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China's debt on a 'dangerous trajectory': IMF

Aug 15, 2017 (AFP)

The International Monetary Fund, which has repeatedly warned China over its ballooning debt, said in a new report that the world's second largest economy must t...

Bianca Jagger leads Nicaragua canal protest

Aug 15, 2017 (AFP)

The 72-year-old is a former actress and ex-wife of Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger. She joined dozens of demonstrators who marched in La Fonseca, a remote vil...

Australia's Crown says all staff held in China now free

Aug 14, 2017 (AFP)

Mogul James Packer's gaming company said the last of the 19 current and former Crown employees had been set free after being held for 10 months. "Crown is pleas...

Trump ups ante with China, orders inquiry over trade ties

Aug 14, 2017 (AFP)

Trump signed a memorandum directing US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to determine whether Chinese policies hurt American investors or companies -- with...

China industrial output slows sharply in July

Aug 14, 2017 (AFP)

The figures come as the authorities have sought to tighten regulations to tame debt as well as reduce excess capacity left over from massive government-backed i...

Nepal revives railways as China, India vye for influence

Aug 13, 2017 (AFP)

The railway to India was a lifeline for the small southern frontier town of Janakpur, used to import everything from sweets to clothes and cosmetics and fuellin...

Ahead of NAFTA talks, Canada looks to U.S. Midwest

Aug 11, 2017 (UPI)

Chris Nielsen, a member of the legislative assembly from Edmonton, Alberta, leads a delegation on behalf of Trade Minister Deron Bilous to Minnesota to discuss ...

Treadmills to karaoke -- China goes sharing crazy

Aug 11, 2017 (AFP)

With the boom spawning some novel ideas but also warnings of a sharing "bubble" in the world's second-largest economy, AFP lists a number of the services that h...

US finds Chinese aluminum foil subsidized, slaps duties

Aug 09, 2017 (AFP)

The department "will instruct US Customs and Border Protection to collect cash deposits from importers of aluminum foil from China based on these preliminary ra...

China factory gate inflation misses expectations in July

Aug 09, 2017 (AFP)

The producer price index (PPI) rose 5.5 percent year-on-year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the same as the previous two months but miss...

Chinese export, import growth rates slow in July

Aug 08, 2017 (AFP)

Analysts said that while export and import rates were still robust year-on-year, the latest data indicated a downward trend. Exports rose 7.2 percent year-on-ye...

McDonald's to nearly double outlets in China

Aug 08, 2017 (AFP)

The Illinois-based burger chain will add 2,000 stores to its current 2,500 in China and aim for double-digit sales growth in each of the next five years, McDona...

Trump action on China trade likely to have broad support

Aug 04, 2017 (AFP)

The administration is expected very soon to announce actions against China for failing to protect industrial and trade secrets of US companies, a move that has ...

Canada to protect national interests during NAFTA talks

Aug 04, 2017 (UPI)

The first round for negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement starts August 16 in Washington, D.C. Canada counts on the United States as its top t...

Hong Kong tycoon Li 'cautious' as profits rise

Aug 03, 2017 (AFP)

The billionaire, who turned 89 on Saturday, said he was "cautiously optimistic" about his company's future, as an upturn in major economies was weighed by geopo...

'Clear' risk of trade war from protectionist policies: WTO chief

Aug 02, 2017 (AFP)

The WTO's director-general did not implicate any countries by name behind such policies, even though he was asked about the effects US President Donald Trump's ...

Washington plans trade measures against China: report

Aug 02, 2017 (AFP)

President Donald Trump's administration plans to invoke a little used clause in US trade law that allows America to probe whether China's intellectual-property ...

Standard Chartered profits leap 93% in first half of year

Aug 02, 2017 (AFP)

But it stopped short of paying interim dividends, with chairman Jos Vials saying more clarity was needed on the impact of global regulatory reforms which are st...

Macau casinos rack up year of gains as VIPs return

Aug 01, 2017 (AFP)

Semi-autonomous Macau is the only part of China where casino gambling is legal and is a favourite haunt of mainland big spenders. But when President Xi Jinping ...

China factory activity gathers steam in July: Caixin

Aug 01, 2017 (AFP)

The Caixin Purchasing Manager's Index -- an indicator of conditions at small manufacturers -- came in at 51.1 in the month, up from 50.4 in June as it marked a ...