Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered troops to occupy uninhabited islands and reefs in the disputed South China Sea. “The unoccupied, which are ours, let’s live on it,” Mr Duterte told reporters during a visit…
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Great news for the loonie and TSX: The global driver of commodity demand has re-emerged
The current spike in China’s imports is great news for Canadian equities and the loonie. Most investors are aware that the Chinese economy is the world’s largest driver of commodity demand but the sheer scale…
Trump's constant trashing of China over its currency could backfire
President Trump risks an embarrassing blunder if he doesn’t tone down his rhetoric on China’s currency when he comes face to face with President Xi Jinping. The first meeting between the leaders of the world’s…
Trump presses China on NKorea; another bluff could hurt him
But if he’s bluffing, and Xi calls him on it, that might prove damaging in future negotiations with China or in building a united front against North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. The two-day meeting…
Southern Ontario pushes back against China's steel dumping
“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…
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…
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…
Beijing's 'shock' measures seize property market, other cities follow suit
BEIJING (Reuters) – Ji Wei, a recently married photographer in her 20s, fears her plans to sell her Beijing apartment and upgrade to one costing 6.15 million yuan (716,381 pounds) will collapse because of new…
U.S. businesses want help with China, not a trade war
BEIJING/WASHINGTON – Although worried about the prospect of a trade war, American businesses operating in China nonetheless want President Donald Trump to wring some concessions on market access from China’s leader Xi Jingping when the…
