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  • FILE: An employee walks at the Hammar Mushrif new Degassing Station Facilities site inside the Zubair oil and gas field, north of the southern Iraqi province of Basra on 9 May 2018.  Picture: AFP.

    Opec set for oil cut extension if Iran endorses pact

    Iran is the only major Opec nation yet to have spoken publicly about a need to extend production cuts.

    1060 days ago
  • World leaders attending the G20 summit opening session on 28 June 2019 in Osaka, Japan. From L-R: US President Donald Trump, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    G20 summit: World leaders vow to address trade and geopolitical tensions

    As more countries get drawn into trade wars that threaten the global economy, the 'Sunday Times' reported President Cyril Ramaphosa has thrown Pretoria’s support behind China as it faces off with the United States.

    1061 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    US-China trade war in 10 dates

    Trump, who campaigned under the slogan "America First", announces tariffs of 25% on steel imports and 10% on aluminium from a number of countries in a bid to slash the huge US trade deficit.

    1065 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 27 May 2019, a Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing. Picture: AFP

    Huawei delays global launch of foldable phone by three months

    Alphabet Inc’s Google has earlier said it would no longer provide Android software for Huawei phones after a 90-day reprieve granted by the US government expires in August.

    1076 days ago
  • FILE: US border patrol agents lock the border wall gate at the conclusion of the Hugs Not Walls event on the US-Mexico border on 13 October 2018 in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Picture: AFP

    US immigration 'national emergency': what are the facts?

    US President Donald Trump called the problem a 'national emergency' and demanded Congress take action to deal with it.

    1090 days ago
  • FILE: Oil prices dived to their lowest levels since early March on US President Donald Trump's move against Mexico, traders said. Picture: AFP

    Stock markets slump as trade war tensions spike

    Investors piled into low-risk assets, sending the yield on 10-year German government bonds to a record low.

    1090 days ago
  • The Huawei logo stands on a Huawei office building in Dongguan in China’s southern Guangdong province on 18 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    Huawei reviewing FedEx relationship, says packages 'diverted'

    FedEx China on Tuesday apologised on its Chinese social media account for the 'mishandling' of Huawei packages and confirmed there was no 'external pressure' to divert packages.

    1093 days ago
  • Picture: AFP.

    IMF warns US-China trade war will ‘jeopardise’ 2019 global growth

    Donald Trump says a primary goal of the aggressive tariff strategy is to reduce the trade imbalance with China, which totalled $379 billion last year.

    1098 days ago
  • FILE: China's President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 9 November 2017. Picture: AFP

    China fires back at US with tariff hike on goods worth $60bn

    China's rates will target a number of American imports with tariffs rising to as high as 25%, according to a statement by China's cabinet.

    1108 days ago
  • FILE: China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 9 November 2017. Picture: AFP

    Tense future for US-China ties, with or without trade deal

    The United States faces a growing challenge to its lone superpower status from a Communist-ruled China whose global influence, military might and high-tech capabilities are rapidly rising.

    1110 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    Trump orders tariff hike on remaining Chinese imports

    The move came less than 24 hours after Washington increased punitive duties on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports

    1110 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    World stocks dive as Trump threatens China tariffs

    Equities in Asia, Europe, and the US were a sea of red as Trump's remarks rekindled fears of a trade war with potentially devastating consequences for world growth.

    1115 days ago
  • Picture: EWN.

    #RandReport: Rand falls on subdued risk appetite

    At 15:20 GMT the rand was 0.77% weaker at 14.0425 against the US dollar.

    1182 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    Trump to meet Chinese trade negotiator amid effort to defuse conflict

    President Trump has signalled he could extend the 1 March deadline to more than double tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods.

    1188 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    US-China trade talks: What’s under debate

    President Donald Trump said the talks were going ‘extremely well, while his advisors deep in the details warned there was still ‘much work’ to do.

    1194 days ago
  • FILE: China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    China-US trade talks ‘making a final sprint’ - report

    Chinese state media on Saturday expressed cautious optimism over trade talks between the United States and China.

    1195 days ago
  • The White House. Picture: Whitehouse.gov

    US-China trade talks in Beijing 'led to progress': White House

    US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin led the talks on the US side while the Chinese side was led by Vice Premier Liu He.

    1195 days ago
  • IMF managing director Christine Lagarde. Picture: @IMFLive/Twitter.

    IMF, CEOs sound warnings as leaders gather in Davos

    Gloomy IMF forecasts highlight the challenges facing policymakers as they tackle an array of actual or potential crises.

    1220 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Pixabay.com.

    Trump to Apple: ‘Make your product in the US’

    President Donald Trump’s comments marked his latest effort to press US firms to bring back manufacturing amid a simmering trade war between Washington and Beijing.

    1237 days ago
  • Chinese flag. Picture: Supplied.

    China to restrict imports of scrap steel, aluminum from July

    Relevant departments were researching the formulation of standards for recycled copper and aluminum, the Chinese environment ministry said.

    1244 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    #RandReport: Rand edges up in light year-end trade

    The rand gained on Thursday against a dollar weakened by lingering concerns about the trade wrangle between the United States and China.

    1245 days ago
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