Tag: China

• Friday, February 28th 2020 - 06:02 UTC

  Argentine Patagonia lamb and mutton admitted into the Chinese market

  

  China approved the necessary sanitary protocols and authorized the sale of lamb, mutton and sub-products from sheep bred in Argentine Patagonia, according to Argentina's Agriculture ministry.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2020 - 09:53 UTC

  The world “simply not ready” to contain Covid-19, WHO's head of experts mission to China

  

  The coronavirus epidemic caused more death and disruption on Tuesday spreading to new countries as a top health official warned the world was “simply not ready” to contain it. Even as the number of fresh cases declines at the epicenter of the disease in China, there has been a sudden increase in parts of Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 06:42 UTC

  China fast-tracks ban on the trade and consumption of wild animals

  

  China's top legislature said it will immediately ban the trade and consumption of wild animals, in a fast-track decision it says will allow the country to win the battle against the coronavirus outbreak.

• Monday, February 24th 2020 - 06:25 UTC

  Argentine beef exports to China fall almost a third in January plus price disputes

  

  Argentine beef exports to its top buyer China fell almost a third in January due to a price dispute with Chinese importers and the effects of a coronavirus outbreak, the head of the country's meat export chamber revealed.

• Saturday, February 22nd 2020 - 10:15 UTC

  Could China end going to the rescue of crisis-prone Argentina?

  

  Argentina is thought to be on the brink of falling into its ninth sovereign default, prompting some analysts to speculate whether the crisis-prone South American country might be tempted to accept funding from China.

• Friday, February 21st 2020 - 08:33 UTC

  US government expects China to honor its commitment to buy more US goods despite COVID-19

  

  The US government expects China to honor its commitments to buy more US goods under a trade deal signed by the world's two largest economies in January despite the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, a senior US official said on Thursday.

• Friday, February 21st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  China again changes the method of counting COVID-19 patients

  

  China said on Thursday it has again changed the method of counting patients with COVID-19 and will now include only those diagnosed by sophisticated laboratory testing.

• Friday, February 21st 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  COVID-19: IATA warns Pacific-Asia region airlines stand to lose US$ 30bn revenue

  

  Airlines operating in the Asia-Pacific region stand to lose a combined US$27.8 billion of revenue this year in the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the International Air Transport Association said on Thursday.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  Beijing/US media war: three WSJ newsroom journalists expelled over an OPED column

  

  China on Wednesday ordered three reporters from The Wall Street Journal to leave the country over what Beijing deemed a racist headline, in one of the harshest moves against foreign media in years.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  China back in the market for US agricultural commodities

  

  China is back in the market for US agricultural commodities after issuing a list of products that will be eligible for tariff waivers, according to market sources. US exporters sold at least two sorghum cargoes to China after buyers bid for supplies to be shipped in the first half of the year. Importers also inquired about soybeans on Wednesday, a day after asking about wheat prices in a move that sent Chicago futures rallying.