Tag: China

• Friday, August 14th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  China suspends poultry imports from a plant in Brazil following chickens' wings test positive for Covid-19

  

  A sample of frozen chicken wings imported into the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen from Brazil has tested positive for coronavirus, the city government said on Thursday, raising fears that contaminated food shipments could cause new outbreaks.

• Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:52 UTC

  Ecuador expects shrimp exports to China to resume soon after Covid-19 dispute

  

  Ecuador expects a quick resolution to a trade dispute with China over traces of coronavirus in a container of exported shrimp that led Beijing to suspend imports from three companies, Ecuador’s production and trade minister said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 09:35 UTC

  Record export of Brazilian beef in July; China becomes the insatiable client

  

  Brazilian beef exports including fresh and processed products reached a monthly record of 194,093 tons during July, up 17% from the same month a year ago, according to the Brazilian Slaughterhouse Association (Abrafrigo).

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Two Beluga whales returned to the ocean after ten years in Russia and China

  

  Two beluga whales taken from the sea nearly ten years ago are being returned to the ocean. Little Grey and Little White are now being looked after at the world's first open water sanctuary for belugas in Iceland.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 08:17 UTC

  Chinese and foreign companies will be delisted from Wall Street if they don't comply with US accounting standards

  

  US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said companies from China and other countries that do not comply with accounting standards will be delisted from US stock exchanges as of the end of 2021.

• Monday, August 10th 2020 - 06:59 UTC

  Canola price boom in Canada despite China not buying directly

  

  Canadian canola prices have soared to the highest in nearly two years, despite a diplomatic dispute between Ottawa and Beijing, as exporters find roundabout ways to reach top oilseed buyer China.

• Monday, August 10th 2020 - 06:49 UTC

  Industrial activity in China is climbing to pre-virus levels

  

  China's factory deflation eased in July, driven by a rise in global oil prices and as industrial activity climbed back towards pre-coronavirus levels, adding to signs of recovery in the world's second-largest economy.

• Monday, August 10th 2020 - 06:06 UTC

  US cabinet minister visits Taiwan; Beijing furious condemns the trip

  

  A US cabinet member was due to meet Taiwan's leader this Monday during the highest-level visit from the United States since it switched diplomatic recognition from the island to China in 1979, a trip that Beijing has condemned.

• Friday, August 7th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Argentina and China renew US$ 18 billion swap; Beijing will pay for agriculture imports in Yuan

  

  The central bank of Argentina announced it will renew a currency cooperation agreement with the People's Bank of China to swap US$ 18.2 billion worth of each other's currencies next week, El Economista reported on Friday.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2020 - 10:20 UTC

  Ship with Brazilian soybeans arrives in China with several crew members Covid-19 tested positive

  

  According to the Agricensus Agency, a load of Brazilian soy exported to northern China was detained on July 25 because ten crew members aboard a ship from Rio Grande do Sul have tested positive for Covid-19.