TRADE WARS - INTERN DAILY

Japan raising up to $11.6 bn in postal giant share sale

Sep 25, 2017 (AFP)

The government will sell 914 million Japan Post shares at 1,322 yen apiece, it said in a regulatory filing, with the offering set to raise as much as 1.3 trilli...

US commerce secretary in Beijing ahead of Trump trip

Sep 25, 2017 (AFP)

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross met with Premier Li Keqiang at the headquarters of Communist Party leaders ahead of the US president's trip to China, which is ex...

China rust belt opens door wider to foreign investors

Sep 24, 2017 (AFP)

While foreign firms complain about being locked out of large swathes of China's vast market, the door has cracked open a bit wider in northeastern Liaoning prov...

Chinese vase sells for 10,000 times estimated price in Geneva

Sep 24, 2017 (AFP)

According to the catalogue, the vase, which is 60 centimetres (23 inches) tall and depicts three blue dragons on a yellow background, is from the 20th century b...

Poverty in paradise: The dark side of Indonesia's new tourism hope

Sep 22, 2017 (AFP)

Stretching across 67,000 square kilometres in Indonesia's far east, the picture-perfect islands might be as close to paradise as visitors can find. "It's amazin...

US says NAFTA helps Chinese goods reach American market

Sep 21, 2017 (AFP)

Landmark EU, Canada trade deal enters into force

Sep 21, 2017 (AFP)

The EU is hailing the deal as one of its most ambitious ever that will set a new standard for future deals, including with Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Obs...

Beijing, Shanghai shut down bitcoin exchanges: media

Sep 19, 2017 (AFP)

A Beijing-based regulator required all exchanges in the city to cease operations by 6:00 pm on September 20, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Shang...

EU firms want 'concrete action' from China on access

Sep 19, 2017 (AFP)

The chamber issued an annual 400-page report detailing the regulatory barriers that continue to hinder investment in the world's second-largest economy. Europea...

France slams Silicon Valley for skirting tax in Europe

Sep 15, 2017 (AFP)

Big EU countries have become increasingly frustrated that internet giants such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google escape paying a fair tax by basing their op...

China bank loans rebound in August

Sep 15, 2017 (AFP)

The figure was up from 825.5 billion yuan in July according to the Chinese central bank, and exceeded forecasts from analysts surveyed by Bloomberg, although it...

Chinese FM talks up trade on Central America visit

Sep 15, 2017 (AFP)

"We have had 10 years of good cooperation" with Costa Rica, Wang told reporters during a signing of a cooperation memorandum with his counterpart, Manuel Gonzal...

China industrial output drops again in August

Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)

The readings follow disappointing export figures released last week, a one-two punch for the Asian giant, as an official pointed to weak overseas demand and war...

Top Chinese bitcoin exchange shuts down

Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)

The international value of bitcoin has plunged in recent days amid speculation that the Chinese authorities will shut down the trading platforms following last ...

Juncker says 'wind back in Europe's sails'

Sep 13, 2017 (AFP)

In his annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament, Juncker said the troubled bloc had become more united in the past 12 months and stressed th...

Europe must seize Brexit 'window of opportunity', says Juncker

Sep 13, 2017 (AFP)

In his annual State of the Union address, Juncker urged the bloc to seize a "window of opportunity" and use the momentum from its recent economic recovery to be...

China's FM to visit Panama under new diplomatic ties

Sep 11, 2017 (AFP)

Wang will lead a delegation aimed at "advancing the bilateral agenda of Panama and China," including on tourism exchanges, trade links and the maritime environm...

China export growth slows in August but imports pick up

Sep 08, 2017 (AFP)

The figures follow a run of broadly positive readings in recent months, which have provided some optimism in the world's number two economy and key driver of gl...

China's fifth-largest bank downgraded to junk status

Sep 07, 2017 (AFP)

The decision to downgrade Bank of Communications was based on the lender's lack of customer deposits and over-reliance on expensive and volatile alternative sou...

Nicaragua renews environmental permit for Chinese canal project

Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)

The permission was renewed back in April but was not made public until the release of the report on the mega-project. Excavation work has not yet started on the...