Tag: China

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:59 UTC

  Beijing summons US ambassador over Pelosi's Taiwan bravado

  

  The Government of Beijing Tuesday summoned US Ambassador Nicholas Burns after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan despite China's advice against it.

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:47 UTC

  US Navy building up on its Pacific armada around Taiwan

  

  The United States Government of President Joseph Biden is taking additional military precautions in case China decides to retaliate after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went ahead with her plans to visit Taiwan.

• Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Calm before the storm feeling over Rep. Pelosi's planned Taiwan trip

  

  As US Lower House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is said to be planning a trip to Taiwan, China's Armed Forces have been reported to be preparing for war and might even try to shoot down the Democratic Congresswoman's aircraft.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 22:00 UTC

  China: Full lockdown reinstated in Wuhan area due to COVID-19

  

  In line with their Zero-COVID policy, Chinese authorities have placed an entire district on the outskirts of Wuhan under strict lockdown for the first time since 2020, it was reported.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Brazilian oil sales to China and India drop significantly as Russia moves in

  

  Brazil oil sales to India and China in the first half of 2022 have fallen considerably, amid the Ukraine war and a significant increase in crude exports from Russia to the two Asian countries.
  According to data from Brazil’s Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex), in the first half of the year, Brazil exported 36% less oil to China than in the same period last year. Likewise exports to India fell 53.8%.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 07:34 UTC

  Uruguay will seek to join Trans-Pacific Partnership; Lacalle announces

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday announced his administration would seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in its current form and that, to that end, he will seek endorsement from all political parties.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 23:30 UTC

  Uruguayan FM hopes other Mercosur countries will join Chinese FTA talks

  

  After meeting Monday with members of a Chinese delegation who are in Montevideo since Saturday, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo said he hoped the other members of Mercosur would soon join the Free Trade Agreement negotiations because the Asian giant was “open to cooperation both with Mercosur and with the particular member country.”

• Friday, July 22nd 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Plenty of business opportunities available with China, Argentine report says

  

  A report released Thursday by Argentina's Undersecretary for Trade and Investment Promotion Pablo Sívori highlighted the progress over the past 20 years of trade between his country and China, which rose from US$ 1 billion to nearly US$ 20 billion yearly.

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 22:40 UTC

  Argentina insists Uruguay-China FTA must go through Mercosur

  

  Argentina's Foreign Ministry Friday issued a statement according to which Uruguay's negotiations with China towards a Free Trade Agreement must go through Mercosur.

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 20:41 UTC

  Uruguay deal: China ratifies successful completion of FTA feasibility probe

  

  China's Ministry of Commerce Spokeswoman Shu Jue Ting Thursday ratified her country deemed the possible conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Uruguay to be of the utmost importance.