International trade

International trade

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  Russia, Turkey downplay Syria differences

  The leaders of Russia and Turkey on Monday downplayed differences over the Syrian civil war, saying they shared the common goal of trying to end the ... 

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  AP IMPACT: China overtaking US as global trader

  Shin Cheol-soo no longer sees his future in the United States. The South Korean businessman supplied components to American automakers for a decade. 

• EU backs free trade talks with Japan

  European Union foreign ministers say they have agreed to open free trade negotiations with Japan. Cyprus' commerce minister Neoklis Sylikiotis, whose ... 

• US declines to label China a currency manipulator

  The Obama administration declined Tuesday to label China a currency manipulator, noting that it has let the yuan rise nearly 10 percent in value ... 

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  SKorea: US socialite to lose honorary consul title

  South Korea will revoke an honorary title given to an American socialite tied to a scandal involving former CIA director David Petraeus, officials ... 

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  China's role in Southeast Asia questioned

  China is finding the once friendly ground of Southeast Asia bumpy going, with anger against Chinese claims to disputed islands, once reliable ally ... 

• Iraq's oil exports increase 1.1 percent in October

  Iraq's Oil Ministry says crude exports have averaged 2.622 million barrels a day in October, a nearly 1.1 percent increase from the previous month. 

• Japan logs 4th straight trade deficit in October

  Japan logged its fourth straight monthly trade deficit in October as the European debt crisis and strained business ties with China over a territorial ... 

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  Obama wades into thorny Asian territorial row

  President Barack Obama's attendance at an annual summit of Southeast Asian leaders on Tuesday thrust him right in the eye of the region's most stormy ...