TRADE WARS - AFRICA DAILY

China, S.Africa seal new oil, rail deals

Mar 26, 2013 (AFP)

South Africa signed a raft of agreements with China on Tuesday, including on the construction of a world-class oil refinery and upgrading the country's rail and...

H.K. court rejects landmark residency bid by maids

Mar 25, 2013 (AFP)

Hong Kong's top court on Monday threw out a landmark case that would have given hundreds of thousands of foreign maids the right to seek permanent residency, en...

Outside View: TPP and Asian economies

Mar 22, 2013 (UPI)

Joining what is likely to be the world's biggest trade deal can be a mixed blessing. Advocates insist that joining the Trans Pacific Partnership could boost exp...

Chinese workers jailed for high-rise demo in Singapore

Mar 21, 2013 (AFP)

A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced two Chinese workers to four weeks in jail each for staging a high-rise protest atop construction cranes in December, loc...

U.K. envoy move eases Paraguay isolation

Mar 21, 2013 (UPI)

Whether intended or not, Britain's reopening of its embassy in Asuncion will help Paraguayan President Federico Franco recover from diplomatic setbacks since a ...

China sets sights on S. America resources

Mar 20, 2013 (UPI)

China has set sights on securing long-term supplies of natural resources from Latin America and a share of the region's emerging markets for its exports. Latin ...

China foreign direct investment overseas soars 147%

Mar 19, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese investment overseas in January and February soared 147 percent year-on-year to $18.39 billion, official data showed Tuesday -- more than foreign direct ...

One of Europe's longest ice highways opens in Estonia

Mar 18, 2013 (AFP)

Spring may be around the corner, but in Estonia residents of one tiny island are celebrating the cold with the opening of a 12-kilometre (seven-mile) ice highwa...

Lego to build Chinese factory to serve Asia

Mar 18, 2013 (AFP)

Danish toy maker Lego said Monday would build a Chinese factory that employs 2,000 people to serve the rapidly growing Asian market. Construction of the 120,000...

Chinese teaching growing in US, helped by Beijing

Mar 16, 2013 (AFP)

Susan Wang couldn't speak English when she arrived in California from Taiwan, aged 16. Now 49, she heads a school offering US children a similar experience, plu...

Kyrgyzstan PM to head gold mine talks

Mar 15, 2013 (UPI)

Kyrgyzstan says a board headed by Prime Minister Jantoro Satybaldiev will seek to renegotiate an agreement with the owner of the country's biggest gold mine. A ...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi faces flak for backing copper mine

Mar 14, 2013 (AFP)

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was met with rare hostility Thursday by villagers near a controversial Chinese-backed mine that was the scene of a vi...

EU says trade barriers in US, China, elsewhere hinder growth

Mar 14, 2013 (AFP)

The EU warned Thursday that restrictions to trade with key markets in the United States, Japan, China, India, Russia and Brazil are hindering the economic growt...

Coca-Cola accused of illegal mapping in China

Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)

US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola is "cooperating fully" with Chinese authorities on allegations that it illegally mapped part of a southwestern province as part o...

Canada upbeat about shipbuilding boom

Mar 13, 2013 (UPI)

Canadian shipyards are upbeat about a coming boom, thanks to a multibillion-dollar government investment program, but worry over foreign competition. Canadian s...

BHP at centre of US graft probe into Beijing Olympics

Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)

Global mining giant BHP Billiton said Wednesday it was cooperating with a US probe into its sponsorship of the 2008 Olympics amid reports it used the event to c...

Anti-gold mining protests hit Greece

Mar 12, 2013 (UPI)

A proposed gold mine in northern Greece that has sparked heated opposition and an armed attack was the target of another protest over the weekend. About 20,000 ...

Singapore welcomes FBI evidence on US scientist's death

Mar 12, 2013 (AFP)

Singapore on Tuesday said it welcomed any independent evidence from US investigators on the mysterious death of an American scientist found hanged in the city-s...

'Homeless' Airbnb founder hails sharing economy

Mar 10, 2013 (AFP)

On any given night, up to 60,000 people stay in places they found on Airbnb. One of them is always the guy who co-founded the fast-growing online travel lodging...

China eyes India trade by boosting spending in Nepal

Mar 10, 2013 (AFP)

China's ambassador to Kathmandu was recently pictured in a traditional Nepali cap and silk scarf, digging with a spade to symbolise the laying of the foundation...