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US asks Swiss to extradite accused Chinese pharma spy

Jul 09, 2019 (AFP)

Gongda Xue, a Chinese national living in Switzerland, is the brother of Yu Xue, who last year pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal trade secrets from GSK in or...

Poland urges China to boost investment, drop tariffs

Jul 08, 2019 (AFP)

Poland in January arrested a former executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei suspected of spying, casting doubt over its bid to develop a 5G network in the EU...

US slaps new duties on steel from Mexico and China

Jul 08, 2019 (AFP)

The decision comes two months after President Donald Trump agreed to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum from Mexico and Canada after the three nations agreed on...

India to ease investment rules to catch up China

Jul 05, 2019 (AFP)

India has been leap-frogged by China as the world's fastest-growing major economy, with unemployment in Asia's third-biggest economy at its highest since the 19...

US-China trade officials aim to talk next week, officials say

Jul 05, 2019 (AFP)

Efforts to pencil in a new round of negotiations come a week after President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met in Japan and agreed to restart ...

China says US tariffs must be lifted for a trade deal

Jul 04, 2019 (AFP)

Trade teams from the world's top two economies "have maintained communication", ministry spokesman Gao Feng said, days after presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinp...

US-China trade talks 'back on track': White House advisor

Jul 02, 2019 (AFP)

But trade advisor Peter Navarro said Chinese telecoms giant Huawei remains blocked from participating in the development of 5G wireless networks in the United S...

Divisions on show as EU leaders try to end top jobs impasse

Jul 02, 2019 (AFP)

An 18-hour summit session broke up in acrimony on Monday with no agreement on a French-German compromise on who will become the new chief of the European Commis...

France casts doubt on giant Mercosur trade deal

Jul 02, 2019 (AFP)

The deal announced Friday by the EU and Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay is the largest ever struck by the EU. It covers markets that total approximately...

Trump says US-China trade talks 'already begun'

Jul 01, 2019 (AFP)

Trump and Xi agreed Saturday to hold off on new tariff increases as the world's top two economies negotiate a final agreement to resolve their year-long trade w...

US-China dialogue resumes but major hurdles remain

Jul 01, 2019 (AFP)

Striking a bargain with China is "extremely -- I wouldn't even say complicated but very intricate," US President Donald Trump said Saturday on the sidelines of ...

Beijing opens more sectors to foreign investment

Jun 30, 2019 (AFP)

Foreign investors in China have long complained of unfair treatment, with restrictions covering sectors including maritime transport, gas pipelines, cinema, ent...

Trump tells China's Xi open to 'historic' trade deal

Jun 29, 2019 (AFP)

"It would be historic if we could do a fair trade deal," Trump said at the start of the high-stakes meeting to thrash out a tariff war between the world's top t...

EU-Mercosur trade deal: what does it entail?

Jun 29, 2019 (AFP)

Here are the main points of an agreement covering some 770 million people who currently exchange 88 billion euros ($100 billion) in goods annually. - Customs ri...

China warns of 'severe threats' to global order at G20

Jun 28, 2019 (AFP)

Xi met three of his African counterparts Friday morning on the sidelines of the G20 summit of major world economies, which opened in Osaka amid the US-China tra...

High-stakes G20 opens with trade tensions looming

Jun 28, 2019 (AFP)

The two-day summit in the city of Osaka will be dominated by trade issues, with all eyes on whether US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping c...

Berlin allotment holders dig in against property developers

Jun 28, 2019 (AFP)

"Schrebergaerten", or allotments, offer city dwellers a chance to grow plants and vegetables in small, private gardens and provide a green-leafed retreat from t...

Facebook's cryptocurrency faces pre-G20 examination

Jun 26, 2019 (AFP)

The Libra coin is endorsed by a heavyweight consortium of companies, and could see Facebook leverage its two billion-plus users to bring virtual money out of th...

FedEx sues US government over shipment restrictions

Jun 25, 2019 (AFP)

The announcement of the lawsuit comes as Beijing and Washington face off in a trade war that has seen both sides exchange steep tariffs on hundreds of billions ...

Trade negotiators hold talks ahead of Xi-Trump meeting

Jun 25, 2019 (AFP)

Vice Premier Liu He -- Xi's pointman in the trade war -- spoke with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday an...