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In first, WTO names women to half of deputy chief posts
May 04, 2021 (AFP)
The new director-general -- herself the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO -- appointed Angela Ellard of the United States and Costa Rica's Anabe...
EU China investment deal on ice after sanctions; As G7 seeks common position
May 04, 2021 (AFP)
"We now in a sense have suspended... political outreach activities from the European Commission side," EU Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis told AFP i...
Hong Kong ends longest recession in decades
May 03, 2021 (AFP)
The international financial hub has been battered the last two years by a triple whammy of the US-China trade war, months of social unrest and then the coronavi...
Asian markets mostly down as inflation concerns persist
May 03, 2021 (AFP)
With bourses closed in Japan and China for holidays most of the week, traders were easing back from their recent buying frenzy while there are also concerns tha...
Blinken in UK as G7 foreign ministers resume in-person talks
May 03, 2021 (AFP)
The Covid-secure gathering in London will prepare the ground for a G7 summit in southwest England next month, which will mark Joe Biden's inaugural visit to Eur...
Keeping it real: appraisers sift China second-hand luxury market for fakes
May 02, 2021 (AFP)
Enter the "luxury appraiser", an eagle-eyed diffrentiator of real from fake, trained to triage handbags, belts and garments for dodgy serial numbers, stitching ...
Erdogan riles critics, Russia with 'crazy' new canal
Apr 30, 2021 (AFP)
Critics accuse Erdogan of pursuing a vanity project that will open up Istanbul to unbridled construction and put the government into deep and largely unnecessar...
China factory activity edges down in April
Apr 30, 2021 (AFP)
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of manufacturing activity, came in at 51.1 this month -- lower than in March but still above the 50-point mark...
Asian markets lifted by upbeat Fed, strong results
Apr 29, 2021 (AFP)
Traders were also keeping an eye on Joe Biden's first address to Congress as he laid out another huge spending plan aimed at helping American families and paid ...
European Parliament backs US global minimum tax proposal
Apr 29, 2021 (AFP)
"Outdated international tax rules need to be overhauled, including a minimum effective corporate tax rate," a statement said after the non-binding resolution wa...
US 'scrutinizing' trade deal with China: official
Apr 28, 2021 (AFP)
"With respect to the purchase commitments that the Chinese made in the US-China trade agreement, we are in the process of examining their performance and are sc...
US to let Chinese students start school year, easing Covid rules
Apr 27, 2021 (AFP)
The move responds to persistent demands from US universities, which increasingly rely financially on foreign students and count on China for more than one-third...
Asia-focused HSBC profits double as bank reverses credit losses
Apr 27, 2021 (AFP)
Adjusted profit before tax surged 109 percent to $6.4 billion from a year earlier although reported revenue slipped five percent to $13.0 billion in part becaus...
Asian markets drop with Fed, earnings and Biden in focus
Apr 27, 2021 (AFP)
While trading floors are geared up for a rocket-fuelled surge in economic activity in the second half of the year and into the next thanks to vaccinations and t...
Hong Kong and Singapore aim to start travel bubble in May
Apr 26, 2021 (AFP)
The two business hubs had to abandon a highly anticipated quarantine-free travel corridor late last year after Hong Kong was hit with a fourth wave of infection...
Asian markets mostly rise ahead of Fed meeting, earnings
Apr 26, 2021 (AFP)
A strong reading on US and European manufacturing and services activity provided a positive catalyst for investors, who appear to have got over Joe Biden's plan...
Asia markets struggle for direction after US tax hike reports
Apr 23, 2021 (AFP)
Washington is said to be developing a plan to slap new levies on wealthy investors, including a near doubling of the tax on stock transaction profits to 39.6 pe...
The global economic response to climate change: what's the plan?
Apr 23, 2021 (AFP)
US President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva were among the officials who backed calls for higher carbon ...
German finance minister denies responsibility for Wirecard scandal
Apr 22, 2021 (AFP)
Once a rising star in the booming fintech sector, Wirecard filed for bankruptcy last year after admitting that 1.9 billion euros ($2.3 billion) was missing from...
China warns of 'serious harm' to relations as Australia scraps BRI deal
Apr 22, 2021 (AFP)
The federal government pulled the deal with Victoria state late Wednesday in a move justified by the defence minister as necessary to prevent Australia hosting ...
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