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Markets retreat but traders confident of Fed rate hikes ending

Nov 21, 2023 (AFP)

Expectations that financial conditions will become easier in the new year as inflation comes down have fanned a rush back into risk assets in recent weeks and p...

Asian markets mosty up as traders eye Fed minutes

Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)

After a string of reports pointing to slowing inflation and a cooling jobs market, traders are shifting back into riskier assets as they bet on a loosening of f...

China's influence in C.America advances at a gallop

Nov 18, 2023 (AFP)

With the Chinese ambassador at his side, Bukele toured the seven-story building, erected at a cost of $54 million paid for by China. The building sprawls over 2...

Nicaraguan congress ratifies free-trade pact with China

Nov 17, 2023 (AFP)

The National Assembly, dominated by the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), unanimously approved the agreement, said the body's chief, Gustavo P...

US, China commerce ministers pledge to further talks in 2024

Nov 17, 2023 (AFP)

The announcement came after the US and Chinese presidents, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, held a summit on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (AP...

Chinese premier invited to Australia as tensions ease

Nov 17, 2023 (AFP)

Albanese, who visited Beijing in early November, saw Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the second time this month at a Pacific Rim summit in San Francisco. "It was ...

Japan PM tells Xi of 'serious concerns' in first talks in a year

Nov 17, 2023 (AFP)

Kishida said he "expressed our serious concerns over China's increasing military activity near Japan, including its collaboration with Russia" during their meet...

Tanking Alibaba drags Hong Kong as markets rally fades

Nov 17, 2023 (AFP)

The sell-off came as an exciting week on global trading floors saw a tepid finish, with Wall Street drifting even as a forecast-beating jump in US jobless claim...

Asian markets drop as rate-hope rally loses steam

Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)

Figures released Tuesday showing a slower-than-expected rise in the US October consumer price index lit a fire under global equities as it cemented traders' vie...

Biden reassures APEC summit, says stable China ties benefit world

Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)

"We're not going anywhere," Biden told the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) group, which includes 21 members but lives under the shadow of US-China rela...

China ready to be 'partner and friend' of US: Xi

Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)

If one country sees the other as a main competitor and most consequential geopolitical challenge, "this will only lead to wrong policymaking, misguided actions ...

Asian markets mostly drop as rate-hope rally loses steam

Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)

Figures released Tuesday showing a slower-than-expected rise in the US October consumer price index lit a fire under global equities, cementing traders' views t...

Biden says China has 'real problems' ahead of key US summit with Xi

Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)

The leaders of the world's two largest economies will huddle on the sidelines of the APEC summit in California for their first encounter in a year as trade tens...

German court blows 60-bn-euro hole in budget with debt ruling

Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)

The Federal Constitutional Court had been examining accusations from the main opposition CDU party that Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-party coalition had acted...

China retail sales surge in October but economy remains sluggish

Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)

The country slipped back into deflation last month, while exports continued to fall, highlighting the challenge for officials grappling with weak domestic consu...

Biden, Xi pledge to reduce tensions at summit

Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)

A smiling Biden greeted Xi after the Chinese leader stepped out of a black limousine at the scenic Filoli country estate in the California foothills near San Fr...

Asian markets cautiously higher as US inflation looms

Nov 14, 2023 (AFP)

Wall Street's three main bourses provided a tepid lead as traders in New York bided their time ahead of the closely watched consumer price index report as well ...

Ahead of Xi talks, Biden says US 'not trying to decouple from China'

Nov 14, 2023 (AFP)

The two leaders will meet on the sidelines of the APEC summit in California for their first encounter in a year as trade tensions, sanctions and the question of...

China says Xi, Biden to talk 'global peace and development' at summit

Nov 13, 2023 (AFP)

"The two heads of state will have in-depth communication on strategic, general and directional issues concerning China-US relations, as well as major issues con...

US Treasury says working on 'healthy' relations with China

Nov 11, 2023 (AFP)

But, she said, the United States would not shy away from taking unilateral action against Chinese firms supplying defense equipment to Russia for its invasion o...