Tag: Beijing

• Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Beijing poses a threat, says Pompeo after arrest of Chinese woman trying to enter Trump's Florida resort

  

  The arrest of a Chinese woman who allegedly brought malicious software to US President Donald Trump's Florida resort shows that Beijing poses a threat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.

• Friday, March 29th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  New round of trade talks in Beijing. China offers greater access to its financial market

  

  United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday he had a “productive working dinner” the previous night in Beijing, kicking off a day of talks aimed at resolving the bitter trade dispute between the world's two largest economies.

• Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  Land Rover beats Chinese auto industry copies in Beijing court

  

  Jaguar Land Rover has won a legal case to prevent a Chinese car brand from selling a copycat vehicle, ending a three-year court battle. In 2016 the UK-based carmaker sued Jiangling Motor Corporation over its Landwind X7 sport utility vehicle, which the company claimed bore an extremely similar resemblance to the Range Rover Evoque.

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  US/China face to face trade talks to continue in Beijing this week

  

  US officials plan to travel to China next week to resume face-to-face talks aimed at ending a trade war between them, the White House has confirmed. And Chinese officials will travel to the US for further talks in Washington in early April.

• Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 08:41 UTC

  US threatens to pull out of IADB meeting in China if Guaidó's representative is not allowed to attend

  

  The United States on Thursday threatened to pull out of the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank in China next week if Beijing refuses to allow a representative of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to attend.

• Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  China's industrial growth output fell to a 17-year low in Jan/Feb

  

  Growth in China’s industrial output fell to a 17-year low in the first two months of the year, pointing to further weakness in the world’s second-biggest economy that is likely to trigger more support measures from Beijing.

• Monday, February 18th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Argentine Security minister making headlines with her tough on crime policy

  

  Argentina's government, with one eye on elections later in the year, is getting tough on crime, and one figure is taking centre stage: the country's security tsar. Patricia Bullrich, 62, the security minister, is pushing a series of new tough-on-crime measures, including dropping the age for juvenile convictions, equipping cops with stun guns and trialling facial recognition at train stations.

• Monday, January 28th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Huawei telecom dispute: Trudeau sacks Canadian ambassador in Beijing

  

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has fired Canada's ambassador to China, John McCallum. It follows controversial comments Mr McCallum made about an extradition case involving a senior executive from the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. Mr Trudeau said in a statement he had asked John McCallum to step down, but did not offer a reason.

• Wednesday, January 9th 2019 - 14:49 UTC

  Brazil's Bovespa closes above 92.000 points for the first time ever

  

  Latin American stocks in the region's main markets closed on Tuesday at new highs on the positive outlook for the ongoing US/China trade talks in Beijing. Brazil's Bovespa index ended trading above 92,000 points for the first time ever after hitting several record highs last week.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 08:23 UTC

  China/Argentina closer links; Beijing to finance the country's fourth nuclear power plant

  

  Argentina and China are aiming to close a deal within days for the construction of the country's fourth nuclear power plant, a multi-billion dollar project that would cement Beijing’s deepening influence in a key regional U.S. ally.