China encounters growing trade protectionism charges from EU

The EU initiated seven new trade remedy investigations last year on Chinese exports, China Daily reported Wednesday.
The newspaper said, citing the Ministry of Commerce (MOF), that the figure was one more than the previous year, accounting for over 50 percent of the cases the region launched worldwide.
The cases included aluminum wheels, scanners and ironing boards [...]

China names another 20 innovation bases to boost foreign trade

China’s government Tuesday designated another 20 industrial bases as export-oriented innovation bases to boost exports of technology products and improve global competitiveness.
Jointly authorized by the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the innovation bases will receive help from the ministries in research and development funding, personnel training and business [...]

Taiwan trade organization pledges to promote exports to mainland

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council will continue to help raise exports to the Chinese mainland, which has become Taiwan’s top export market overtaking other economies, council chairman Wang Chih-Kang said Monday.
“The mainland is a huge market, becoming a target of many economies, including Taiwan,” Wang said at an annual press conference in Taipei.
The mainland [...]

HK toy exports earn 88.55 billion HK dollars

Hong Kong’s toy exports went down 10 percent to 88.55 billion HK dollars (11.35 billion U.S. dollars) in the first 11 months of 2009, according to figures released by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Monday at a toys and games fair.
Toy exports to Russia fell 57.1 percent while exports to Czech rose 58.2 percent. [...]

Investors from E China’s Wenzhou head to Dubai for property bargains

Just after Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, opened in Dubai on Jan 4, a group of Wenzhou investors of Zhejiang province is planning a trip to the coastal city, looking to buy some discounted properties.
“When they learned of such an opportunity to visit Dubai, more than 20 members expressed an interest in joining the [...]

China might become top world exporter, but weakness remains

China will probably overtake Germany to become the world’s largest exporter though its exports in 2009 had fallen 13.9 percent from a year earlier, according to figures released Sunday by the General Administration of Customs (GAC).
But Chinese experts and officials said the country was far from being a real trade power if measured by exports [...]

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