China curbs Japanese auto imports

Article Abstract:

China has placed new import restrictions of Japanese automobile imports, which totaled 47,000 last year. The restriction comes in the midst of a trade dispute that began with Chinese agricultural products. While the goods involved account for only a small fraction of the annual bilateral trade, the dispute is significant because it involves concerns the flood of Chinese exports.

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Japan, Administration of General Economic Programs, Motor Vehicles, Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, Trade Relations, Automobile industry, International economic relations, Chinese foreign relations, Japanese foreign relations, Trade policy

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Beijing takes bad debt to the auction block

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As China opens its markets, the government is trying to strengthen its state banks by getting rid of their bad debts and reselling them at a discount. This plan has begun with an auction of $1.9 billion in distressed assets, originally held by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. Three bids from foreign and domestic interests have been received.

Government regulation (cont), Banking Institutions, Depository Credit Intermediation, DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS, Banking industry, Laws, regulations and rules, Banks (Finance), Economic policy

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Garlic tiff stirs worries

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A trade war looms as South Korea imposes a huge tariff on garlic imports from China.

South Korea, Vegetables and melons, Garlic, Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming, Vegetable industry, Illustration

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