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EU leader's speech to major China trade expo cancelled: diplomats
Nov 08, 2022 (AFP)
The pre-recorded video address was meant to be shown at Friday's opening of the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, but Michel's spokesman and t...
China calls for 'rebuilding mutual trust' with Australia
Nov 08, 2022 (AFP)
Australia and China maintained virtually no high-level communication during the Covid-19 pandemic, when Beijing slapped a trade embargo on billions of dollars w...
Asian markets rise despite China's zero-Covid pledge
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
Global markets and oil prices were buoyant last week on hopes that Beijing may begin to roll back policies aimed at stamping out the disease within its borders....
China exports fall in October, first decline since 2020
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
Exports fell 0.3 percent year-on-year in October, according to the General Administration of Customs, a steep drop from September's 5.7 percent increase and wel...
Vast Hong Kong villa development plot sold to cover Evergrande debts
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
The undeveloped plot in the border district of Yuen Long was sold for nearly $637 million, with Evergrande saying it expected to record a loss of approximately ...
WTO urges countries to lift green trade barriers
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
In its annual World Trade Report, the WTO says international commerce should not be pitted against combating the climate crisis. The report comes as global lead...
UK's new PM touts migrant cooperation after Macron meet
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
Sunak has taken a much more positive tone towards Macron than his short-lived predecessor Liz Truss, who infamously refused to say whether the president was a f...
UK trade minister heads to Taiwan for talks, sparks China rebuke
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
Trade Policy Minister Greg Hands will co-host annual talks and meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during his two-day visit, the Department for Internati...
Stocks, oil prices rally on China hopes
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Equities also got a boost from the latest US jobs data, which showed that hiring remained resilient and wages continued to rise, though at a slower pace, raisin...
Germany's Scholz seeks closer ties in China visit
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Scholz is the first G7 leader to visit China since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen the world's number two economy largely close its border...
Most Asian markets rise as China hopes boost Hong Kong
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Fed boss Jerome Powell's pushback against expectations of a softer approach to monetary tightening sent shivers through trading floors and ramped up fears of a ...
German leader calls for equal trade ties in controversial China summit
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Scholz is under pressure to push Beijing to get tough on Russia over the war in Ukraine, and he said Friday that Germany and China had agreed they both opposed ...
Starbucks reports record sales but lower profits on weak China
Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)
Comparable sales surged at the coffee chain's North American shops, lifted by a 10 percent increase in average ticket size following price hikes and a slight up...
Asia joins Wall St plunge as Powell wrecks Fed pivot hopes
Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)
Equities have rallied for more than a week on speculation the US central bank would join others in tamping down its monetary-tightening campaign as the economy ...
Germany wrestles with economic dependence on China
Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)
- Massive exposure - The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the upheaval caused in Germany by breaking off economic ties with Moscow has cast a new light on Berlin...
Top Chinese regulator urges investors to avoid foreign news
Nov 02, 2022 (AFP)
The advice was made by Fang Xinghai, vice chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission, in a pre-recorded interview that was broadcast to a summit being h...
Asian markets mixed as US data tempers Fed hopes
Nov 02, 2022 (AFP)
Hong Kong led gainers -- extending the previous day's surge -- as traders remain hopeful China could begin rolling back its economically painful zero-Covid poli...
Markets extend rally, China zero-Covid hopes boost Hong Kong
Nov 01, 2022 (AFP)
Hong Kong led the rally with Shanghai following unconfirmed posts on Chinese social media saying officials were putting together a committee to discuss how to m...
UK's Ocado announces tie-up with S.Korea's Lotte
Nov 01, 2022 (AFP)
Ocado's stock surged more than 30 percent in morning trade on the London Stock Exchange after the announcement. The two firms said in a joint statement that the...
Germany's Scholz set for high-stakes China visit
Nov 01, 2022 (AFP)
Scholz, accompanied by a delegation of business executives, will be the first European Union leader to visit the world's second-biggest economy since 2019. Duri...
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