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BAC GIANG, Vietnam (AFP) — Hundreds of lychee farmers sorted and graded huge piles of the tropical fruit at a busy wholesale market in northern Vietnam on Tuesday, but many bemoaned slumping prices as foreign traders were held up in quarantine. After mounting an aggressive response to the coronavirus pandemic, life in the country is back to relative normality and workers clustered together mask-free at dawn in Bac Giang province, their motorbikes fitted with baskets […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has banned exports to North Korea of 32 “dual-use” items that can be applied in the development of weapons of mass destruction, the commerce ministry said. The list of items, which include radiation monitoring equipment and software that can be used to model fluid dynamics or neutrons, is in line with a UN Security Council resolution adopted in September to curb North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs. The ban […]
by Eugenia LOGIURATTO Agence France Presse BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil tried to reassure the world Sunday that its huge meat industry poses no threat — with President Michel Temer even inviting ambassadors to a steak dinner — despite allegations that corrupt exporters sold tainted products. Temer smiled as he invited diplomats to a traditional Brazilian meat restaurant called a churrascaria, saying “if you accept the invitation we will be very happy.” Nineteen of the […]
by Luc Olinga Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to slap punitive tariffs on Chinese goods is a worry for firms that trade with the country in the US Midwest, a decisive region in the Republican’s election triumph. Strong support across America’s “Rust Belt,” and frustration at lost industrial jobs blamed on globalization, carried Trump to victory last month in key battleground states, including Michigan and Ohio. But […]
(Eagle News) — Kumpara sa sinira ng China na saging mula sa Pilipinas, mas pinangangambahan ng pamahalaan ngayon ang matinding epekto ng El Niño sa banana export ng bansa. Ayon sa Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), malaking plantasyon ng saging ang apektado na ng El Niño partikular na sa Mindanao. Isa ang Pilipinas sa mga nangungunang banana-exporter sa buong mundo habang top importers naman ng saging ang Japan, China, South Korea, New Zealand at Iran.
The country recorded high export records in November 2014, mainly due to electronics shipment.
