Tracking developments affecting U.S. importers of Chinese and Southeast Asian Goods.
China's foreign trade grew 23.2 percent in the first half of this year to $645 billion, the government said Wednesday. The United States and Japan have China trade volumes of $96.3 billion and $86.5 billion, respectively.
posted by Ryan Petersen @ 2:22 PM
China's foreign trade continued its robust growth in the first half of this year, but is expected to encounter obstacles in the coming months. Exports from China grew to some US$342.3 billion in the first half of this year, a 32.7 per cent rise over the previous year; imports to China reached US$302.7 billion in this period, a year-on-year rise of 14 per cent.
posted by Ryan Petersen @ 11:37 AM
United States retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores, Gap and Chico's FAS, are increasing purchases of cheap clothing and jewellery from India as they brace for rising costs when China, their biggest overseas supplier, revalues its currency.
posted by Ryan Petersen @ 3:00 PM
China's exports surged by a higher-than-expected 30.6 percent in June from a year earlier, the government said Monday.
posted by Ryan Petersen @ 10:28 AM
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posted by Ryan Petersen @ 3:56 AM
The United States government panel that is examining a bid by China's CNOOC Ltd. to buy Unocal Corporation has a lot of different aspects to examine. "Taiwan, Japan and (South) Korea all import a significant amount of natural gas that's produced in Indonesia by Unocal," said the lawyer, speaking on condition of anonymity. All the various ways of deciding whether or not to take the bid will determind the outcome.
posted by Ryan Petersen @ 11:37 AM
I just completed my MBA at Columbia Business School in New York City this Spring. Recently the blog has been focused on investing and doing business in Africa. I started it, however, when I got sick of mass e-mailing friends and family everytime something weird happened during the two years I worked in China. Check the archives and multimedia galleries (below) to find lots of great stories, pictures, and videos from travels in the U.S., China, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, Kenya and other parts of the world.
