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China - U.S. Economic and Trade Meeting - London

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent prior to the first meeting of the China-U.S. economic and trade consultation mechanism in London, Britain, on June 9, 2025. The meeting opened here on Monday. He Lifeng attended the meeting with U.S. representatives. Photo by Li Ying/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China - U.S. Economic and Trade Meeting - London

Delegations of China and the U.S. pose for a group photo prior to the first meeting of the China-U.S. economic and trade consultation mechanism in London, Britain, on June 9, 2025. The meeting opened here on Monday. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attended the meeting with U.S. representatives. Photo by Li Ying/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China, Algeria eye further economic cooperation

STORY: China, Algeria eye further economic cooperation SHOOTING TIME: March 5, 2024 DATELINE: March 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: SETIF, Algeria CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the forum STORYLINE: Senior officials and business representatives from China and Algeria gathered Tuesday in Algeria's eastern city of Setif to attend the China-Algeria Economic Forum. The forum, jointly organized by the Chinese Embassy in Algeria and the Setif provincial government, was attended by 260 participants, including Algerian lawmakers and government officials as well as business people from both countries. In a speech delivered at the forum, Chinese Ambassador to Algeria Li Jian said that the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Algeria has entered a new phase, and economic and trade cooperation has developed strongly, with annual bilateral trade exceeding 10 billion U.S. dollars for the first time in 2023. Li said he hoped the Setif province, with its great potential in agricu

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U.S. House votes to expel Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress

STORY: U.S. House votes to expel Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 1, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. House of Representatives voting on the bill STORYLINE: The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to expel New York Republican George Santos from Congress over the lies, scandals and alleged campaign finance crimes. The lower chamber voted 311-114 to expel Santos, with all Republican leaders voting against expulsion. In total, 105 Republicans and 206 Democrats voted for expulsion. The latest action, which required a two-third majority, makes Santos, a first-term lawmaker, the sixth member of the House to be expelled in the body's history. Santos invented ties to the Holocaust and made false claims that his mother was at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. His detractors also mentioned several times his use of campaign funds for personal expenses. Xinhua News Agency corre

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CHINA-XINJIANG-KASHGAR-PILOT FREE TRADE ZONE (CN)

(231111) -- KASHGAR, Nov. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of residential companies are issued business licenses during the unveiling ceremony of Kashgar Area of China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 11, 2023. Kashgar Area of China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone was unveiled on Saturday, and the first batch of 35 enterprises have settled in with contracted project funds of more than 17.6 billion yuan (about 2.4 billion U.S. dollars), covering fields such as trade and logistics, electronics and information, new materials, and automotive part processing. ("Kashi" is Chinese pinyin for Kashgar) (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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Tunisia's Jan.-Sept. tourism revenues grow 41.7 pct y-o-y

STORY: Tunisia's Jan.-Sept. tourism revenues grow 41.7 pct y-o-y DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bardo National Musuem in Tunisia STORYLINE: Tunisia's tourism revenues in the first nine months of 2023 reached 1.82 billion U.S. dollars, local Echorouk newspaper quoted the Tourism Minister Mohamed Belhassine as saying on Friday. Revenues from the tourism sector amounted to 5.8 billion dinars (1.82 billion U.S. dollars) by September, he told a hearing at the Assembly of People's Representatives on Thursday. He said the Central Bank of Tunisia had confirmed that the tourism revenues recorded an increase of 41.7 percent compared to the same period in 2022. He added that the Tunisian tourism sector was able to help cover most of the trade deficit of the country at the end of September. The minister said that Tunisian government was working to develop tourism sector at various levels and attract investments in the sector, given that t

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Ten years on, China-South Asia trade doubles on closer ties

STORY: Ten years on, China-South Asia trade doubles on closer ties DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, capital city of southwest China's Yunnan Province STORYLINE: The ongoing seventh China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, capital city of southwest China's Yunnan Province, has attracted more than 30,000 exhibitors, representatives, and guests from 85 countries and regions to attend online and offline. Themed "Solidarity and Coordination for Common Development," the five-day expo has set up 15 exhibition pavilions, with various kinds of events. Over the past 10 years, the expo has witnessed closer ties between China and South Asia, with the trade volume between China and South Asian countries doubling. When the first expo took place in 2013, the trade volume between China and South Asian countries amounted to less than 100 billion U.S. dollars, but the figure reached 197.4 billion U.S. dollars last ye

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Serbian, Chinese companies ink contracts worth half bln USD

