The U.S. and China resumed high-levels talks Thursday aimed at easing a trade standoff that has unnerved global investors and clouded the outlook for the world economy. The talks opened as a Chinese d… (…
Monthly Archives For February 2019
China to Propose $30 Billion More U.S. Agriculture Purchases
Soybeans, corn and wheat futures prices rose in Chicago in response to the news. “China will say what needs to be said to get a deal, but the key component will be in the verification…
China Led APAC Real Estate Markets with $31.2B in 2018 Deals
The decline in Asia’s largest income property market is accelerating, with 2018’s decrease in volume compared to 2017 outstripping the previous year’s decline by 57 percent quicker, due in part to a a … (…
Can India become the next China for carmakers?
But those foreign carmakers with a weak brand value have ceded market share to much stronger domestic brands in China. The weak market in China has left automakers with few places to go for sales…
US and China are sketching the outlines of a deal to end the trade war
The United States has accused Beijing of forcing U.S. companies doing business in China to share their technology with local partners and hand over intellectual property secrets. China denies it engag… ( read original story…
Huawei to open first flagship store outside China in Vienna
VIENNA (Reuters) – Huawei is to open a smartphone flagship store in Vienna, its first such outlet outside China, as part of … allies not to use Huawei’s technology. Huawei has repeatedly … ( read…
China’s Li Keqiang in rare spat with central bank
Just hours later, the People’s Bank of China appeared to respond directly to Mr Li’s criticism in an interview with an unnamed PBoC official published in Financial News, the central bank’s official ne… ( read…
Morning Brief: U.S., China start to outline a trade deal
Read more U.S., China sketch outlines of deal to end trade war … and it also offered more clarity on its plans for balance sheet normalization. [Yahoo Finance] Tax refunds are $11.5 billion behind o……
Game-streaming platform Douyu planning US IPO for $500m
Douyu is expected to become China’s third publicly listed livestreaming platform, following rivals Inke and Huya, according to a report by 21st Century Business Herald. The company has secretly applie… ( read original story …)
China’s Premier Li Keqiang warns central bank of ‘new potential risks’ posed by record loans in January
Premier Li Keqiang has warned of the “new potential risks” that China’s record level of new loans in January could bring to the financial system. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central ban… (…
U.S., China sketch outlines of deal to end trade war: sources
The United States has accused Beijing of forcing U.S. companies doing business in China to share their technology with local partners and hand over intellectual property secrets. China denies it engag… ( read original story…
Exclusive: China’s Dalian port bans Australian coal imports, sets 2019 quota – source
comes as major ports elsewhere in China prolong clearing times for Australian coal to at least 40 days. Coal is Australia’s biggest export earner and the Australian dollar tumbled on the news … ( read…
Wary of Xinjiang backlash, China invites waves of diplomats to visit
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is stepping up its diplomatic outreach over controversial camps in its heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang, inviting more foreign diplomats to visit as it seeks to head off cri… ( read…