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Uncertain recovery to follow coronavirus shock
AFP, Published on 02/12/2020
» PARIS - The coronavirus pandemic triggered a historic global economic shock that required determined government initiative to confront it, while reinforcing China and big US tech companies.
Trump, unmoved by election loss, to address Apec summit
AFP, Published on 20/11/2020
» KUALA LUMPUR: US President Donald Trump will take part Friday in an Asia-Pacific summit as he continues to reject his election loss, a day after President Xi Jinping used the forum to hail China's growing economic clout.
Xi touts China's huge economy as base of free trade in Apec speech
AFP, Published on 19/11/2020
» KUALA LUMPUR: President Xi Jinping pegged China as the pivot point for global free trade on Thursday, promising to keep his "super-sized" economy open and warning against protectionism in a global economy eviscerated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
China to push trade agenda at APEC summit as US retreats
AFP, Published on 18/11/2020
» KUALA LUMPUR - China will get another chance to reshape Asia-Pacific trade at a regional summit starting Thursday, days after securing a huge trade pact victory and with the US playing protectionist defence.
Huge Asian trade pact to be signed in coup for China
AFP, Published on 15/11/2020
» HANOI: Fifteen countries will on Sunday sign a sprawling Asian trade deal they hope will help them bounce back from the pandemic and which is seen as a huge coup for China in extending its influence.
Huge China-backed trade pact to be signed at Southeast Asian summit
AFP, Published on 12/11/2020
» HANOI: Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations, including Thailand, are expected to sign an enormous free trade deal at an online summit that started on Thursday, with the pact seen as a coup for China in extending its influence across the region.
'America First' vs 'Make in India' as Modi hosts Trump
AFP, Published on 23/02/2020
» NEW DELHI: Trade ties between the United States and India have long been problematic but under "America First" President Donald Trump and "Make in India" Prime Minister Narendra Modi, they have worsened.
Xi pledges wider market access, free-trade deals
AFP, Published on 05/11/2019
» SHANGHAI - President Xi Jinping on Tuesday pledged to further open China's economy, declaring the world must "knock down walls" as he opened an annual trade fair against the backdrop of the US tariffs war.
Xi pledges wider market access, free-trade deals
AFP, Published on 05/11/2019
» SHANGHAI: President Xi Jinping on Tuesday pledged to further open China's economy, declaring the world must "tear down walls" as he opened an annual trade fair in Shanghai.
India will not join RCEP trade deal in blow to sprawling Asian pact
AFP, Published on 05/11/2019
» India said Monday it would not join a sprawling Asian trade pact, dealing a blow to the China-backed deal at the end of a Bangkok summit held against a backdrop of global growth fears.