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Asian markets drop after US loses last triple-A credit rating
May 19, 2025 (AFP)
The move dealt a blow to markets, which had enjoyed a healthy run-up last week after Washington and China hammered out a deal to temporarily slash tit-for-tat t...
Main points of the agreement between the EU and the UK
May 19, 2025 (AFP)
Here are the main points: - Security and defence - The two sides have agreed to a security and defence partnership at a time when Europe is rearming in the face...
Iraq's first filmmaker in Cannes says sanctions no piece of cake
May 18, 2025 (AFP)
"Sanctions empower dictators," he told AFP, claiming that they concentrate scant resources in their hands and only make them "more brutal". "In the history of t...
Post-Brexit UK willing to 'align' with EU in some areas: minister
May 18, 2025 (AFP)
Starmer is set to sign a new deal with the European Union this week as he hosts the first post-Brexit EU-UK summit on Monday. The London gathering with EU chief...
Asian markets stagger into weekend as trade rally runs out of legs
May 16, 2025 (AFP)
The dollar edged down after data showed US wholesale prices rose less than expected last month and retail sales were flat -- following below-forecast consumer i...
EU tech chief urges US cooperation as key decisions near
May 16, 2025 (AFP)
"Big tech companies know that closer cooperation on regulation would benefit their businesses," Virkkunen told AFP after meeting with top Silicon Valley CEOs, i...
Trump caps Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi with dizzying investment pledges
May 16, 2025 (AFP)
On his first foreign tour of his second term, Trump oversaw a $200 billion order from Qatar Airways for Boeing jets and a $600 billion investment from Saudi Ara...
APEC trade ministers meet in South Korea amid US-China trade tensions
May 15, 2025 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's tariffs and trade war with China has shaken the export-dependent Asia-Pacific region, and countries were vying to meet the US repres...
Oil prices tumble on hopes for Iran nuclear deal
May 15, 2025 (AFP)
The remarks from the US president came after the two sides on Sunday held their fourth round of talks that began last month and represented the highest-level co...
China urges a 'more fair' business environment in France
May 15, 2025 (AFP)
He made the comments during a visit to France amid trade tensions between the European Union and China. "(We) look forward to France providing a more fair, just...
China suspends some non-tariff countermeasures after US trade talks
May 14, 2025 (AFP)
Beijing will suspend certain restrictions on dozens of US defence and aerospace firms "to implement the consensus reached at the China-US high-level economic an...
'Panic and paralysis': US firms fret despite China tariff reprieve
May 14, 2025 (AFP)
"The only option is to try to keep your head above water and be tossed by the waves, or to go out of business," said Anna Barker, whose Mississippi-based firm G...
Colombia joins Belt and Road initiative as China courts Latin America
May 14, 2025 (AFP)
Latin America has emerged as a key battleground in US President Donald Trump's confrontations with China, and the region is coming under pressure from Washingto...
Stock markets fluctuate as China-US trade euphoria fades
May 14, 2025 (AFP)
While April's volatility across equity indices appears to have halted, analysts warned that Washington still needed to reach tariff deals with countries to inst...
Most Asian markets extend rally in glow of China-US truce
May 13, 2025 (AFP)
Equity markets across the world rallied with oil and the dollar Monday after the two sides said they would slash most of their eye-watering tit-for-tat levies a...
China swipes at 'bullying' US as it woos South American leaders
May 13, 2025 (AFP)
Promising billions in development credit and deeper cooperation in everything from energy to infrastructure, President Xi Jinping told the opening ceremony of t...
China's Xi slams 'bullying' as Beijing hosts LatAm leaders
May 13, 2025 (AFP)
Leaders and officials from Latin America and the Caribbean have descended on the Chinese capital for the China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean ...
European stocks, dollar steady after China-US truce rally
May 13, 2025 (AFP)
Asian equities, catching up with big advances Monday on Wall Street, saw further rallies Tuesday, although Hong Kong dropped nearly two percent on profit-taking...
Where things stand in the US-China trade war
May 12, 2025 (AFP)
AFP looks at the current state of play between the world's two economic superpowers: - What has been announced? - Washington and Beijing announced on Monday the...
China hosts Latin American leaders in move to deepen ties
May 12, 2025 (AFP)
Beijing has stepped up economic and political cooperation with Latin American nations in recent years and has urged a united front against US President Donald T...
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