TRADE WARS - SATURN DAILY

China, South Korea and Japan agree to strengthen free trade

Mar 30, 2025 (AFP)

The agreement came at a meeting of top trade officials -- the first at that level in five years -- days ahead of the start of tariffs on a huge range of US impo...

US, China raise the stakes in Panama Canal ports row

Mar 30, 2025 (AFP)

Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison this month sold 43 ports in 23 countries -- including operations in the vital Central American canal -- to a group led by gi...

Italy PM urges 'reasoned' EU approach to Trump tariffs

Mar 29, 2025 (AFP)

US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping tariffs on his country's allies and adversaries, including a 25-percent levy on auto imports starting next week...

China's Xi vows deeper cooperation in meeting with Bangladesh leader

Mar 28, 2025 (AFP)

Yunus took charge of Bangladesh last August after the toppling of autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi after a student-led uprising. India...

Seoul announces rare top trade meeting with Tokyo, Beijing

Mar 28, 2025 (AFP)

The announcement of the rare meeting -- the first in five years -- comes days after US President Donald Trump announced the imposition of 25 percent tariffs on ...

Chinese regulator to vet Panama ports deal: Hong Kong media

Mar 28, 2025 (AFP)

The business empire built by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing offloaded its global ports business outside China -- including operations in the vital Central Am...

China's Xi warns foreign executives of 'severe' trade headwinds

Mar 28, 2025 (AFP)

Meeting executives including hedge fund boss Ray Dalio and Samsung Electronics chief Lee Jae-yong in Beijing's ornate Great Hall of the People, Xi warned that "...

Asian markets sink as autos suffer more tariff-fuelled losses

Mar 28, 2025 (AFP)

The mood on trading floors has soured in recent weeks as the White House presses ahead with its hardball policy approach that has hit friend and foe alike and f...

China rebuffs Trump offer of tariff concessions if Beijing agrees TikTok deal

Mar 27, 2025 (AFP)

Trump said this month the United States was in talks with four groups interested in acquiring TikTok, with the app facing an uncertain future in the country. A ...

Tariff-hit British Steel confirms plan to shut blast furnaces

Mar 27, 2025 (AFP)

The company said in a statement that "the blast furnaces and steelmaking operations are no longer financially sustainable due to highly challenging market condi...

Bangladesh's Yunus heads to China for first state visit

Mar 26, 2025 (AFP)

The 84-year-old Nobel laureate will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday before returning Saturday after several other high-level meetings. Yunus took ch...

Rising seas test defenses of South American ports

Mar 26, 2025 (AFP)

The state-run port, which handles 1.7 million containers annually, is frequently lashed by swells several meters high as rising ocean levels linked to climate c...

Stocks mostly rise on trade optimism, but Trump uncertainty lingers

Mar 26, 2025 (AFP)

With the White House's "Liberation Day" on April 2 approaching, investors have been bracing for a wave of sweeping levies on imports amid warnings of crippled g...

China says Canada 'seriously damaging' interests in trade spat

Mar 25, 2025 (AFP)

Beijing this month slapped a 100 percent surcharge on rapeseed oil, oil cakes -- a type of animal feed -- and peas imported from Canada. China said the move was...

China releases five detained staff from US due diligence firm: company

Mar 25, 2025 (AFP)

In March 2023, Mintz Group said Chinese authorities had detained five Chinese staff members from its office in Beijing and forced the firm to cease its operatio...

Markets mixed as traders struggle to match Wall St rally

Mar 25, 2025 (AFP)

A surge in tech giants including Tesla and Nvidia helped New York markets higher, with sentiment buoyed by indications from the White House that next week's glu...

Most Asian markets track Wall St on tariff hope

Mar 25, 2025 (AFP)

A surge in tech giants including Tesla and Nvidia helped New York markets higher, with sentiment buoyed by indications from the White House that next week's glu...

Brazil's Lula to build trade ties on Japan state visit

Mar 24, 2025 (AFP)

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba are also expected to discuss the joint development of biofuels ahead of November's COP30 UN climate ...

Asian markets fluctuate as traders prepare for 'Liberation Day'

Mar 24, 2025 (AFP)

A report saying US President Donald Trump was considering a more targeted approach to the levies, which are expected to kick in on April 2, did little to soothe...

Markets fluctuate as traders prepare for 'Liberation Day'

Mar 24, 2025 (AFP)

Investor sentiment has been jolted in recent weeks by fears that the president's hardball policies could deal a painful blow to the global economy. He has cause...