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China files WTO complaint over Canada steel duties
Aug 15, 2025 (AFP)
China filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over Canadian steel import restrictions on Friday, the commerce ministry said, escalating simmer...
India and China eye border trade resumption
Aug 14, 2025 (AFP)
India and China are discussing resuming border trade five years after it was halted, foreign ministry officials on both sides have said, as US tariffs disrupt t...
CK Hutchison executive defends delay in Panama ports deal
Aug 14, 2025 (AFP)
A top executive at CK Hutchison on Thursday brushed off the delay in offloading its Panama Canal ports as "not particularly troublesome", as the Hong Kong congl...
'Stop production': Small US firms battered by shifting tariffs
Aug 13, 2025 (AFP)
The announcement involved a 10-percent levy on imports from most partners, set to rise further for many of them. For Cambodia, the planned duty was a staggering...
In China's factory heartland, warehouses weather Trump tariffs
Aug 12, 2025 (AFP)
But on Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump announced a truce on those duties would be extended, the depot in southern China's manufacturing hub Guangzhou w...
US, China extend tariff truce for 90 days
Aug 12, 2025 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that will "extend the Tariff Suspension on China for another 90 days," according to a post on his ...
Xi says China, Brazil can model 'self-reliance' for Global South
Aug 12, 2025 (AFP)
The two leaders have both sought in recent months to present their countries as staunch defenders of the multilateral trading system -- in stark contrast with U...
Stocks gain on China-US truce, before key inflation data
Aug 12, 2025 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's widely expected trade announcement avoids the reimposition of sky-high levies and allows officials from Washington and Beijing to co...
Stock markets mostly up at start of key week for trade, US data
Aug 11, 2025 (AFP)
Observers expect Donald Trump to announce an extension of a trade war truce reached with China last month, ahead of a 90-day deadline set for Tuesday. Meanwhile...
China says consumer prices stable in July
Aug 09, 2025 (AFP)
The consumer price index -- a key measure of inflation -- was unchanged year-on-year in July, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistic...
India faces tough choices under US tariff pressure
Aug 08, 2025 (AFP)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the world's most populous nation and its fifth-biggest economy, must make some difficult decisions. US President Donald ...
Tokyo soars on trade deal relief as most Asian markets limp into weekend
Aug 08, 2025 (AFP)
The news compounded optimism sparked by strong earnings from market heavyweights Sony and Softbank that fanned a rally in the tech sector. Meanwhile, expectatio...
China exports top forecasts as EU, ASEAN shipments offset US drop
Aug 07, 2025 (AFP)
The figures come as Beijing and Washington navigate a shaky trade war truce and will provide a boost to the country's leaders as they look to kickstart an econo...
US partners seek relief as Trump tariffs upend global trade
Aug 07, 2025 (AFP)
Shortly before the new rates kicked in, Washington also announced it would double India tariffs to 50 percent and hit many semiconductor imports with a 100-perc...
India exporters say 50% Trump levy a 'severe setback'
Aug 07, 2025 (AFP)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was willing to "pay a great personal price", while opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi called the levies "economi...
Higher US tariffs kick in for dozens of trading partners
Aug 07, 2025 (AFP)
Shortly before the new levies kicked in, the United States separately announced it would double tariffs on India to 50 percent and hit many semiconductor import...
Asian markets rise as traders look past Trump chip threat
Aug 07, 2025 (AFP)
A day before sweeping tariffs came into effect on dozens of countries, the US president said Washington would also be placing a "100 percent" tariff on chips an...
Asian markets track Wall St rally on Fed rate cut bets
Aug 05, 2025 (AFP)
The gains tracked a rally on Wall Street, where traders rediscovered their mojo following Friday's sell-off that was fuelled by news that fewer-than-expected Am...
Trump's tariffs: What has changed and who is affected
Aug 01, 2025 (AFP)
The import levies ranged as high as 41 percent on Syria and included a hike on Canadian imports from the current 25 percent to 35 percent. AFP takes a look at t...
Stocks drop as Trump's new tariff sweep offsets earnings
Aug 01, 2025 (AFP)
With hours to go before the US president's deadline for governments to make toll-averting deals, he unveiled a list of sweeping levies he had decided to impose ...
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