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...But during a small talk on the Asian economy, another interesting point came up: A Taiwanese professor told us that the hottest topic in academic circles this year was investing in Japanese property thanks...
...The Chinese territory is also attempting to reboot its Covid-hit Asian premier financial hub status and woo foreign investments....
...In Asian trading, Japan’s benchmark Topix index rose 0.7 per cent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was flat, while China’s CSI 300 rose 1 per cent....
...Last week, China’s premier Li Qiang chaired a meeting of the state council, the country’s cabinet, focused on promoting stability in foreign trade....
...They remember 1998, when during the Asian currency crisis then President Suharto decided to raise fuel prices....
...And I think the key driver of that decision is going to be China’s begun to import vaccines....
...Germany has often prioritised friendly ties with Beijing, with 2.8 per cent of its gross domestic product coming from sales to the Asian country, according to analysts at Rabobank, the Dutch bank....
...It also increased imports by gradually reducing tariffs....
...A stronger Chinese currency could make its imports of overseas raw materials cheaper. Higher commodity prices have pushed up factory gate prices in China and stoked fears of inflation....
...A state council meeting last month, chaired by Li Keqiang, China’s premier, also emphasised the need to prevent spillover into consumer prices, where increases have remained low, and have been driven by...
...Elliott will move staff based in Hong Kong to its offices in London and Tokyo, which will soon be its only Asian base....
...Read more Tokyo talk The best trade stories from Nikkei Asia China’s surging demand for steel fuelled by government stimulus resulted in imports surging 150 per cent in 2020, boosting Asian steelmakers...
...(BBG) News round-up Chrysaor agrees reverse takeover of Premier Oil (FT + Lex) Finablr agrees to take over offer from Prism (FT) Bridgewater settles suit filed by former co-chief executive (FT) GE faces...
...China’s premier Li Keqiang described the agreement as “a victory of multilateralism and free trade”, according to a report from the official Xinhua news agency....
...Valdis Dombrovskis, the EU’s trade commissioner, said Brussels would use retaliation rights awarded last month by the World Trade Organization to target US imports into Europe with additional duties....
...China trade A virtual Canton Fair On March 12 China’s premier, Li Keqiang, issued a surprising statement....
...Panasonic’s example illustrates the shifting fortunes of the two largest Asian economies....
...The European Commission’s new leadership team was supposed to travel to Beijing at the end of March for their inaugural summit with premier Li Keqiang....
...Our chart of the day looks at a bounce back in EU trade with China in April, driven by face-mask imports....
...But coronavirus has not been kind to the EV market in general, with US imports of materials down this year....
...On the British import side, we’d say “hooray for cheaper lamb!” except the Kiwis already have a big lamb quota into the EU that they don’t fill now....
...He also called for China to lower its duties on US lobster imports....
...A series of recent Indian import tariff rises and policy shifts have also hit American companies such as Amazon and Walmart....
...US private equity group Silver Lake has struck a $500m deal to buy just over 10 per cent of the parent company of Manchester City, the English Premier League club....
...DuPont nutrition business (BBG) Sanofi agrees $2.5bn deal for US biotech to boost drug pipeline (FT) Merck pushes deeper into targeted cancer therapy with $2.7bn deal (Reuters) Tesco considers sale of Asian...
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