カテゴリー: Global economy
Better-than-expected figures for June come as Covid lockdown measures ease worldwideChina’s exports and imports both rose strongly in June, helping ease concerns over global growth that have knocked financial markets in recent days.Exports grew by 32% …
Combination of rise in demand for products as some countries reopen and lockdowns in some port cities mean prices could climbAn outbreak of Covid-19 in southern China has combined with the rapid reopening of the world economy and a shortage of shipping…
Deal agreed during Joe Biden’s trip to Brussels as White House seeks to focus on threat posed by ChinaA five-year ceasefire in the long-running US-EU trade war over subsidies to aircraft makers has been agreed during Joe Biden’s visit to Brussels, as t…
Foreigners could be placed on an anti-sanctions list and denied entry into China or expelled from the countryChina has passed a law to counter foreign sanctions in response to US and EU pressure over trade, technology, Hong Kong and Xinjiang.Individual…
Foreign ministry responds to west’s human rights claims, saying countries should ‘face up to their own problems’China has rejected accusations of human rights abuse and economic coercion, made by G7 foreign ministers, accusing them of “blatantly meddli…
Liddell had been nominated by former US president but candidacy has been questioned in light of US Capitol rampage and new Biden eraChris Liddell, the New Zealand-born assistant to former president Donald Trump, has withdrawn from the race to head the …
Deal set to anger incoming Biden administration in US, which demanded to be consulted before deal went aheadChina and the EU appear to have resolved their differences over protecting labour rights in China and are set to sign a long-delayed investment …
Centre for Economics and Business Research says it expects this to happen half a decade sooner than it forecast a year agoChina will overtake the US as the world’s biggest economy before the end of the decade after outperforming its rival during the gl…
William Evanina speaks of Beijing’s influence campaign ‘on steroids’, as Congress passes bill targeting big companies such as Alibaba A counterintelligence chief in the US has warned that Chinese agents are already targeting the personnel of President-…
Opposition party’s ‘disgusting’ offal protest prompts scuffle in Taipei legislative yuanParliamentarians in Taiwan have thrown pig guts at each other before coming to blows over plans to allow US meat imports.Members of the opposition Chinese nationali…
Countries emphasise potential for cooperation and future partnerships, which Beijing opposesTaiwan and the United States have held their first high-level meetings under a new economic dialogue, inking a five-year agreement and pledging future cooperati…
With UK’s Liam Fox eliminated the contest is now between Yoo Myung-hee and Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaThe World Trade Organization is set to be run by a woman for the first time in its 25-year history after it was announced that the final choice to be its new …
Survey in US, UK, Australia and 11 other nations shows unfavourable opinions about Beijing regime are highest ever, Pew saysUnfavourable views toward China have soared in the past year in the United States and many other advanced economies, according t…
Finance minister says figures don’t reflect the thousands of lives saved and reduced burden on health systemCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand has entered a recession with the economy contracting 12.2% in the June q…
President says he has to ‘do something’ about the body after it rules that duties on $200bn worth of Chinese goods breached regulations The United States has described the World Trade Organization as “completely inadequate” after it criticised the Trum…