International Trade

Commitment to trade cements Hong Kong-Chile ties

21 Feb 2013

For the first time in well over a century, a part of Chile's naval history with Asia has returned to Hong Kong. The brass bell of the former three-masted Chilean training ship, "General Baquedano...

China says it is not top trading nation

14 Feb 2013

China has denied reports it passed the United States as the largest trading nation, saying that it still trails when the values of goods imported and exported by both countries are calculated...

Claims China is world's No 1 trading economy are nonsense

14 Feb 2013

If you believe the media reports, China passed another milestone last year, overtaking the United States to become the world's biggest trading economy.

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US to launch free trade talks with EU

14 Feb 2013

Answering mounting calls from the European Union to pursue a grand trade pact to spur growth on both sides of the Atlantic, Obama said the proposed treaty would help boost American exports and...

China overtakes US to become biggest trading nation

12 Feb 2013

China's customs administration said the combined total for imports and exports in Chinese goods reached US$3.87 trillion in 2012, edging past the US$3.82 trillion trade in goods registered by the...

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Jin Liqun, chairman of China Investment Corporation's supervisory board, told a conference of politicians, security officials and diplomats in Munich on Friday that his country would not put money...

Fall in Japanese exports boosts push for weaker yen

Japan's exports fell more than analysts forecast, and the annual trade deficit swelled to a record, bolstering the case for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to weaken the yen even as trade tensions mount...

Beijing to help troubled solar industry players

The central government has laid out broad policy directions to support the development of the nascent domestic solar power market as part of efforts to help the troubled solar panels and...

TRADE

Japanese exports to China drop 14.5pc in November

Japan's exports to the United States overtook shipments to China last month, official data showed yesterday, as a new government in Tokyo vows to stand its ground in a bitter diplomatic dispute...

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