Tag: China

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.
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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.
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Sunday, March 24th 2019 - 08:15 UTC
Italy joins China's Silk Road project: Europe Union, Nato and G7 rattled

Italy has become the first developed economy to sign up to China's global investment program which has raised concerns among Italy's Western allies. A total of 29 deals amounting to €2.5bn were signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Rome.
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Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 09:24 UTC
IADB annual meeting cancelled after China refused to allow a Venezuelan opposition representative attend

The Inter-American Development Bank on Friday called off next week’s meeting of its 48 member countries in China after Beijing refused to allow a representative of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to attend.
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Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 09:02 UTC
Petrobras reviewing a deal with China's CNPC to build an oil refinery

Brazil's Petrobras is re-evaluating a preliminary deal with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to build an oil refinery in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian economic newspaper Valor Economico reported on Thursday, citing a source from Petrobras’ management.
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Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 08:45 UTC
Italy establishing closer links with China, plans to sign Silk Road project

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Rome at the start of a whistle stop European tour amid growing Western unease over the economic giant's new Silk Road project. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is to sign a memorandum of understanding with Mr. Xi on Saturday for Italy to join the US$1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative, the first G7 member to do so.
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Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 09:20 UTC
US markets drop following on Trump's remarks about trade talks with China

US stocks have fallen after President Donald Trump said his administration was considering leaving tariffs on China for a “substantial period”. Mr. Trump said that a trade deal with Beijing was “coming along nicely”, but his comments dampened hopes a deal would be reached soon. US negotiators are due to visit China next week to resume talks.
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Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 10:20 UTC
Trump warns GM: “close a plant in China or Mexico and bring jobs home!”

President Donald Trump is escalating his pressure on General Motors, as he calls for the company to reopen an Ohio manufacturing plant.
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Monday, March 18th 2019 - 08:36 UTC
Chinese president Xi on state visits to Italy , Monaco and France

Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Italy, Monaco and France this week, the foreign ministry said on Monday, with Rome expected to join his global trade infrastructure program despite reservations in other European countries.
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Monday, March 18th 2019 - 08:24 UTC
US seizes pork shipments from China fearing contagion of African swine flu disease

U.S. border agents have seized around 1 million pounds of pork from China, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday, over suspicions that it might contain African swine flu disease which has hit Chinese pork output. Federal agents have seized the supplies over the past week in New York.
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