HONG KONG (Reuters) – Manufacturing activity across Asia slowed in July, deepening concerns about the region’s economic outlook as an intensifying trade conflict between the United States and China se… ( read original story …)
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China Slowdown Has Debt Warriors Rethinking Their Targets
“The radical deleveraging policy is under comprehensive adjustment” and the credit environment is shifting to moderate from tightening, said Wang Yifeng, a researcher at China Minsheng Bank in Beijing … ( read original story …)
The Finance 202: China has other weapons with which to punish Trump on trade
Chinese President Xi Jinping President Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last year. (AFP / Nicolas Asfouri) The Chinese government is getting creative as it hu… (…
China plans tighter controls on foreign acquisitions
The draft amendment will be open for public comment until August 29. “This move is in line with two major trends in China: accelerated financial opening and increased concerns around economic national … ( read…
China open to UK trade deal after Brexit
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……
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…
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