Stronger-than-expected growth in China's foreign trade last month has surprised the market and prompted many analysts to look for further hints of underlying economic strength. China's foreign trade volume climbed 10.3 percent year on ...
Tags: China's Trade, trade surplus
Trade disputes can often be resolved through dialogue. A good example of this process is the recent deal between China and European Union (EU) concerning solar panels. Dialogue does not always work, however, when it comes to trade between ...
Tags: Sino-US Solar Spat, Mineral
According to a report from Alacero, finished steel imports from China to Latin America reached 4.7 million tons between January-November 2013, growing 17 percent versus same period of 2012. Latin America represented 10 percent of the global ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
Chinese manufacturing activity declined in December, adding to pressure on communist leaders who have promised sweeping reforms to revive the slowing economy. An industry group, the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, said ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
China's economy is finally rebounding from its deepest slump since the 2008 global crisis but the shaky recovery could be vulnerable to a new downturn in global trade. Growth rose to 7.9 percent in the three months ending in December, up ...
The best scenario for the Chinese economy in 2014 would be to achieve 7.8 percent GDP growth, a major think tank said on Monday. That could be obtained if all the recently proposed reform initiatives are carried out and the global market ...
A U.S. trade panel decided on Thursday to extend antidumping and countervailing duties on Chinese exports of steel pipes after a five-year review of the measure imposed initially in 2008. The bipartisan International Trade Commission ...
Tags: Antidumping Duties, Steel Pipes
Chinese exporters will continue to face increasing trade frictions in the second half of 2013 and in 2014 amid escalating trade protectionism moves and an uncertain economic recovery, said a report released on Monday by ...
Tags: trade frictions, economic recovery
According to Latin America Steel Association Alacero's data, China exported 13.9 million tons of finished steel to the world in the second quarter of this year, which is 10% more than the first quarter and 8% more than the same period last ...
Tags: steel, Construction
China’s LED exports are impacted by a new wave of foreign technical barriers. According to market statistics, since 2012 the U.S., EU, Japan and other country and regions are implementing new LED standards. On Feb. 1, 2013, the EU ...
Tags: LED Exporters, Technical Barriers
Stock markets in Moscow and copper mines in Chile appear to have little in common. But these are two spots where investors in New York and London have been pumping money borrowed on the cheap to seek out big returns. Aggressive monetary ...
Tags: Tapering Waves
Chinese export growth of manufactures, which went from a very high 19% in the first quarter of 2013 before decelerating to 3% in the second quarter, raises a number of intriguing questions, according to an analysis from the Manufacturers ...
Tags: export growth, economy
China is still proceeding with its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probes into polysilicon and wine imports from the European Union, a trade official said on August 7, 2013. Experts said that trade frictions between the two sides will keep ...
Tags: Polysilicon, Wine Trade Probes
Indirect trade (exports of manufactured goods with significant steel content) from China to Latin America reached $20.8 million during the first six months of 2013, 7 percent of total Chinese exports, similar to levels recorded during the ...
Tags: Steel-Heavy Products
Bank of Communications (BOCOM), China's leading commercial bank, released its projections on Monday for China's economy in the second half of 2013, predicting gross domestic product growth of around 7.5 percent by the end of the year. ...
Tags: Economy