TRADE WARS - AFRICA DAILY

Talks fail to break Hong Kong port strike

Apr 10, 2013 (AFP)

Talks between contractors for a Hong Kong port operator owned by tycoon Li Ka-shing and striking workers failed to resolve a wage dispute Wednesday, with no end...

China records March trade deficit of $880 mn

Apr 10, 2013 (AFP)

China recorded a rare trade deficit in March as imports exceeded exports by $880 million, data showed Wednesday, as officials and analysts warned of lingering w...

Sundance shares crash after China deal terminated

Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)

Shareholders in Australian iron ore company Sundance Resources saw their investment halve Tuesday after a billion-dollar takeover agreement with China's Hanlong...

Japan posts current account surplus in February

Apr 08, 2013 (AFP)

Japan posted its first current account surplus in four months in February, reflecting narrower trade deficits and robust income receipts from investments overse...

Iceland premier to meet Chinese leaders in Beijing

Apr 06, 2013 (AFP)

Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir will meet with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang this month in Beijing as the countries sign a free trade agreement, he...

Judge defers class action in US tech 'poaching' case

Apr 05, 2013 (AFP)

A judge on Friday cited strengths of a suit charging Silicon Valley giants with secretly agreeing not to "poach" each other's workers but shot down a request fo...

Chinese travellers are top spenders: UN tourism body

Apr 04, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese travellers are the world's biggest tourism spenders, splashing out a record $102 billion (78 billion euros) on trips abroad in 2012, the UN World Touris...

Glencore-Xstrata delay merger to wait for Chinese nod

Apr 02, 2013 (AFP)

Swiss mining giant Xstrata and commodities trader Glencore announced Tuesday they had pushed back further the date to finalise their merger as they wait for app...

Taiwan, China agree to further bank investments

Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)

Taiwan and China on Monday agreed to further ease investment caps in each other's financial institutions, in the latest sign of warming ties between the two for...

US visa day sparks new debate on tech workers

Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)

As the US government opened up visa applications Monday for highly skilled immigrants, debate flared anew on the tech sector's demands to be able to hire more f...

Outside View: Ukrainian government tenders

Mar 28, 2013 (UPI)

Foreign Agent Registration Act (Department of Justice) reporting shows that authoritarian Ukrainian Presidents Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yanukovych have poured f...

China lashes out at US technology restrictions

Mar 28, 2013 (AFP)

Beijing branded a new US spending bill barring government purchases of Chinese-made technology "biased" on Thursday, after the two powers clashed over accusatio...

BRICS voice concern on violence in Iran, Syria

Mar 27, 2013 (AFP)

Leaders from emerging powers on Wednesday expressed their opposition to threat of military action against Tehran, amid US and Israeli warnings they will not tol...

Paraguay set against Venezuela pact role

Mar 27, 2013 (UPI)

The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has widened the gulf between his country and Paraguay, the landlocked nation that was suspended from regional trad...

China tightens grip on Africa's resources

Mar 27, 2013 (UPI)

China's new President Xi Jinping is touring Africa, underlining the mineral-rich continent's strategic importance for Beijing in its relentless drive to acquire...

Resources giveaway in Latin America tramples human rights and environment

Mar 26, 2013 (SPX)

A new study reveals that governments in Latin America have returned to natural resources extraction to fuel development-while paying scant attention to the impa...

China firm's Australia deal in doubt over murder case

Mar 26, 2013 (AFP)

A Chinese firm's billion-dollar takeover of an Australian iron ore miner was in danger of collapse Tuesday after reports the buyer's boss was detained by police...

BRICS: a dynamic group dominated by China

Mar 26, 2013 (AFP)

As the leaders of BRICS five emerging nations meet in Durban for a summit on Tuesday, economic data shows that the grouping of Brazil, China, India, Russia and ...

China, Japan, S. Korea open free trade talks

Mar 26, 2013 (AFP)

China, Japan and South Korea kicked off formal negotiations Tuesday on securing a free trade agreement to bind together three economies that account for around ...

Outside View: U.S-Ukraine ties

Mar 26, 2013 (UPI)

Second only to Russia itself, Ukraine is the most important country of the former Soviet Union for U.S. policy in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Despite Kiev's dec...