STORY: Serbian, Chinese companies ink contracts worth half bln USD DATELINE: June 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: Belgrade CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of signing ceremony at a business forum in Belgrade 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Serbian): GORAN VESIC, Serbia's Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI XINGQIAN, Director general of the Department of Foreign Trade of China's Ministry of Commerce 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHEN BO, Chinese Ambassador to Serbia 5. various of signing ceremony at a business forum in Belgrade STORYLINE: Serbian and Chinese companies signed contracts worth over 510 million U.S. dollars at a business forum in Belgrade, the Serbian government said in a press release on Thursday. The signing of over 10 agreements between Chinese and Serbian companies was overseen by representatives from the two countries. A dozen Chinese enterprises in areas including agri-food, chemicals, mineral resources, wood processing, and services, attended the f

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Conference held in China's Yunnan to strengthen banking cooperation with Vietnam

STORY: Conference held in China's Yunnan to strengthen banking cooperation with Vietnam DATELINE: May 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:56 LOCATION: HEKOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference and banks in Yunnan 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MA CHAO, Deputy head, Hekou city branch of Agricultural Bank of China STORYLINE: A conference was held in Hekou City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Thursday to strengthen banking cooperation between China and Vietnam. Representatives from the Yunnan provincial branch of the Agricultural Bank of China and the State Bank of Vietnam reached a consensus on cross-border trade facilitation. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MA CHAO, Deputy head, Hekou city branch of Agricultural Bank of China "At present, the Yunnan provincial branch of the Agricultural Bank of China has established cooperative relationships with 13 Vietnamese banks. From 2020 to April 2023, the Yunnan provincial branch had completed an international settlement volume of 2.507 billion U.S. dollars with

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U.S. urges Japan to take "bold" steps in TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Wendy Cutler, acting deputy U.S. trade representative, answers reporters' questions at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014, after a meeting on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal with Japanese representatives. Cutler said Japan needs to take "bold" steps toward concluding the free trade talks, noting that difficult issues remain between Japan and the United States.

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Japan, U.S. to meet again on remaining TPP gaps Mon. in Tokyo

NARITA, Japan - Akira Amari, Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, speaks to reporters at Narita International Airport near Tokyo on April 19, 2014, after returning from three days of talks with U.S. Trade Representatives Michael Froman in Washington. They will hold a fresh round of talks on April 21 in Tokyo to try to bridge their differences over the TPP.

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S. Korea, U.S., Japan meet over N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Representatives from South Korea, the United States and Japan attend talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on May 21, 2012, to discuss the implications of North Korea's failed rocket launch in April.

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DPJ lawmaker Saito to leave DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 21, 2008, shows House of Representatives member Yasunori Saito of the Democratic Party of Japan. Saito said Dec. 27, 2011, in his blog that he will leave the ruling party to protest DPJ leader and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's intention to raise the consumption tax and join talks on a U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.

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Lower house begins debate on antiterrorism bills

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda explains the two government-sponsored antiterrorism bills at the plenary session of the House of Representatives at the Diet on Oct. 10. The lower house began deliberations on the bills aimed at providing assistance to the ongoing U.S.-led retaliatory strikes for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

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U.S. Long Beach highlights shared benefits of supply chain cooperation with China

STORY: U.S. Long Beach highlights shared benefits of supply chain cooperation with China DATELINE: Nov. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Port of Long Beach 2. various of Zhang Ping, Chinese consul general in Los Angeles, delivering a speech at the event 3. various of U.S. port officials making remarks 4. various of participants at the meeting 5. various of Zhang Ping honoring Mary Barton who has worked for 30 years to connect Qingdao and Long Beach STORYLINE: U.S. port officials and Chinese representatives met Friday in Long Beach, California, to discuss bilateral cooperation amid ongoing global supply chain challenges. The meeting was hosted by the Long Beach-Qingdao Association (LBQA), which was established in 1985 with an aim to promote exchange and trade between Long Beach and Qingdao. Zhang Ping, Chinese consul general in Los Angeles, underlined that with decades of development, the global supply chain has become a hallmark of econ

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Cambodia raises minimum wage for garment factory workers for 2023

STORY: Cambodia raises minimum wage for garment factory workers for 2023 DATELINE: Sept. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of exterior of the Ministry of Labor 2. various of garment factories in Phnom Penh (File) 3. various of garment factory workers sewing and walking (File) STORYLINE: Cambodia on Wednesday set a new monthly minimum wage for workers in the country's garment, footwear and travel goods sector at some 200 U.S. dollars from 2023, up 3.09 percent from the current level of 194 U.S. dollars, Labor Minister Ith Samheng said. The announcement came after the National Council for Minimum Wage voted on a minimum wage of about 198 U.S. dollars per month for next year, which was then added by 2 U.S. dollars by the government. The 51 council members include representatives of the government, the manufacturers' group, and the trade union. "Today, the National Council for Minimum Wage decided on the monthly minimum wage of 198 dollars and Cambodian Pr

