TRADE WARS - INTERN DAILY

Jul 20, 2020 (AFP)

Traders are also keeping tabs on Europe, where leaders are struggling to unite over an $860 billion rescue package for the battered European Union. The rally th...

Luxembourg PM urges EU solidarity at budget summit

Jul 17, 2020 (AFP)

But, in an interview with AFP, he urged his "frugal" colleagues from the Netherlands, Austria, Denmark and Sweden to agree to provide grants -- rather than loan...

China's economy bounces back from pandemic contraction

Jul 16, 2020 (AFP)

The forecast-beating figures released Thursday follow a string of data showing the world's number two economy slowly emerging from the pandemic, and should prov...

Asian markets mostly up on vaccine, stimulus hopes

Jul 15, 2020 (AFP)

Investors took their lead from Wall Street's pop higher, which came after US biotech firm Moderna said the final stage of human trials for a COVID-19 vaccine wo...

Trump ends Hong Kong trade preferences, backs banking sanctions

Jul 15, 2020 (AFP)

In a discursive news conference dominated by attacks on his domestic rivals, Trump declared himself to be the toughest president ever on China, a country he is ...

Chinese trade sees surprise bounce as virus recovery picks up

Jul 14, 2020 (AFP)

The figures come days before the release of data expected to show the world's number two economy returned to growth in the second quarter following a contractio...

Asian markets hit by new lockdowns, fresh China-US tensions

Jul 14, 2020 (AFP)

And news that Singapore's economy, considered a regional barometer, contracted a mind-boggling 41 percent in the second quarter provided a stark reality-check f...

The environmental inbalance of trade

Jul 13, 2020 (UPI)

Their new study, titled "Impacts of international trade on global sustainable development," was published Monday in Nature Sustainability. It analyzed this issu...

Equity markets mixed as virus fears dampen sentiment

Jul 08, 2020 (AFP)

A string of positive indicators from China to the US in recent weeks -- as well hopes for a vaccine and the easing of lockdowns around the world -- has added fu...

Markets in retreat after latest stocks surge

Jul 07, 2020 (AFP)

While several countries are suffering a fresh surge in infections -- particularly the United States -- the ongoing easing of lockdown measures and reopening of ...

China issues Canada travel warning in Hong Kong spat

Jul 06, 2020 (AFP)

Canada last week suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and halted exports of sensitive military gear to the financial hub as Western nations voiced co...

Asian markets rally on recovery hopes, despite virus surge

Jul 06, 2020 (AFP)

The easing of lockdowns is providing hope the global economy will bounce back from an expected recession this year, with England's pubs reopening at the weekend...

Hong Kong businesses back new security law despite fears

Jul 02, 2020 (AFP)

The controversial legislation has granted mainland Chinese authorities unprecedented control as they seek to end the pro-democracy protests that plunged Hong Ko...

Asia stocks rise as recovery signs offset new lockdowns

Jul 02, 2020 (AFP)

The developments helped offset a worrying spike in infections in the US, which has led to the reimposition of containment measures that could slow recovery in t...

US seizes Chinese products made from human hair in forced labor crackdown

Jul 02, 2020 (AFP)

They were part of an $800,000, 13-ton shipment from Lop County Meixin Hair Product Co. US Customs and Border Protection ordered on June 17 that the company's go...

Most Asian markets up on economy hopes despite virus fears

Jul 01, 2020 (AFP)

Traders took their lead from another rally on Wall Street, which was lifted by a forecast-beating jump in US consumer confidence, while eyes were also on the re...

US House moves to toughen sanctions over Hong Kong law

Jul 01, 2020 (AFP)

After a day in which Hong Kong authorities arrested hundreds of protesters, the House quickly passed the act that had already passed the Senate last week. Due t...

Malaysia vows WTO lawsuit against EU over palm oil

Jul 01, 2020 (AFP)

The Southeast Asian country is the world's second biggest palm oil producer after Indonesia and would be hit hard by the EU's plan to phase out its use in biofu...

Ex-Canada PM Mulroney calls for revised relations with China

Jul 01, 2020 (AFP)

Conservative Mulroney backed his Liberal successor Justin Trudeau's rejection of any exchange of Meng, who was arrested in Vancouver in December 2018, for two C...

Zimbabwe watchdog accuses of Chinese bosses of worker abuse

Jun 30, 2020 (AFP)

Police in the central city of Gweru said the dispute erupted on June 21, when coalmine owner Zhang Xuelin, 41, reneged on a promise to pay wages in US dollars i...