Economy and trade are perhaps the area where China and the United States have most of their converging interests and where they have achieved substantial and mutually beneficial gains through cooperation and management of differences.
Visiting Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said Thursday that Vietnam will strive to develop balanced and sustainable trade with China.
Despite the much vaunted economic growth in the Philippines, the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to the country has continued to slide.
China's foreign trade in August dropped 9.7 percent year on year to 2.04 trillion yuan (320.8 billion U.S. dollars), a steeper decline than the 8.8 percent contraction in July, official data showed on Tuesday.
The China-proposed "Belt and Road" initiatives will reinforce Dubai's role as trade and logistics hub in the region, a senior economic official said on Sunday.
Australia's Treasurer Joe Hockey has warned colleagues that if the opposition blocks the China- Australia free trade agreement, China could walk away from the landmark deal.
Brazil and Germany Thursday signed cooperation accords on renewable energy and sustainable development, and issued a joint declaration on climate change.
China's trade associations, which traditionally have a close relationship with the government, will be given more independence but under stricter scrutiny.
Major political groups in the European Parliament (EP) called Tuesday for a more common sense approach to Wednesday's vote on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
EP big guns rally in favor of new TTIP proposals
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday signed several trade bills into law, including the legislation giving him the so-called fast-track authority to negotiate trade deals with other countries, injecting new momentum to the stalled Asia-Pacific trade talks.
U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved the so-called fast-track trade legislation, and the bill will be sent to the White House for signing.
The Australian economy has been struggling a bit in the post mining boom environment, but with an FTA with China, Australia's major trading partner, "it just gives me confidence that we'll manage to get good growth going forward," Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital, said on Wednesday.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday failed to approve the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) legislation, which would have given aid to U.S. workers who lose their jobs as a result of U.S. trade deals with other countries, delivering a major blow to President Barack Obama 's trade agenda.
The signing of a free trade agreement between China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in Seoul on Monday has given another boost to bilateral ties, which are at a historical high.
About three million Europeans have jobs because of export from the European Union (EU) to China, according to a study released on Monday here by EU institutions.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Thursday for an official visit to Colombia, during which a series of cooperation deals will be signed.
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