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2018年CRI China's foreign trade volume in January rises higher

The latest figures from China's General Administration of Customs have shown that China's foreign trade volume increased in January 2018, with both imports and exports rising higher than expectations. The country's foreign trade volume rose 16.2% yea

THE MAKING OF A NATION - Trade Drives America's Foreign Poli

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IN THE NEWS -August 3, 2002: U.S. Trade Bill By Caty Weaver Broadcast: This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. The United States Congress has passed a new trade bill. The

VOA常速英语2007-Liberia Says World Trade Must Benefit Poor

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 04 October 2007 Talks to open up world trade hold the key to prosperity for poor countries, Liberia's Foreign Minister said on Thursday. The minister made her remarks at a forum on globalization at the World Trade Organization

美国国家公共电台 NPR What's In Your Shopping Cart? A Battleground For Global Trade

DAVID GREENE, HOST: When you're shopping, how often do you think about where your purchases come from? I mean, are you looking at the labels to see where those goods are made? I, for one, don't. Maybe I should. As President Trump has been shaking up

Chinese export leader's Jan. foreign trade falls

GUANGZHOU, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Foreign trade in south China's Guangdong Province, the nation's key production and export base, declined 16.7 percent year-on-year in January, local authorities announced Friday. Exports totaled 39.05 billion U.S. dolla

英闻天下——111 China's 2012 Foreign Trade Growth Slows to 6.2 Pct

China's customs authorities are reporting a 6.2 percent rise of the country's foreign trade volume this past year. And as CRI's Shen Chengcheng reports, officials remain optimistic about China's foreign trade this year, despite world economic uncerta

英闻天下——99 Expert Interprets China's 2012 Foreign Trade Growth

China's foreign trade growth slowed to 6.2 percent in 2012, which missed the government's 10-percent annual target. It was also a sharp decrease from the 22.5-percent rise registered in 2011. In the meantime, exports rose 7.9 percent in 2012 from the

英闻天下——135 MOC: Boost Foreign Trade in Accord with GDP

The Chinese government is aiming to boost foreign trade in line with the country's economic expansion in 2013. Shen Danyang, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, made the remarks at the press conference on Wednesday. Shen said China's foreign trade

China's Exports and Imports Increase, While Trade Surplus Shrinks

China recorded a nearly 25% increase in exports and imports during the first nine months of this year, while the trade surplus shrunk due to sluggish global demand and rising costs in domestic markets. Shuangfeng has the story. The first three quarte

2018年CRI U.S. economist: Trump should be proud of trade deficit

Don Boudreaux, US economist at George Mason University in Virginia explained that a trade deficit is actually a good thing for the country, and that US tariffs eventually hurt Americans in the end. Trump administration should be proud of trade defici

China faces serious trade disputes: vice minister

BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- China remained a major victim of trade protectionism（保护主义） during the past year, witnessing 64 trade disputes in this period, covering some 7 billion U.S. dollars in value, China's Vice Commerce Minister, Zhon

China's foreign trade improves, strong rebound unlikely

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US Trade Mission Visits India

A trade mission from the United States is in India to explore the potential of a market where a buoyant（轻快的） economy and a growing middle class have American companies looking to take advantage of a huge business opportunity. Representative

US Looking to Foreign Investors for Jobs

The Obama administration is trying to attract more foreign investors to boost the U.S. economy. Washington is encouraging U.S. firms to get out and compete for a larger share of the international market. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says t

CCTV9英语新闻：Global trade rules should not be decided by one country

US President Barack Obama published an article in the Washington Post Monday, calling for the urgent need to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, which could eliminate over 18,000 taxes on US exports. He said that the TPP pact would let

China issues first white paper on foreign trade

BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government on Wednesday released a white paper on its foreign trade, highlighting the country's achievements in boosting foreign trade and contribution to the world economy. The white paper, titled China's Fore

CCTV9英语新闻：Commerce Minister: China confident of improving trade

China remains confident of improving growth in its foreign trade. That was the word from Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng in an interview during the two sessions. In comparison to last November and December, the International Monetary Fund and the World

CCTV9英语新闻：Mofcom: trade pressure to ease in March

Chinas foreign trade has been under immense pressure this year because of economic threats at home and overseas. But a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said at a press conference this morning that the situation will begin to ease later this mon