TRADE WARS - AFRICA DAILY

Jun 18, 2013 (AFP)

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China rose during the first five months of this year, the government announced Tuesday, paced by strong increases from the ...

Chinese business leaders to head to France, Belgium

Jun 18, 2013 (AFP)

Belgium and France roll out the red carpet next week for 30 Chinese businesses leaders in a visit designed to promote trade, despite an ongoing dispute between ...

Environmentalists warn of Nicaragua canal disaster

Jun 15, 2013 (AFP)

A proposed Nicaraguan waterway rivaling the Panama Canal would cause an environmental disaster threatening drinking water supplies and fragile ecosystems, conse...

China to deal 'appropriately' with EU steel challenge

Jun 14, 2013 (AFP)

China said it will deal "appropriately" with the European Union's decision to challenge it at the World Trade Organisation after Beijing slapped duties on some ...

Singapore warns filmmaker over bus striker videos

Jun 14, 2013 (AFP)

Singapore's attorney-general on Friday issued a stern warning to an independent filmmaker over online videos in which two Chinese bus drivers accused police in ...

EU to take China to WTO in fresh dispute

Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)

The European Union raised the stakes in a series of tit-for-tat trade disputes with China, saying it would file a complaint at the World Trade Organization over...

Nicaragua grants bid to build Panama Canal rival

Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)

Nicaraguan lawmakers on Thursday approved a controversial deal that would allow a Hong Kong company to build a $40 billion oceanic waterway to rival the Panama ...

EU takes China to WTO over steel anti-dumping duties

Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)

The European Union challenged China, one of its biggest trade partners, at the World Trade Organization on Thursday over tariffs on imports of stainless steel p...

China miners' African gold rush tarnished by terror

Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)

Thousands of men travelled vast distances from a poor part of rural China to seek their fortunes mining gold in west Africa -- but now their dreams are in tatte...

U.S. focus pulls in Pacific nations for wider trade links

Jun 13, 2013 (UPI)

Latin America's Pacific littoral states -- Chile, Colombia and Peru -- will likely be key to cementing U.S. President Barack Obama's Trans Pacific Partnership, ...

Capital dilemmas a top risk for miners

Jun 12, 2013 (UPI)

Mining and metals industry executives ranked access to equity and capital allocation as the most critical risk facing their companies, up from eighth place last...

China high court talks tough on worker safety

Jun 12, 2013 (AFP)

China's Supreme Court Wednesday ordered that people who neglect workplace safety should be "severely" punished, state media said, after the country's deadliest ...

EU set to challenge Chinese steel duties at WTO

Jun 12, 2013 (AFP)

The European Union will raise the pressure in its raft of trade disputes with China, diplomats said Wednesday, with Brussels about to challenge Beijing's steel ...

Ghana arrests 57 W. Africans in illegal gold mine raid

Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)

Ghana has arrested more than 50 West Africans accused of illegal gold mining in a crackdown that has already led to the detention of dozens of Chinese nationals...

Panama won't fret for now about Nicaragua canal

Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)

Panama Canal administrators on Monday downplayed the competitive threat posed by Nicaragua's plan for a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific. President Daniel...

Berlin urges rapid solution to EU-China trade tension

Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)

Germany called on Monday for a swift solution in tit-for-tat trade tensions between the European Union and China which, according to an unconfirmed press report...

China, LatAm leads gains in tourists to US

Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)

Tourists from China and Latin America swarmed to the United States last year, while fewer Europeans came, according to a government report released Monday. A re...

Japan set to take casino gamble

Jun 09, 2013 (AFP)

A group of Japanese lawmakers are close to hitting the jackpot in their bid to legalise casinos, betting the revenue bonanza could challenge Macau for the title...

China May trade data highlights growth concerns

Jun 08, 2013 (AFP)

China on Saturday reported a sharp slowdown in exports in May compared to the previous month while imports unexpectedly dropped, as the world's second largest e...

Winemakers sound alarm as EU-China trade war looms

Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)

Fears of an EU-China trade war mounted on Wednesday after Beijing launched an anti-dumping investigation into European wine imports, a move greeted with alarm i...