“They’re not working on the same playing field that any of us are,” he told CBC News. Zekelman echoed the Chamber, saying shoddy practices in China threaten the steel industry in Canada and the thousands…
Monthly Archives For April 2017
10 times Trump attacked China and its trade relations with the US
But the meeting follows a presidential campaign in which Trump criticized China’s business practices and how it handles trade with the United States. He accused the East Asian country of perpetrating one of the “greatest…
North Korea is increasingly a focus of U.S.-China meeting
White House officials said Tuesday that trade and security would be high on the new American president’s agenda, including pushing China to exert more economic pressure on North Korea. Speaking at a White House business…
China 'abruptly cancels' Australian delegation's planned visit after human rights criticism
All the committee members approached by ABC News have declined to comment on the cancellation of the delegation’s planned trip. Just yesterday, Australia praised China’s cooperation on countering drugs after Federal Police seized a record…
China c.bank says to pursue crack down on illegal fund transfers
BEIJING China central bank will pursue a crack down on illegal fund transfers via underground banks and offshore companies, it said in a statement posted on its website on Wednesday. The People’s Bank of China…
China, Cherry Coke, and the Oracle of Omaha
I was in the right place at the right time as the Chinese looked around for famous investors,” Buffett told Yahoo Finance. “I also made a couple of visits to China that received a fair…
Is Trump wise to take on China over trade?
US President Donald Trump has said that trade negotiations with China will be “very difficult” when he meets President Xi Jinping in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, on Thursday. Trade will be one of two key issues on…
China blasts India over Dalai Lama visit to disputed area
China is criticizing India for allowing the Dalai Lama to visit a disputed border region, saying it did not consider the incident a purely internal Indian affair. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters Wednesday…
North Korean missile fired ahead of US-China summit
The launch comes on the eve of a visit by China’s President Xi Jinping to the US to meet President Donald Trump. The two will discuss how to rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile…
China Market Watch: Seven New FTZs Launched, Financial Markets to be Further Opened
China’s seven new free trade zones (FTZs) officially came into effect on April 1. The new FTZs were first announced in August 2016, and are located in Chongqing, Henan, Hubei, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Zhejiang.…
Is China already altering its economy for Trump?
With Trump having repeatedly suggested on the campaign trail that China manipulated its currency to the downside … head of Asia research at ING Financial Markets. “Ahead of the Trump-Xi summit favorable optics may have…
Trump pressures China on N.Korea before Xi talks
In an exclusive interview with the U.K.’s Financial Times published on Sunday … that might one day deliver a warhead to the western United States. The U.S. claims China hasn’t done enough to increase economic…
China Unicom Said to Prepare Mixed-Ownership Announcement
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. and its Shanghai-listed affiliate are poised to announce mixed-ownership-reform plans that are part of a Chinese government push to draw private capital into its state-owned enterprises, according to a person…
