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China manufacturing sinks again in July as US trade talks stall
Jul 31, 2025 (AFP)
The Purchasing Managers' Index -- a key measure of industrial output -- came in at 49.3, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, down from 49.7 in June an...
Most markets down as Fed holds and Trump announces fresh tariffs
Jul 31, 2025 (AFP)
The central bank held interest rates steady and refrained from suggesting it would cut any time soon despite as he brushed off relentless pressure from the US p...
China's commerce minister welcomes US investment as trade talks stall
Jul 30, 2025 (AFP)
China and the United States held two days of talks, which concluded Tuesday, aimed at reaching a deal to prevent the reimposition of sky-high tariff rates that ...
Markets mixed as China-US talks end, eyes on tech earnings
Jul 30, 2025 (AFP)
After deals were reached with the European Union and Japan over the past week, focus has been on negotiations between Washington and Beijing to extend an agreem...
HSBC says pre-tax profit drops to $15.8 bn in first half of 2025
Jul 30, 2025 (AFP)
"In the first half, we continued to execute our strategy with discipline and each of our four businesses sustained momentum in their earnings with each growing ...
HSBC says pre-tax profit drops in first half of 2025
Jul 30, 2025 (AFP)
The London-headquartered lender is months into a structural shakeup and cost-cutting as the sector is buffeted by volatility from US President Donald Trump's tr...
US says Trump has 'final call' on China trade truce
Jul 29, 2025 (AFP)
The world's top two economies met for a second day of negotiations in Stockholm, with both sides seeking to avert tariffs from returning to sky-high levels that...
China and US wrap first day of trade talks
Jul 28, 2025 (AFP)
The talks came a day after Trump reached a deal with the EU that will see the bloc's exports to the United States taxed at 15 percent. The negotiations in Swede...
Stock markets boosted after EU, US strike trade deal
Jul 28, 2025 (AFP)
News of the deal, announced by Donald Trump and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday, followed a series of US trade agreements last week, inc...
EU accuses online giant Temu over sale of 'illegal' products
Jul 28, 2025 (AFP)
EU regulators believe Temu is not doing enough to protect European consumers from dangerous products and that it may not be acting sufficiently to mitigate risk...
CK Hutchison eyes 'major' Chinese investor for Panama ports deal
Jul 28, 2025 (AFP)
The firm said in March it was offloading the ports -- including operations in the vital Central American waterway -- to a group led by asset manager BlackRock f...
US-China set to meet with extension of tariff pause on the cards
Jul 28, 2025 (AFP)
Talks between the world's top two economies are slated to happen over two days in the Swedish capital Stockholm, and they come as other countries are also rushi...
China's premier tells EU leaders 'we can't afford' massive industrial subsidies
Jul 25, 2025 (AFP)
Speaking during a roundtable with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday, Li insisted that "China is by no means doing what some call a subsidies policy or f...
Markets turn lower as trade war rally fades
Jul 25, 2025 (AFP)
With Japan's trade deal with Washington out of the way for now, attention was also turning to European Union attempts to reach an agreement to pare Donald Trump...
Asian markets extend gains on US trade deal hopes
Jul 24, 2025 (AFP)
Investors have been on a roll in recent weeks on bets that governments will eventually hammer out pacts with Donald Trump ahead of the US president's August 1 d...
Xi says China, EU must deepen trust but bloc chief urges 'real solutions'
Jul 24, 2025 (AFP)
China's leadership has sought to draw the European Union closer as it positions itself as a more reliable partner than the United States and a bedrock of stabil...
China tariff deadline can be rolled forward 90 days: US Treasury chief
Jul 23, 2025 (AFP)
Top officials from the world's two biggest economies are set to meet in Sweden on Monday and Tuesday, with Bessent in the US delegation and Chinese Vice Premier...
China seeks to 'strengthen cooperation' at trade talks with US
Jul 23, 2025 (AFP)
Washington and Beijing slapped escalating, tit-for-tat levies on each other's exports earlier this year -- reaching triple-digit levels -- stalling trade betwee...
Tokyo's Nikkei leads Asian rally after Japan-US trade deal
Jul 23, 2025 (AFP)
Investors were also cheered by news that Washington had reached agreements with Indonesia and the Philippines, stoking optimism that other countries will also f...
Trump announces 'massive' Japan trade deal
Jul 23, 2025 (AFP)
In an attempt to slash his country's colossal trade deficit, the US president has vowed to hit dozens of countries with punitive "reciprocal" tariffs if they do...
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