From the Financial Times (link) Two Australian mining companies have signed contracts to sell uranium to Taiwan, it was revealed on Tuesday, a day after Canberra had sealed an agreement paving the way for uranium exports to China. BHP Billiton and Energy Resources of Australia, which is majority-owned by Rio Tinto, confirmed they had entered […]
Read MoreFrom the USA Today (link) The U.S.-China trade relationship takes center stage this month with a series of politically charged events, including a White House meeting between President Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao. The April 20 summit will be sandwiched between a high-level meeting of the countries’ Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade and […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhuanet (link) China will close all small coal mines with annual production capacity under 30,000 tons by the end of 2007, the national coal mine safety authority said. At a video-conference on work safety held Monday, Zhao Tiechui, director of the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety, said China will step up rectification of […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the Washington Post (link) China’s defense minister arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday for unspecified talks at a time when North Korea is facing strong pressure to return to negotiations aimed at ending its nuclear weapons programs. Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan was greeted by North Korean Vice Minister of the People’s Armed Forces […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune (link) When Lai Shin-yuan, a Taiwan lawmaker, learned last year that a group of towel manufacturers from one of the poorest counties on the island planned to take action under World Trade Organization rules to stem a flood of cheap imports from China, she knew it was an opportunity too […]
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