SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON—The Biden administration’s top commerce official told her Chinese counterpart that Washington is concerned about Beijing’s unfair and market-distorting industrial policies, the Commerce Department said on Thursday, the latest high-level exchange as the countries spar over disagreements. The department said…
China has been urged to join a push by the United States for a global minimum tax rate, with experts saying it is an opportunity for Beijing to participate in international economic governance and create a common ground with Washington…
A recent report documented up to 6,000 foreign fishing vessels that disabled their public tracking devices for more than 24 hours along the border of Argentina’s national waters, sounding the alarm that they could be illegally fishing in the country’s…
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has addressed a trade forum organised by a Chinese propaganda body and state-run media outlet, aimed at encouraging “regional exchange and cooperation” surrounding the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The appearance comes despite current…
Chinese regulators have signalled concerns about the rapid appreciation of the yuan, calling on traders to refrain from one-way bets on the exchange rate.The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) on Thursday said the exchange rate cannot be used as a…
Chinese companies are facing mounting pressure to repay their dollar debts, as more than $100 billion in Chinese corporate dollar bonds are due to mature this year—the largest wave of maturities in history. China’s wave of dollar maturities will reach…
China is making Australia rich as record-breaking iron ore prices lift revenues for both miners and the Australian government, despite a long-standing bilateral political conflict, but Australia is unlikely to enjoy another decade-long mining “boom”, according to analysts and economists.Canberra,…
