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  Trump opens door to trade deal with China soon

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 12:00am on November 18, 2018

  President Donald Trump said Friday that China was ready to make a deal to defuse trade tensions, so he might not have to punish the...

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  US-China discord dominates APEC summit in PNG

  Reuters . Port Moresby | Updated at 12:00am on November 18, 2018

  The United States and China swapped barbs over trade, investment and regional security at an Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on Saturday, as growing...

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  Emerging markets: cheap, but not cheap enough yet

  Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on November 18, 2018

  After taking a beating from a strong dollar this year, emerging markets are looking pretty cheap, and at some point in 2019 the sector will...

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  EU states offer Britain ‘ambitious’ ties after Brexit, but no frictionless trade

  Reuters . Brussels | Updated at 12:00am on November 18, 2018

  European Union states said on Friday that they wanted an ‘ambitious’ future relationship with Britain but that this would not mean frictionless trade, as they...

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  VW embarks on $50 billion electrification plan

  Reuters . Germany | Updated at 12:00am on November 18, 2018

  Volkswagen expects to become the most profitable manufacturer of electric cars thanks to a multi-billion euro expansion plan to mass produce battery driven vehicles, Chief...

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  UK supermarket’s viral orangutan ad slammed by palm oil giant

  Agence France-Presse . Kuala Lumpur | Updated at 12:00am on November 17, 2018

  A British supermarket chain’s viral commercial about an orangutan left homeless because of deforestation from palm oil planting was slammed as a cheap publicity stunt...

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  APEC summit host urges respect for trade rules

  Agence France-Presse . Port Moresby | Updated at 12:00am on November 17, 2018

  The leader of Papua New Guinea, host of this year’s APEC summit, Friday urged respect for international trade rules by ‘countries large and small’ as...

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  Australia takes India to WTO over sugar subsidies

  Agence France-Presse . Sydney | Updated at 12:00am on November 17, 2018

  Australia announced on Friday it was taking legal action against India at the WTO over sugar subsidies it said caused a ‘significant downturn’ in world...

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  China keen to invest in pharma, apparel, leather sectors

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:00am on November 17, 2018

  Chinese investors have shown their keen interest to invest in ceramics, pharmaceuticals, apparel, polyester staple fiber (PSF), leather and some other sectors in Bangladesh.They expressed...

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  Vaseline launches project for the underprivileged in north

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:59am on November 16, 2018

  Popular skincare brand Vaseline launched the Vaseline Healing Project for the third consecutive year for the underprivileged people in the northern regions of the country....