BEIJING - Trade between China and Russia in the first seven months of the year hit $30.7 billion, a 49.6 percent year-on-year increase, according to Chinese Ministry of Commerce data released on Tuesday. Bilateral trade has overcome the negative impact of the global financial crisis and relatively fast growth has been achieved, ministry spokesman Yao Ji...
SINGAPORE retail sales in June decreased by 4.9 per cent compared to the same month the previous year. Excluding motor vehicles, however, sales rose by 5 per cent, according to Singapore's Department of Statistics. Seasonally adjusted retail sales index fell 0.7 per cent in June 2010 compared to the previous month. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sale...
BEJING - The Ministry of Commerce on Monday launched the China-Africa Research Center, a think-tank focused on the economies of the two regions, to further bolster trade relations with Africa. The think-tank has been set up under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, a subsidiary of the ministry. The ne...
Chile's government is focusing on rapid growth in its bilateral trade, investments, and tourism with China, the country's finance minister said Sunday. Chilean Finance Minister Felipe Larrain told Xinhua that Chile is confident that China's economy will maintain a 9 percent growth this year, paving the way for further growth in bilateral trade betwee...
An Iranian oil official said Monday there has been no change or decrease in the country's oil exports due to the recent sanctions imposed on the country over its nuclear program, local satellite Press TV reported. "In the current circumstances we see no unnatural or specific situation in the process of oil exports of our country," Mohammad Ali Khatibi,...
China has superseded Japan becoming the number one import country of Made-in-Italy products, Italian Junior Economic Development Minister Adolfo Urso said Monday. Urso said that in the first six months of this year exports of Italian products to China has risen by 23 percent while exports to Japan by just 2 percent, ANSA news agency reported. Accord...
Most China-related merger and acquisition deals have rebounded strongly in the first half of the year, and set the scene for robust activities for the remainder of 2010 and into 2011, accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said on Monday. Chinese outbound merger and acquisition deals for the first six months of 2010 have reached record levels, up ...
The World Trade Organization sided with the United States, Japan and China's Taiwan in their complaint against EU duties on high-technology products, according to media reports Tuesday. The WTO panel of arbitrators said, "having found that the European Communities has acted inconsistently ... we recommend that the Dispute Settlement Body request the Eu...
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