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U.S. House votes to suspend normal trade relations with Russia

STORY: U.S. House votes to suspend normal trade relations with Russia DATELINE: March 18, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:06 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the vote 2. various of the White House STORYLINE: U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to suspend normal trade relations with Russia, paving the way for the U.S. government to impose higher tariffs on Russian goods. The lower chamber approved the measure by vote of 424-8, with a few Republicans voting against, sending the legislation to the Senate. The House vote came just a few days after U.S. President Joe Biden announced that the administration would revoke Russia's most-favored nation trade status amid the Ukraine crisis, along with Group of Seven (G7) countries and the European Union. Biden also signed an executive order banning Russian seafood imports, as well as alcohol and certain diamonds. In addition, it bans the sale of U.S. luxury goods to Russia, including high-end vehicles, luxury watches and t

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G-8 holds dialogue with emerging economies

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - (From R to L) Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, French President Jacques Chirac and U.S. President George W. Bush attend a meeting with representatives from five emerging economies and heads of regional and international organizations to discuss a range of issues including energy security and trade in St. Petersburg on July 17. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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U.S. House postpones revote on key trade legislation

Photo shows Sander Levin (C), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, and other Democratic congressmen attending a press conference in Washington on June 16, 2015. The lower house decided to postpone until July 30 a revote on contentious trade legislation, in another move clouding the prospects for a swift conclusion of U.S.-led Pacific free trade negotiations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. House postpones revote on key trade legislation

Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 17, 2015, after the U.S. House of Representatives decided to postpone until July 30 a revote on contentious trade legislation, in another move clouding prospects for a swift conclusion of the U.S.-led Pacific free trade initiative. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. lawmakers to reconsider Pacific trade agenda

Photo taken June 11, 2015, shows a poster at a bus stop in Washington opposing the proposed Pacific free trade initiative. The U.S. House of Representatives decided on June 12 to carry over deliberations on a bill that is crucial to concluding a Trans-Pacific Partnership deal to the following week after endorsing only part of it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. lawmakers to reconsider Pacific trade agenda

Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 13, 2015, after the U.S. House of Representatives decided to carry over deliberations on a bill that is crucial to concluding a sweeping TPP deal to the following week. Amari said the split result of the U.S. voting makes it difficult for the 12 countries involved to swiftly convene a ministerial meeting, for instance, by the end of this month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recipients of Grand Cordon of Order of Rising Sun at photo session

Recipients of Japan's Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun attend a photo session at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 8, 2015. They are (from L) Iwao Uruma, former chief of the National Police Agency, Tsuyoshi Takagi, former head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, Tadamasa Kodaira, former chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, Tadashi Okamura, former head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare, Kosuke Hori, former home affairs minister, former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, Etsuhiko Shoyama, former president of Hitachi Ltd., Hiromasa Yonekura, former chairman of Keidanren, Nancy Pelosi, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Yoshihito Karasawa, former president of the Japan Medical Association, and Toshitsugu Saito, former chief of the Defense Agency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. urges Japan to take "bold" steps in TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Wendy Cutler, acting deputy U.S. trade representative, answers reporters' questions at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014, after a meeting on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal with Japanese representatives. Cutler said Japan needs to take "bold" steps toward concluding the free trade talks, noting that difficult issues remain between Japan and the United States. (Kyodo)

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DPJ lawmaker Saito to leave DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 21, 2008, shows House of Representatives member Yasunori Saito of the Democratic Party of Japan. Saito said Dec. 27, 2011, in his blog that he will leave the ruling party to protest DPJ leader and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's intention to raise the consumption tax and join talks on a U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. (Kyodo)

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Japan's lower house ratifies TPP as U.S. prospects diminish

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) claps his hands as the House of Representatives voted to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement and passed a related bill on Nov. 10, 2016, despite diminished prospects for ratification of the pact by the United States following Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election. At left is farm minister Yuji Yamamoto, who is under fire over his gaffes related to the matter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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12 countries in TPP free trade deal agree not to renegotiate

Representatives from 12 countries that signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact earlier in 2016, including Japanese TPP minister Nobuteru Ishihara (6th from L) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (7th from L), pose for photos during a meeting at Kennedy's official residence in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2016. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo