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Plans for blockbuster cryptocurrency IPO shelved amid bitcoin slump

Mar 27, 2019 (AFP)

Bitmain Technologies said Tuesday it has allowed its IPO application to lapse, six months after it was initially filed in September aiming to raise up to $3 bil...

US trade deficit drops in January as imports from China fall

Mar 27, 2019 (AFP)

Economists say the decline could help support growth in the first three months of the year, which would be a welcome development amid signs the world's largest ...

Pompeo 'saddened' as Italy joins China's mega-project

Mar 27, 2019 (AFP)

Rome's populist government signed a "non-binding" protocol with visiting President Xi Jinping on Saturday that made Italy the first nation in the Group of Seven...

US Senate rejects Green New Deal in Republican show vote

Mar 26, 2019 (AFP)

The chamber easily rejected the Green New Deal, a proposal offered by progressive Democrats that would dramatically shift the United States away from fossil fue...

China's Xi meets top EU leaders to strengthen ties

Mar 26, 2019 (AFP)

It comes ahead of an EU-China summit in Brussels next month and a day after Chinese President Xi Jinping signed an array of deals with France including a huge a...

European leaders demand win-win relationship with China

Mar 26, 2019 (AFP)

French President Emmanuel Macron was joined by Germany's Angela Merkel and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker for talks in Paris with the visiting Ch...

Chinese investment in Europe: A story of cash and concerns

Mar 25, 2019 (AFP)

As President Xi Jinping makes a crucial visit to Italy promoting China's new Silk Road project, the EU remains divided over the best approach towards Beijing. -...

New Zealand PM to make curtailed China trip

Mar 25, 2019 (AFP)

Ardern said she would travel to Beijing on Sunday then hold a full day of meetings Monday with the leaders of New Zealand's largest trading partner, including P...

Apple's Tim Cook urges China to continue to open up its economy

Mar 23, 2019 (AFP)

"We have seen China continue to change and evolve... We encourage China to continue to open up," he said during a speech at the annual China Development Forum i...

Italy, China sign new 'Silk Road' protocol

Mar 23, 2019 (AFP)

In doing so, Italy became the first G7 country to sign up for the massive project, which has sparked unease in the US and the European Union as China aspires to...

China's new Silk Road gets bumpy as Xi visits Italy

Mar 22, 2019 (AFP)

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is to sign a memorandum of understanding with Xi on Saturday for Italy to join the $1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative, the first...

China's Xi insists new Silk Road runs both ways as Italy signs up

Mar 22, 2019 (AFP)

Italy has rolled out the red carpet for Xi, who will on Saturday sign a memorandum of understanding for Rome to join the $1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative de...

US trade negotiators to visit China on March 28-29

Mar 21, 2019 (AFP)

The back-to-back trips come as Washington and Beijing battle over the final shape of a trade deal, with American officials demanding profound changes to Chinese...

China's Xi arrives in Italy amid Silk Road unease

Mar 21, 2019 (AFP)

Xi descended from his Air China Boeing 747 with first lady Peng Liyuan at Rome's Fiumicino airport before being whisked off to their hotel in the Italian capita...

Singapore hopeful for China-backed Asia trade pact this year

Mar 20, 2019 (AFP)

On a visit to Washington, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said that a clearer picture would emerge on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership...

Trump: China tariffs may remain for 'substantial period'

Mar 20, 2019 (AFP)

Top American trade negotiators are due to travel to Beijing next week for a fresh round of talks, and officials have said they were in the final stages of negot...

China's Xi to visit Europe amid disquiet over Silk Road, Huawei

Mar 19, 2019 (AFP)

Xi will start his trip in Italy before heading to Monaco -- the first visit by a Chinese president to the posh principality -- and cap his five-day journey in F...

US negotiators to return to China next week: official

Mar 19, 2019 (AFP)

The renewed shuttle diplomacy is a sign of progress in the talks after several weeks in which momentum toward a resolution appeared to have slowed. Following th...

US fintech giant FIS acquires payment firm Worldpay

Mar 18, 2019 (AFP)

The announcement was billed as a merger but will see FIS shareholders take a 53 percent stake in the combined group, while Worldpay investors will have 47 perce...

China's Xi to visit Italy, France as Rome joins 'new Silk Road'

Mar 18, 2019 (AFP)

Beijing has financed infrastructure, maritime, rail and road projects in Asia, Africa and Europe, but critics warn that it mainly benefits Chinese firms while s...