The town of Kirkenes in northernmost Norway used to be further away from Asia than virtually any other European port, but it suddenly seems a lot closer. The re...

Flagship Indian retailer opens in Pakistan

Jun 21, 2013 (AFP)

Raymond, an Indian suiting and fabrics conglomerate, will on Friday formally open its first shop in Pakistan, where business leaders welcomed it as a step towar...

Japan May trade deficit widens on import costs

Jun 19, 2013 (AFP)

Japan extended a string of trade deficits in May, official data showed Wednesday, as the country's import costs rose on the weak yen but shipments to the United...

China firm forays into British yacht, hotel markets

Jun 19, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group announced Wednesday it will invest nearly $1.6 billion to acquire British yacht maker Sunseeker and build London's tallest resi...