カテゴリー: Global economy
Donald Trump’s backing of Hong Kong protesters is said to have stalled negotiations as fresh tariffs loomStronger than expected Chinese economic data has given stock markets a bounce despite continued concern about whether Washington and Beijing can cl…
Scott Morrison says 15-country Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership would be ‘bigger and better’ with India in itAustralia will sign on to a major free-trade deal involving 15 countries from the Asia-Pacific region, albeit one diminished by Indi…
Sixteen-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will cover half the planet’s peopleThe world’s largest trade deal is unlikely to be signed this year, with a draft statement from south-east Asian leaders suggesting it will be delayed until 20…
Beijing voices anger over ‘gross interference’ after 23 countries criticise arbitrary detentions in XinjiangChina’s UN envoy has sounded a warning note over trade talks with Washington after the US joined 22 other countries at the UN in criticising Bei…
Forced labour in China’s internment camps taints the supply chains of many western companies. We need to take actionAny western company doing business in Xinjiang should consider their supply chains tainted by forced labour drawn from internment camps….
Campaign accused of ignoring colonial abuses when setting out maritime industries’ futureHistorians and academics have labelled a new government campaign “tone deaf” and “historically illiterate” for using images of ships used for slavery and colonisat…
Thinktank says Australia won’t be able to avoid economic disruption if Chinese economy is forced into hard landingAustralia’s federal government must focus on building new free trade agreements and give up the dream of a budget surplus if the country i…
Trump: corn sales ‘tremendous for farmers’ hit by tariffsAbe: goal is to sign agreement at UN General Assembly The US and Japan agreed in principle on Sunday to core elements of a trade deal that Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe said they hoped to sign in N…
Move puts additional 5% and 10% on imports in latest tit-for-tat between top two economiesChina has unveiled retaliatory tariffs against about $75bn (£60bn) worth of US goods, putting up to 10% on top of existing rates in the latest tit-for-tat in the …
Trade war rhetoric ratchets up as Beijing responds to US claim of being ‘a currency manipulator’China stepped up the trade war rhetoric on Tuesday, accusing the US of “deliberately destroying international order” with “unilateralism and protectionism”….