No ‘phase two’ U.S.-China deal on the horizon, officials say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An ambitious “phase two” trade deal between the United States and China is looking less likely as…
China attacks U.S. at G20 as the world’s biggest source of instability
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States is the world’s biggest source of instability and its politicians are going around the…
Asia shares in waiting mode ahead of Fed, ECB events
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets got the week off to a muted start on Monday as jaded investors awaited…
China’s Inner Mongolia reports fresh bubonic plague case
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Inner Mongolia reported a fresh, confirmed case of bubonic plague on Sunday, despite an earlier declaration…
Dollar, stocks slip amid trade deal uncertainty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar slid and global equity markets fell on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks…
Adidas to close German, U.S. robot factories
FILE PHOTO: Prototypes of Futurecraft 3D shoe are pictured during a presentation of the first Adidas shoe from its new…
Britain’s AstraZeneca to distribute Sun Pharma cancer drugs in China
FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, central England May 19, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble BENGALURU…
Stocks gain on trade hopes, risk appetite lifts dollar
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar strengthened and global stock markets rallied on Monday on signs the United States and…
U.S. considers dropping some tariffs on China: FT
FILE PHOTO: A U.S. dollar banknote featuring American founding father Benjamin Franklin and a China’s yuan banknote featuring late Chinese…
Asian shares rally on U.S.-China trade deal hopes
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares closed in on their July peak on Tuesday on increasing signs the United States and…
China pushing Trump to remove more tariffs ahead of trade deal: media
FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks…
U.S.-China trade deal in sight after progress in high-level talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China on Friday said they made progress in talks aimed at defusing a…
Tesla shares, bonds jump after surprise third quarter profit
FILE PHOTO: The front hood logo on a 2018 Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle is shown in this photo illustration…
China says it hopes to reach phased trade pact with U.S. as early as possible
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday that China hoped to reach a phased agreement with the United…
Let’s do it together: Huawei seeks to allay EU concerns with appeal for 5G partnership
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Chinese telecoms manufacturer Huawei Technologies sought on Wednesday to assuage European concerns that it is a cyber…
Huawei unveils new 5G antennae ahead of China ramp
ZURICH (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies on Wednesday launched a new generation of 5G mobile antennae, anticipating an acceleration in the…
Stocks flat on data, earnings; pound volatile
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of world stock markets was flat on Wednesday as U.S. data that raised concerns…
Southeast Asia’s mobile payments face shakeout as market booms
HO CHI MINH CITY/HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Just next to Ho Chi Minh City’s financial district, two dozen street vendors’…
U.S., Chinese teams working on Phase 1 trade deal text: Mnuchin
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speaks about sanctions against Turkey at a news briefing at the White House in Washington,…
SEC freezes assets of 18 traders over alleged manipulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities said on Wednesday it has obtained an asset freeze against 18 traders, who are primarily…
China reports new African swine fever outbreak in Guangxi region
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China detected African swine fever in pigs being transported to Guangxi region from outside provinces, the…
HSBC to cut up to 10,000 jobs in drive to slash costs: FT
FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a logo of HSBC at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 6, 2019.…
China criticizes new U.S. sanctions over Iranian oil deals
BEIJING/NEW YORK (Reuters) – China on Thursday criticized the United States for imposing new U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…
U.S. slaps new sanctions on Chinese entities over Iran oil
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States is imposing new sanctions on certain Chinese entities and people who it accuses…
Stocks fall as Trump impeachment talk grows; sterling up after Brexit ruling
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks fell for a third day on Tuesday as a push by…
Asian shares edge lower as U.S. House readies Trump impeachment inquiry
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks fell on Wednesday after the U.S. lawmakers called for an impeachment inquiry into President Donald…
U.S. lawmakers propose $1 billion fund to replace Huawei equipment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House panel unveiled bipartisan legislation this week that would authorize $1 billion for small and…
Nike’s first quarter shines as direct-to-consumer push gains momentum
(Reuters) – Nike Inc’s (NKE.N) quarterly revenue and profit beat market expectations on Tuesday as a push to sell sneakers…
Explainer: Why Asia’s biggest economies are backing hydrogen fuel cell cars
