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  • G20 consensus on free trade

    EUROPE, 2017/04/27   The Mercury24 Apr 2017Xinhua

  • Xi affords Trump prospect of quick wins on market access in finance and beef

    CHINA, 2017/04/10 High quality world journalism requires investment . Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our T&Cs and Copyright Policy for additional detail.    China will offer the Trump government better market access for financial sector investments and US beef exports to help avert a trade war, according to Chinese and US officials involved in talks between the two governments. High quality world journalism requires investment . Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our T&Cs and Copyright Policy for additional detail. 

  • Xi, Trump pledge to expand win-win cooperation, manage differences

    CHINA, 2017/04/10 Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, pledged on Friday to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and manage differences on the basis of mutual respect. Xi made the two-day trip to the southeastern U.S. coastal town of Palm Beach for the initial conference with Trump, in a bid to chart the course of bilateral ties in a new era.

  • China-LatAm relationship to grow rapidly in coming years

    CHINA, 2017/04/07 Ties between China and Latin America are hugely mutually beneficial and are sure to get stronger, James Li, executive president of E. J. McKay, an investment bank in Shanghai, said Thursday. During an interview with Xinhua on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on Latin America here in the Argentine capital, Li said: "China benefits tremendously from the relationship with Latin America."

  • Xi arrives in U.S. for first meeting with Trump

    CHINA, 2017/04/07 Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in this southeastern U.S. coastal town on Thursday for the initial conference with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, in a bid to chart the course of bilateral ties in a new era. In cloudy sunshine, the plane carrying the Chinese president, Initial Lady Peng Liyuan and other members of the delegation landed in the early afternoon at Palm Beach International Airport. Under the gaze of an enthused welcoming crowd, inclunding U.S. Secretary of National Rex Tillerson and his wife, Xi and Peng stepped out of the hatch and waved before they walked down the ramp hand in hand.

  • Historically, oil, gas and petroleum products have dominated US imports from sub-Saharan Africa

    UNITED STATES, 2017/03/07 To develop effective trade patterns, Africa must embrace structural and regulatory reforms and enhance financial integration to accelerate efforts that have led to increased exchanges with emerging nations in the rest of the world and between its own nations and regions. African nations must foster macro-economic stability and improve the investment environment to strengthen the role of pan-African banks in facilitating trade finance and boosting capital markets. Success in stimulating trade and increase depends on the policy and investment climate, depth of financial integration and commitment to reform.

  • Zimbabwe: Obama's 'Hostile Goodbye' to Mugabe

    UNITED STATES, 2017/01/17 Outgoing United States President Barack Obama has extended sanctions against Zimbabwe by at least an extra year, a statement said on Sunday. This came as reports on Friday indicated that Obama's government was set to relieve sanctions against Sudan and broaden presently limited talks with the long estranged African government.

  • Canada must stay nimble in Donald Trump era: economic adviser

    CANADA, 2017/01/16 The chief of the Trudeau government’s influential council of economic advisers recommends Ottawa remain agile, just in case Donald Trump delivers on vows that could have severe implications for Canada. Dominic Barton, the world managing director of consulting firm McKinsey & Co., said in an interview that while it remains unclear what exactly the president-elect will do, he cautioned that Trump’s pledges on trade and taxation must be taken seriously in Canada. “If something does happen … again I think we’re going to have to be ready to go back to the table … you think about budgets or you think about tax cuts,” said Barton, who, as chair of the economic increase council, has the ear of Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

  • President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina, and Regional Managing Director for CH2M Latin America

    ARGENTINA, 2016/12/24

  • China looks to deepen ties with Latin America

    ARGENTINA, 2016/12/03 China's president, Xi Jinping, has embarked on a week-long visit to Latin America that will include national visits to Ecuador, Peru and Chile. Mr Xi's trip comes instantly on the heels of a US presidential election that has called the next of US-Latin America relations into question, and highlights China's emergence as a key trade and investment partner for the region.
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