Trade
18 Nov
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is holding its annual summit this week in San Francisco, the first time the United States has hosted since 2011. The main event will be on the sidelines: a tête-à-tête between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his American counterpart Joe Biden. The two haven't spoken since they met last November, and a lot has happened since then to sour trade relations.
15 Oct 2023
China has a lot of work to do to restore confidence with Western investors, the European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned.
14 Oct 2023
World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on Thursday (October 12) she hoped the Israel-Hamas conflict could be ended quickly, warning it would have a "really big impact" on already weak global trade flows if it widened throughout the region.
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