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China retail sales grew at slowest pace in over a year

Nov 14, 2025 (AFP)

The world's second-largest economy has been confronted with sluggish domestic spending since the end of the Covid pandemic, with a prolonged debt crisis in the ...

Markets sink on concerns over tech rally, Fed rates

Nov 14, 2025 (AFP)

With the US shutdown saga now out the way, focus returned to the central bank's policy meeting next month, when officials will decide whether or not to lower bo...

EU backs small parcel duties to tackle China import flood

Nov 13, 2025 (AFP)

Currently there is no levy on packages worth less than 150 euros ($174) imported directly to consumers in the 27-nation bloc, in many cases via Chinese-founded ...

Burger King to enter China JV and double stores; Spain's King makes China state visit

Nov 11, 2025 (AFP)

International brands have in recent years sought to pivot their strategies in the world's number two economy, where a persistent spending slump and increasingly...

Asian stocks rise as record US shutdown nears end

Nov 11, 2025 (AFP)

The prospect of an end to the Washington standoff, which moved into its 41st day Monday, came amid a revival of demand for tech giants despite growing fears of ...

China lifts sanctions on US units of SKorea ship giant Hanwha

Nov 10, 2025 (AFP)

The United States and China have been involved in a volatile trade and tariff war for months, but agreed to walk back some punitive measures after leaders Xi Ji...

Markets boosted by hopes for deal to end US shutdown

Nov 10, 2025 (AFP)

The prospect of a resumption of operations in the world's biggest economy helped temper lingering worries about extended tech valuations amid talk of an AI bubb...

China suspends 'special port fees' on US vessels for one year

Nov 10, 2025 (AFP)

The United States and China have been engaged in a volatile trade and tariff war for months, but agreed to walk back some punitive measures after presidents Xi ...

China suspends 'special port fees' on US vessels

Nov 10, 2025 (AFP)

The United States and China have been involved in a volatile trade and tariff war for months, but agreed to walk back some punitive measures after presidents Xi...

China's consumer prices rose in October; China's exports fall for first time in eight months

Nov 09, 2025 (AFP)

Beijing has struggled to maintain a strong economic recovery from the pandemic, as it fights a debt crisis in its massive property sector, chronically low consu...

China's exports fall for first time in eight months

Nov 07, 2025 (AFP)

Shipments dropped 1.1 percent year on year, missing a Bloomberg forecast of a 2.9 percent rise. Imports in the same month rose 1.0 percent, China's General Admi...

Battered US businesses eye improved China trade at Shanghai expo

Nov 06, 2025 (AFP)

After spending much of this year in a tit-for-tat tariff escalation, the United States and China have agreed to walk back from some punitive measures after a me...

Asian markets bounce from selloff as US jobs beat forecasts

Nov 06, 2025 (AFP)

Signs that a majority of the US Supreme Court was sceptical about the legality behind a swath of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs also provided a littl...

Maersk lifts outlook as China exports defy trade tensions; UAE inks $22 port deal stake in Latakia

Nov 06, 2025 (AFP)

The company, widely considered a bellwether for global trade, said it now expects an operating profit of between $3 billion and $3.5 billion, compared to the pr...

Merz backs EU plan to protect steel sector from Chinese imports

Nov 06, 2025 (AFP)

"These proposals are a step in the right direction," Merz said following talks with key steel industry players in Berlin. The EU in October floated plans to dou...

China extends suspension of extra tariffs on US goods

Nov 05, 2025 (AFP)

The two leaders held talks in South Korea at the end of October that effectively prolonged a delicate truce for a year, after several rounds of trade negotiatio...

China FM slams Germany's 'microphone diplomacy'; Says backs despite 'protectionism' by others

Nov 04, 2025 (AFP)

Germany said in October that a trip by its foreign minister Johann Wadephul to China had been shelved as meetings could not be arranged. "The Chinese side was u...

Experts call for global panel to tackle 'inequality crisis'

Nov 04, 2025 (AFP)

The "inequality emergency" is leaving billions hungry and could worsen under the Trump administration's "law of the jungle" approach to trade, a committee led b...

Asian markets rise on lingering trader optimism

Nov 03, 2025 (AFP)

Investors returned from the weekend in relatively good spirits after an upbeat end to October that saw China-US tensions ease, a Federal Reserve interest rate c...

US could hike tariffs if China backtracks on rare earths: Bessent

Nov 02, 2025 (AFP)

China announced Thursday it would suspend for one year the restrictions it imposed in October on rare earth materials and technologies, but Bessent voiced conce...