Getting the parties in the Qatar dispute to take directly to one another would be an important next step in resolving the crisis, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ended three days of talks in Gulf Arab countries. “Based on his meetings, the secretary believes that getting the […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump had plenty of praise for Xi Jinping on Thursday, hours after jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died in a state hospital. In a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump called Xi a friend and a great leader he respects. “He’s a very talented man. […]
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Read moreChinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, who was being treated for late-stage liver cancer, died on Thursday of multiple organ failure, the government said, having not been allowed to leave the country for treatment as he wished. Liu, 61, was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for “inciting subversion of state power” after he helped […]
Read moreA magnitude 5.9 earthquake off North Korea early Thursday jolted watchers of the country’s weapons development but experts say it was not caused by a nuclear test. Analysts say North Korea needs to conduct another atomic test explosion to perfect a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the continental U.S. On July 4, Pyongyang test-launched its […]
Read moreThere’s plenty of room to grow for the start-up environment in China, according to the head of Chinese drone maker EHang, who told CNBC on Wednesday that the U.S. is still ahead in most areas of innovation and technology. “The U.S. is a more mature market, people spend more time working on fundamental technologies, while […]
Read moreDomestic demand, instead of exports, will drive economic growth in the second half of 2017 — a shift that bodes well for Southeast Asian countries, Credit Suisse said as it turned more optimistic on the region’s banking sector. The bank said in a report this week that the export boost from China has peaked and […]
Read moreChina reported a 11.3 percent on-year increase in exports and a 17.2 percent on-year rise in imports in June in dollar terms, according to Reuters. That left China with the a trade balance of $42.77 billion for the month, higher than a Reuters poll forecast of $42.44 billion. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected exports […]
Read moreThe United States notified South Korea on Wednesday it plans to start negotiating amendments to a five-year-old free trade agreement with Seoul and called a meeting to kick off the talks for next month. The announcement came months after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would either renegotiate or terminate what he called a “horrible” […]
Read moreChinese trade with North Korea jumped 10% in the first half of this year, according to China Customs
China Customs said Thursday that the country’s overall trade with North Korea had grown 10 percent in the first half of the year. Imports from North Korea actually fell 13.2 percent to $880 million, it said, but exports to the pariah state jumped 29 percent to $1.67 billion. The announcement came amid a broader release […]
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