Asia Tonight: Business news in brief June 24
Business Briefs on Asia Tonight, June 24: – Indonesia’s Tokopedia has reportedly secured around $500 million from Singapore’s Temasek – Ride-hailing firm … source
WTO gives somber goods trade outlook, sees virus threat
A traffic light is turned red in front of the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Growth of global trade in goods is…
Spain’s Sanchez says he will defend food sector against ‘unacceptable’ U.S. tariffs
FILE PHOTO: Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looks on during a news conference at the Moncloa Palace after a meeting with King Felipe in Madrid, Spain, September 17, 2019.…
U.S. importers stockpile Parmigiano, Provolone as tariffs on EU cheeses loom
By Andrea Shalal and Aleksandra Michalska Parmesan cheese is seen packaged in the warehouse at Ambriola Co Inc, a unit of Gennaro Auricchio SpA, one of Italy’s largest cheese producers,…
Brazil asks for WTO investigation of Indonesia on poultry trade
FILE PHOTO: Chicken are pictured at a poultry factory in Lapa city, Parana state, Brazil, May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer/File Photo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The Brazilian government has formally…
Exporting dystopia: China’s social credit system | The Weekly
China’s social credit system gives the state the power to monitor every move, of every citizen. The system links footage from 200 million closed circuit TV … source
Scotland’s Booze Crackdown & Kicked Off Facebook: VICE News Tonight Full Episode (HBO)
This is the May 1, 2018, FULL EPISODE of VICE News Tonight on HBO. 3:00 VICE News examines Trump’s extended exemptions for steel and aluminum tariffs … source
US and EU again at odds over Airbus subsidies at WTO
GENEVA (Reuters) – The European Union told the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement body on Monday that it had acted within days of a WTO ruling to bring its funding…
Possible US China trade war threatens global growth
Figures show global trade grew at its fastest for six years in 2017… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/12/possible-us-china-trade-war-threatens-global-growth What are the top stories… source
Tit-for-tat trade tariffs between China and the United States fuel fears of a trade war
China may also look to markets in other countries instead of the US, trade representatives say… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/03/tit-for-tat-trade-tariffs-between-china-and-the-unit… source