Tag: China

• Thursday, November 11th 2010 - 06:15 UTC

  Obama arrives in Seoul but a G-20 summit consensus still out of reach

  

  President Barack Obama tried to swing the G20 spotlight back onto global imbalances and take his own country's policies out of the glare as world leaders gathered in Seoul.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 05:33 UTC

  Contrary to expectations China’s October trade surplus soars to 27.2 billion

  

  As world leaders prepare to debate international trade imbalances this week, China announced Wednesday that its trade surplus surged last month to a staggering 27.2 billion US dollars, a 61% increase over the 16.9 billion surplus in September.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 05:28 UTC

  China resists becoming the locomotive for the world economy, says IMF

  

  China is resisting pressure to become a locomotive to pull the floundering US economy out of its hole, notably by stubbornly pegging its Yuan to the dollar, a senior IMF official said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 01:15 UTC

  China and US exchange accusations ahead of the G20 summit in Korea

  

  China kept up criticism of US easy-money policies, warning two days before a G20 world economic summit that Washington could destabilize the global economy and inflate asset bubbles.

• Friday, November 5th 2010 - 22:58 UTC

  China opens beef market to Argentina; farmers warn lack of sufficient cattle

  

  China will open its market to Argentine beef consolidating the end of a conflict that started earlier this year when Beijing decided to suspend “on sanitary reasons” the import of soy-oil from Argentina, a ban that was only lifted last month.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 00:27 UTC

  China offers to finance US infrastructure and help create jobs

  

  China’s sovereign wealth fund has urged the Obama administration to spend 1trillion US dollars on infrastructure over the next five years, to create jobs and improve US competitiveness.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2010 - 01:04 UTC

  In a surprise move China raises interest rate for the first time since 2007

  

  China has raised interest rates for the first time since 2007, as it tries to rein in inflation and dampen its red-hot real estate market. The People's Bank of China said it will raise its one-year lending rate to 5.6% from 5.31% and its one-year deposit rate to 2.5% from 2.25%.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2010 - 00:59 UTC

  China purchases 70.000 tons of Argentine soybean oil; in November 80.000 tons?

  

  China has bought at least 70,000 tons of Argentine soybean oil after Beijing decided to unlock the imports ban that had resulted in a mounting-tension conflict. The move came after China agreed to allow all products coming from Argentina to enter its ports and was reported by Oil World magazine.

• Monday, October 18th 2010 - 21:49 UTC

  China insists that reforming the Yuan “will be a gradual process”

  

  A senior IMF official tried to dampen talk of a global currency war, while China said it will stick to a gradual reform of its currency.

• Thursday, October 14th 2010 - 05:46 UTC

  China admits “currency war” spectre but responsibility is shared by G20

  

  China is trying to avoid a currency war, but issues concerning any specific currency should not be treated as part of an agenda at G20 meetings, a Chinese G20 negotiator said.