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Iran’s oil products expose frailty of US sanctions web
Sep 03, 2019 07:01Oil products are emerging as Iran’s mainstay in a grueling battle with the United States which is bent on wiping out the country’s revenues.
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IMF deputy head calls for negotiated solution to US-China trade dispute
Sep 03, 2019 04:42The United States and China should seek to find a solution to their differences through negotiations which follow a multilateral framework as the ongoing trade dispute between the pair threatens to drag down global economic growth, according to Zhang Tao, deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Huawei denies US allegations of technology theft
Sep 03, 2019 02:21Beleaguered Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Tuesday denied accusations reported in the Wall Street Journal that it stole technology from a Portuguese inventor, accusing him of "taking advantage of the current geopolitical situation."
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China takes US to WTO amid escalating trade war
Sep 03, 2019 02:06China says it has filed a complaint against the United States with the World Trade Organization (WTO), after Washington imposed new tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese imports in an escalating trade war between the two world powers.
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US, ASEAN kick off drills amid maritime disputes with China
Sep 02, 2019 07:47The United States has kicked off joint naval exercises with ten South East Asian countries, as part of war games that will be extended into the disputed South China Sea.
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Japan sets up police unit to help guard disputed islets
Sep 02, 2019 07:46Japan is about to set up a special armed unit on its southern island of Okinawa amid a fresh row with China over sovereignty over a group of East China Sea islands.
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US, China begin imposing new tariffs as trade war escalates
Sep 01, 2019 07:22There seems to be no end in sight for the trade war between the US and China as the two sides have once again started imposing additional tariffs on each other’s products.
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Trump: US, China to meet in Sept., but tariff hikes remain
Aug 31, 2019 00:40Trade teams from China and the United States continue to talk and will meet in September, but tariff increases on Chinese goods set to go in place on Sunday will not be delayed, President Donald Trump said on Friday.
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China’s position on South China Sea ‘unchangeable’
Aug 30, 2019 15:21Chinese President Xi Jinping has told President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines that Beijing’s position on the South China Sea is unchangeable.
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US prosecutors investigating new allegations against Huawei: Report
Aug 30, 2019 00:58US prosecutors are reportedly investigating new allegations against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies.