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Australia, New Zealand pledge to salvage TPP after US exit

Australia and New Zealand said on Tuesday (Jan 24) that they hope to salvage the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by encouraging China and other Asian nations to join the trade pact after US President Donald Trump kept his promise to pull out of the accord.

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Highlights: Donald Trump in first full week as U.S. president

U.S. President Donald Trump addressed business and trade issues on Monday.

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President Donald Trump signs order to withdraw US from TPP

President Donald Trump yanked the United States out of a major Pacific trade deal Monday, making good on an election campaign promise and delivering a hammer blow to Asian allies.

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First China freight train arrives in London

The first freight train from China pulled into Barking in East London this week after an 18-day journey, marking a milestone in Beijing's push to build commercial links across Europe and Asia.

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Swiss economic minister praises China-Switzerland win-win partnership

​China and Switzerland have enjoyed a longstanding win-win partnership and China has an optmisstic economic outlook, the Swiss minister of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, Johann Schneider-Ammann said here Wednesday.

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No chance of trade war between China and US, says Jack Ma in Davos

Ma tells panel at World Economic Forum in Davos to give Trump some time

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Abe's Asia-Pacific trip fails to make desired impact on S.China Sea issue

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may feel let down after his just-concluded Asia-Pacific trip.

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China, Switzerland have potential in cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to Switzerland is expected to deepen China-Switzerland partnership, a model of peaceful co-existence and win-win cooperation between big and small countries with different social systems and at different development phases.

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Trump to realign trade power in a few select members of his administration: report

​U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will consolidate trade policy decisions in the hands of a few select members of his administration rather than the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), local media reported Monday.

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Textile sector set to suffer trade deficit for 2nd straight year

​South Korea's textile and garment industry is set to suffer a trade deficit for the second consecutive year in 2016 amid an influx of cheap Chinese products, industry data showed Friday.

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Trump appoints "Death by China" author to lead new U.S. trade council

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced Peter Navarro to lead a new White House office called the National Trade Council (NTC) responsible for overseeing U.S. trade and industrial policy.

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U.S. President-elect Trump picks economist Peter Navarro to head new national trade council

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday picked Peter Navarro, an economist and a professor at University of California, Irvine, to head the newly-created National Trade Council at the White House, the latest move to reshape America's trade policy.

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Vietnam moves away from Trans-Pacific Partnership

​The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States has caused Vietnam to look for new trade deals.

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France hits out at Donald Trump's bullish tone with China

France's top diplomat on Wednesday (Dec 14) slammed the bullish tone taken by US President-elect Donald Trump with key trade ally Beijing in threatening to upend Washington's One China policy.

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EU fails to quit "analogue country" practice on China as required by WTO rules

The European Union (EU) fails to quit the "analogue country" practice on China as required by the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, as proposed changes to its existing anti-dumping laws are but a disguise to maintain it.

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UK must set out plans for transitional deal with EU: lawmakers

Britain will need a transitional trade agreement with the European Union, and the government should set out plans for it before beginning formal divorce talks with the bloc, members of parliament's upper house said on Tuesday.

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Russia eager to deepen strategic partnership with Serbia: Russian FM

Strategic partnership between Serbia and Russia should focus on economic cooperation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said here during his meetings with Serbian top state officials on Monday.