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Bloomberg The ink had barely dried on the first joint statement between China and the European Union in three years before the complaints began. Following a rare decision to allow reporters inside a session with business leaders in Beijing on Monday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang heard unfiltered comments from senior EU officials about the everyday reality for Europeans of conducting ...

Bloomberg European Union (EU) President Donald Tusk called on Donald Trump to reform the world order rather than bring it down, warning that trade wars can lead to “hot conflicts.” Tusk issued his appeal in opening remarks to an annual EU-China summit on Monday, as he made an explicit link between the European delegation visiting Beijing and the US president’s ...

Bloomberg Tesla Inc. may nearly double the number of cars it’s selling in Russia after a mobile-phone retailer backed by billionaire Alisher Usmanov unexpectedly added electric vehicles to the line of gadgets it offers. Svyaznoy, co-owned by Usmanov’s wireless carrier MegaFon PJSC, said it received orders for 236 vehicles in June, the first month it started sales jointly with importer ...

Bloomberg It may be starting to sound like a broken record for emerging markets, with the twists and turns of US-China trade tensions likely to dominate investor concerns this week. That’s not to say Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s two-day Congressional testimony and even the outcome of Monday’s meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Finland won’t have a ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump began his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday, testing his campaign pledge to revive ties with Russia amid pressure to confront the Kremlin leader over election meddling and growing concern that the US is abandoning the current international order. The highly anticipated event started with a one-on-one session between the former property developer and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE and China are keen to reinforce and strengthen their overall ties, including in the tourism sector. The strength of their bilateral ties has contributed to the significant growth of the number of Chinese tourists visiting the UAE, which totalled some one million tourists in 2017, as well as to their growing mutual commercial and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Manarat Al Saadiyat Theatre in Abu Dhabi hosted the launch of the Arabic version of the book by Xi Jinping, President of China, on the sidelines of a cultural literary seminar that featured speakers from the UAE and China. The ceremony was attended by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister for Tolerance; Noura bint ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and President of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) said that DIFC has played a highly positive and impactful role in Dubai’s economic development and diversification. Building on its world-class ecosystem, the centre has constantly strengthened its partnerships with leading financial institutions and attracted ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs (MFNCA), held its regular coordination meeting with the FNC’s General Secretariat to discuss several joint projects and future plans that seek to promote political participation among the members of the community. The meeting was attended by the Secretary-General of the FNC, Ahmed Shabib Al Dhaheri, and Dr ...

Bloomberg US and North Korean officials met on Sunday to discuss the return of remains of American soldiers killed almost seven decades ago during the Korean War, with the talks offering a chance to ease tensions between the two sides as they argue over disarmament issues. The meeting began around 10 am Seoul time at the border village of Panmunjom, ...