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China's foreign trade up 32.2% in first 2 months

China's foreign trade of goods totaled 5.44 trillion yuan (840 billion U.S. dollars), up 32.2 percent year on year, in the first two months in 2021, the General Adminis

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Bitcoin Funds Fuel Near-Record Inflows to Canada ETF Sector

The launch of new Bitcoin exchange-traded funds helped attract $5.2 billion to Canadian ETF managers in February, the second-highest month of inflows on record.Toronto-

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Wang Yang: CPPCC has contributed to China's COVID-19 response

The Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was active in the fight against COVID-19 in 2020

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New WTO chief Okonjo-Iweala: We have a lot of work to do

The World Trade Organization's (WTO) first female and first African director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala started work on Monday, saying she "feels great.""I am coming into one of the most important i

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Bitcoin extends retreat from record high to hit lowest in 20 days

The world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, Bitcoin./Getty Images Bitcoin fell to its lowest since Feb. 8 in thin trade on Sunday, down 3.7% from Friday's close as the pullback from a r

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Black History Month: Sankofa Bookstore looks to past to change future

03:48 It’s Black History Month.Come with us for an enlightening conversation with acclaimed filmmaker and co-founder of Black-owned Sankofa Video and Books Cafe in Washington D.C.Shiri

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WTO to rule on U.S. ban on 'Made in Hong Kong' label

The World Trade Organization agreed Monday to establish a dispute resolution panel on the new U.S. rule that all goods imported from Hong Kong must be stamped "Made in

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UK PM Boris Johnson says he is 'fervently Sinophile'

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson. /AFP UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently declared that he is "fervently Sinophile"during a Downing Street round table with Chinese businesses

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Nature of China-U.S. economic, trade relations mutually beneficial

China-U.S. economic and trade relations are mutually beneficial in nature, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said Friday at a press briefing.Her remark

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BREXIT negotiator Lord David Frost appointed to Cabinet by Johnson

BREXIT negotiator Lord David Frost has been appointed to the Cabinet by Boris Johnson, Downing Street has announced. /Getty Images BREXIT negotiator Lord David Frost has been appointed to the

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala makes history as first female African to lead WTO

Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala officially became the new director-general of the World Trade Organization.She made history by becoming the first woman and the first African to

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China overtakes U.S. as EU's biggest trading partner

China last year overtook the United States as the EU's biggest trading partner, the EU statistics agency Eurostat said on Monday.The EU's trade with the United States dropped significantly in 2020, w

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Singapore GDP contracts 5.4 percent in 2020

Singapore's economy in 2020 shrank by 5.4 percent in 2020, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said on Monday, slightly better than forecasts of a 5.8-percent contraction.

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Former U.S. trade representative on Biden-Xi phone call

04:47 CGTN's Asieh Namdar speaks with international trade and government affairs consultant, Jeff Moon, about the first phone call between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe B

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Quotes from Xi Jinping's keynote speech at China-CEEC Summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday lauded the cooperation between China and the Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC), saying "17 plus 1 could make more th

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United States trade representative announces key staff appointments

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announces the appointment of key leaders who will help the Biden-Harris Administration build back a better economy, including Brad Setser as counselor, the

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HK COVID-19 patient who fled hospital jailed for 4 months

A street view of Hong Kong, China, October 8, 2020. /CFPA COVID-19 patient in Hong Kong that escaped from the hospital was sentenced to immediate imprisonment for four