Fat Dragon was chuffed to see the National Bureau of Statistics finally starting to catch up with reality with its December announcement that the Chinese economy is nearly 20% bigger than previously reported.
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Agriculture remains a global bugbear in the pursuit of freer trade as negotiations at the latest WTO meeting in Hong Kong only generate marginal improvements.
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Searching for solidarity
China plays the trade card to gain diplomatic points in a new, all-friendly East Asia.
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A paper embargo?
Calls for an end to the EU block on arms exports to China have stirred up a hornet?s nest of opposition ? while Europe continues to sell military equipment to Beijing.
The US Trade Representative's office was leading a "top-to-bottom" review of American trade policy with China over the next few weeks, reported AFP. Deputy US Trade Representative Karan Bhatia said a trade deficit of US$200 billion in 2005 was the largest in world history, adding that an "imbalance of this magnitude is not sustainable, either […]