TOKYO (Reuters) – China, Japan and South Korea have set ambitious targets to put millions of hydrogen-powered vehicles on their…
As Thomas Cook customers return home, blame game begins
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson and unions questioned the part played by Thomas Cook’s richly rewarded bosses…
Trump’s China trade rhetoric turns harsh at U.N., says won’t take ‘bad deal’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a stinging rebuke to China’s trade practices on Tuesday at the…
Huawei CFO fighting U.S. extradition says her rights were violated
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Vancouver court on Tuesday as her lawyers argued…
Shares edge up after Fed rate cut, oil prices gain
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global equity performance edged higher on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve…
Factbox: Tariffs in place or planned for nearly all goods traded by U.S. and China
(Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are meeting in Washington this week to find ways to defuse a trade…
Explainer: U.S.-China trade talks – where they are and what’s at stake
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior U.S. and Chinese officials are meeting in Washington on Thursday and Friday in an attempt to…
Huawei talks up own apps with Mate 30 challenge to Apple, Samsung
MUNICH (Reuters) – Huawei unveiled its new smartphones to challenge Apple’s (AAPL.O) iPhone 11 on Thursday, talking up slick design…
Saudi attacks rattle shippers’ plan to switch fuels
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Refinery outages in Saudi Arabia following weekend attacks on its oil facilities could deal a blow…
Trump adviser says U.S. president ready to escalate trade war if no deal agreed soon: SCMP
(Reuters) – A trade adviser to Donald Trump has said the U.S. president is ready to escalate the ongoing trade…
Chinese officials to visit U.S. farmland as trade talks continue: U.S. agriculture chief
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue speaks during an event hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump with workers…
U.S., Chinese trade deputies face off in Washington amid deep differences
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese deputy trade negotiators were set to resume face-to-face talks for the first time in…
Shares rise after Fed rate cut, oil prices gain
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global equity performance rose within 1% of a record high on Thursday, a…
After LSE’s sharp rebuff, HKEX begins investor charm offensive
LONDON (Reuters) – Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (0388.HK) is embarking on a three-week charm offensive with London Stock Exchange…
Waning ECB stimulus bets push bond yields higher
LONDON (Reuters) – Global bond yields rose on Monday, amid growing caution over the extent to which the European Central…
Qualcomm-Samsung axis brings 5G to the masses as Huawei struggles
SAN FRANCISCO/BERLIN (Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) promised on Friday to bring 5G mobile phones to the masses with a…
Vuitton to hire more French handbag makers as Chinese sales boom
BEAULIEU-SUR-LAYON, France (Reuters) – LVMH’s (LVMH.PA) Louis Vuitton brand will hire another 1,500 manufacturing staff in France by 2022, as…
Fed’s Powell says politics play no role in interest-rate decisions
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during the “The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy” panel discussion hosted by the…
U.S.-China trade conflict could take years to resolve: Kudlow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday the United States wants “near term” results from…
Apple says Uighurs targeted in iPhone attack but disputes Google findings
FILE PHOTO: A woman looks at the screen of her mobile phone in front of an Apple logo outside its…
Roku targets UK as smart TV platform duel with Amazon hots up
BERLIN (Reuters) – Streaming company Roku, whose software runs one in three smart TVs in the United States, is turning…
Vietnam culls 4.7 million pigs as African swine fever spreads
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has culled about 4.7 million pigs to contain an outbreak of African swine fever that has…
China vice premier urges hog production recovery amid swine fever
FILE PHOTO: A man disinfects a pig farm in Guangan, Sichuan province, China August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING (Reuters) –…
Asia shares rise on trade talks hope, firm U.S. data; safe havens sold
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks gained on Friday, joining a global trend as investors took heart from firm U.S. economic…
China says has only ‘limited’ cooperation with U.S. on fentanyl
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the United States have only “limited” cooperation in stopping fentanyl smuggling, a Chinese narcotics official…
China, U.S. to collect additional tariffs on each other’s goods
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the United States will begin imposing additional tariffs on each other’s goods on Sunday, the…
Factbox: Next rounds of Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods to hit consumers
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s next round of tariffs on Chinese imports is scheduled to take effect starting on…
U.S. says no grace period for Chinese imports facing tariffs on Sept. 1
FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, China August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song WASHINGTON…
Trump says trade meeting with China set for September is still on
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S.,…