EU, Canada, others push trade plan to help in COVID-19 battle

[ad_1] BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union, Canada and 11 other countries agreed on Monday to measures such as eliminating export curbs they believe should form the basis of a…

U.S. slaps sanctions on 14 Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday imposed financial sanctions and a travel ban on 14 Chinese officials over their alleged role in Beijing’s disqualification last month of…

China should set around 5% GDP goal for 2021-2025: think tank economist

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen on scaffoldings at a construction site of a residential compound in Beijing, China October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang (Reuters) – China should set an…

From romance scams to phantom PPE, banks battle coronavirus crimewave

[ad_1] By Sinead Cruise, Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – Fraud risk analyst Rajendran Raj was used to the odd out-of-hours alert from authorities, but a call one Saturday in March…

Tencent says U.S. executive order only affects WeChat, not its other businesses

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Tencent sign at the company headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China August 7, 2020. REUTERS/David Kirton/File Photo SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent’s chief…

‘Good riddance,’ China says as Germany leaves U.N. Security Council

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang takes a question from a journalist during the daily press briefing of the Foreign Ministry in Beijing, China, March 18, 2020.…

ByteDance says goal of U.S. was to ban TikTok app rather than force a sale -internal letter

[ad_1] BEIJING, Aug 4 (Reuters) – ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming told employees in an internal letter on Tuesday that the United States goal was not to force a sale of…

Mediapro seals agreement over French soccer rights dispute-media

[ad_1] PARIS, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Spanish media rights agency Mediapro has sealed an agreement with the French soccer governing body LFP over its Ligue 1 broadcasting rights to solve…

Italy’s CNH and China’s FAW in talks over truckmaker Iveco

[ad_1] HONG KONG/BEIJING/MILAN (Reuters) – CNH Industrial is in talks with China’s FAW over the future of truckmaker Iveco, the Italian-American group said on Wednesdy after sources told Reuters it…

BYD says it plan to expand its business in Egypt, denying reports of market exit

[ad_1] Shenzhen — China-based vehicle manufacturer BYD has said that it plans to expand and increase its business in Egypt, denying reports about its exit from the Egyptian market. Marketing…