China extends reach in South Pacific with Cook Islands deal
No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...
Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: Fed Minutes, PMI Data in Focus; RBA Likely to Cut Rates
The PBOC reiterated its commitment to monetary easing in its latest quarterly report, but also pledged to keep supporting the yuan as trade frictions weigh on the currency. That aim could limit room ...
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New Zealand’s Kiribati Aid Review Further Opens Door for Chinese Influence
New Zealand’s announced review of its development aid to Kiribati after a diplomatic rift between the two countries should ...
Opinion
Trump’s bid to collect tax on small Chinese parcels will cost the US
Chinese parcels make up two-thirds of de minimis imports exempt from customs taxes. But cost of processing would outweigh the tax collected In the blizzard of trade rules introduced by US President ...
Where China’s Exports Begin: Inside the Vast Markets of Guangzhou
Along the Pearl River in southern China, a fast-growing industry is churning out cheap clothes and toys that are flooding the world duty-free.
NZ depends on the rules-based world Trump is dismantling – why the silence?
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ 2023 strategic foreign policy assessment, “Navigating a shifting world”, accurately foresaw a more uncertain and complex time ahead for New Zealand. But already it ...
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Pakistan-New Zealand cooperation: Panel calls to identify challenges and obstacles
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary group on Thursday emphasised the need to identify the challenges and obstacles that ...