Mr Hunt said Mr Wang had offered “to open discussions about a possible free trade deal done between Britain and China post-Brexit, and that’s something we welcome and we said we will explore”. Last mo……
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Britain, China talk trade at Beijing meeting
Officials from China and the UK talked trade during a meeting in Beijing, as China says it is open to dialogue with the US. Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous, Rick Newman and Melody Hahm discuss wh……
China offers to open discussions on post-Brexit trade deal – UK minister
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has offered to open discussions on a post-Brexit free trade deal with Britain, British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt said in Beijing on Monday. Hunt, appointed earlier this mo… ( read original…
Beijing to shut 1,000 manufacturing firms by 2020: paper
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s capital Beijing will shut around 1,000 manufacturing firms by 2020 as part of a program aimed at curbing smog and boosting income in neighboring regions, state media said … ( read…
Beijing to ease bank capital rule to free up more lending
The People’s Bank of China headquarters in Beijing. The PBoC has cut reserve-requirement ratios three times this year, while tax cuts and infrastructure projects were announced on Monday. China took a… ( read original story…
China says it is still open to talks on scrapped Qualcomm-NXP takeover
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s market regulator said it still hoped to find a solution to antitrust concerns that doomed Qualcomm Inc’s $44 billion takeover of NXP Semiconductors, after finding that pro… ( read original story…
China’s Bond Traders Embrace Leverage Again on Shift to Stimulus
a halt to the progress made in arresting China’s buildup of debt. “The price to pay will be a setback in the deleveraging campaign, which will increase the risks to financial stability,” Dariusz Kowal… (…
China should really start to worry about Trump
Europe has won a reprieve. The portents for China have commensurately darkened. They were already dimming before Mr Trump’s latest rabbit trick. His squeeze on China is now likely to be backed by the ……
Exclusive: China eyes infrastructure boost to cushion growth as trade war escalates – sources
China’s trade war with the United States has clouded the outlook for the world’s second-largest economy and roiled financial markets. A sharper slowdown in the Chinese economy could fuel job losses, a … ( read…
China’s Easing Move Draws Value Hunters to Unloved Bank Stocks
Value hunters are paying more attention to China’s unloved banking stocks after the government softened its deleveraging drive. Spurned for months, they’ve been some of the biggest beneficiaries of Ch… ( read original story …)
Ex-assistant chairman of China’s banking regulator sentenced to 16 years in prison: state media
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The former assistant chairman of China’s banking regulatory commission has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for accepting bribes, state media said on Thursday, as the Chinese … ( read…
China to speed up special local government bond issuance to meet demand
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s special local government bond issuance will accelerate in the second half of this year, and the finance ministry will focus the “proactive” fiscal policy on cutting taxes a… ( read original…
US airlines cave to China’s demand on referring to Taiwan
The International Air Transport Association, a trade group of global airlines, predicts that China could overtake the United States and become the world’s biggest air-travel market by 2022. The U.S. a… ( read original story…