Switzerland and China have signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation on trade, investment and finance for projects in third countries along the routes of the Belt and Road Initiative. The … ( read original…
Monthly Archives For May 2019
China says to further open up banking and insurance sectors
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will further open up its banking and insurance sectors, the country’s top banking and insurance regulator said in comments published on Wednesday. Guo Shuqing, chairman of … ( read original story…
FUREY: Huawei spat or not, let’s ask why Canada is part of China’s big bank
It’s time to hit back against China as the Huawei spat continues — that’s the message Conservative leader Andrew Scheer delivered to Canadians at a news conference on Monday. The latest … ( read original…
Trudeau promises aid for canola farmers hurt by China import ban
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Ottawa would soon announce help for canola farmers hurt by a China ban on imports of the oilseed but brushed off calls to pull funding for a…
Scheer demands Canada pull funds from Chinese multilateral development bank
OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to answer China’s ban on Canadian canola shipments by pulling hundreds of millions of dollars Ottawa has committed … ( read original story …)
Latest Round of China-U.S. Trade Talks Start in Beijing
BEIJING — The latest round of China-U.S. trade talks began in Beijing on Wednesday, as both countries look to end their bitter trade war. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He greeted U.S. Treasury Secretary … (…
China sentences second Canadian to death
The moves were widely seen as punishment for Canada’s arrest of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of the Chinese telecom company Huawei. China has also suspended the license of two major Canadian … ( read…
WRAPUP 1-China’s big banks post modest Q1 profit growth
Net profits at the country’s so-called Big Five banks, led by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) , grew by more than 4 percent in the January-March quarter from a year earlier. The…
Tensions with China ‘do not play out in our project at all’: LNG Canada CEO
OTTAWA — The head of LNG Canada says Ottawa’s trade and diplomatic frictions with Beijing have had no impact on the massive project that will one day ship liquefied natural gas from British Columbia ……
FCC set to block China Mobile bid to provide US services, marking another hot spot in trade war
Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said on Wednesday he opposes China Mobile’s bid to provide US telecommunications services, citing security risks, and said the commission will vote … ( read original story …)
China’s death sentence for second Canadian ‘cruel and inhumane’: Freeland
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says that she is concerned about the “cruel and inhumane” death sentence China has issued to a Canadian involved in an international drug operation … ( read original…