TRADE WARS - WIND DAILY

HSBC targets $1.5 bn in annual cost savings after revamp

Feb 19, 2025 (AFP)

Elhedery's plan for a "simpler, more dynamic, and agile organisation" has shaken up Europe's largest bank, whose shares in Hong Kong have rallied to an 11-year ...

Asian markets swing as traders assess latest tariffs volley

Feb 19, 2025 (AFP)

Regional investors struggled to pick up the baton after a record close on Wall Street, with the rally in Hong Kong-listed tech stocks suffering a setback follow...

Asian markets mixed as traders pare Hong Kong tech rally

Feb 18, 2025 (AFP)

The Hang Seng Index's gains extended an impressive start to the year, with the emergence of a new chatbot from Chinese startup DeepSeek stoking optimism in the ...

China condemns US 'tariff shocks' at WTO

Feb 18, 2025 (AFP)

After returning to office on January 20, Trump hit China, the world's second-biggest economy, with an additional 10 percent levy on products entering the United...

Tech rally helps Hong Kong lead Asian markets higher

Feb 18, 2025 (AFP)

The Hang Seng Index's gains extended an impressive start to the year, with the emergence of a new chatbot from Chinese startup DeepSeek stoking optimism in the ...

Online shopping giants bet on AI to curb clothes returns

Feb 17, 2025 (AFP)

Up to 30 percent of fashion items bought on the internet are sent back, according to a late 2024 study by consulting firm McKinsey and the Business of Fashion w...

Mining giant BHP says demand strong as China recovers

Feb 17, 2025 (AFP)

Sales of key commodities iron ore, copper, and steel-making coal all increased by volume year-on-year in the six months to December 31, 2024, the group said. Bu...

China's Xi meets business leaders including Alibaba's Jack Ma

Feb 17, 2025 (AFP)

Since coming to power more than a decade ago, Xi has consistently sought to bolster the role of state enterprises in the world's second-largest economy and warn...

Most Asian markets start week on positive note

Feb 17, 2025 (AFP)

Trading floors have been hit by uncertainty since the US president returned to the Oval Office last month announcing a series of tariffs against key trading par...

US or China? Latin America under pressure to pick a side

Feb 14, 2025 (AFP)

The Trump administration's approach to China's growing Latin American footprint -- seen as a national security and economic threat -- has so far been more stick...

China steel body says US tariffs to have 'adverse impact' on industry

Feb 13, 2025 (AFP)

US President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Monday slapping new 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminium, due to come into effect on March 12. "The US...

UK and China revive stalled talks during London meeting

Feb 13, 2025 (AFP)

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy hosted talks with Wang as the pair revived the so-called UK-China Strategic Dialogue, a bilateral forum that was last held...

Indonesia's Prabowo, Turkey's Erdogan agree to bolster ties

Feb 12, 2025 (AFP)

The Turkish leader was visiting Southeast Asia's largest economy after travelling to Malaysia and before heading to Pakistan on a four-day tour of key allies in...

Macron courts Modi in quest for geopolitical 'independence'

Feb 12, 2025 (AFP)

Macron took Modi for dinner in the picturesque southern town of Cassis on Tuesday, before Wednesday's visit to the Mediterranean coast and France's second-bigge...

Trump's tariff tactics may reshape global trade: analysts

Feb 11, 2025 (AFP)

Since his inauguration on January 20, Trump has unveiled and paused blanket tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods over migration and illegal fentanyl, and hiked...

Chinese exporters cautiously confident despite Trump trade threats

Feb 11, 2025 (AFP)

Trump imposed fresh 10 percent tariffs on Chinese goods last week, on top of levies that were already in place against Washington's biggest economic competitor....

Trump signs orders for steel, aluminum tariffs to start March 12

Feb 11, 2025 (AFP)

The European Union swiftly vowed to retaliate with "firm and proportionate countermeasures". In an executive order released Monday, Trump said: "As of March 12,...

China FM to visit Europe, US before G20 talks in S. Africa

Feb 10, 2025 (AFP)

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy will host Wang in London this Thursday, the British government confirmed, as relations between the two countries appear to be w...

China inflation picks up after Lunar New Year spending boost

Feb 09, 2025 (AFP)

China has struggled to raise consumption and stave off deflation for months as sluggish spending, a property slump and ballooning local government debt all weig...

Hong Kong to file complaint with WTO over US tariffs; Colombia to boost China trade after Trump tensions

Feb 07, 2025 (AFP)

US President Donald Trump over the weekend launched the opening salvo in an escalating trade war with China, imposing a 10 percent tariff hike on goods coming f...