China's central bank said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement with the Bank of Thailand, the central bank of Thailand, for it to open a representative office in China.
Indonesia expects more large South Korean companies to invest in the country following a $6- billion investment commitment from steel maker POSCO last month, the Jakarta Post quoted an official as saying on Tuesday.
Over 400 Global chief executive officers (CEOs), entrepreneurs, up-and-comers and thought leaders are arriving in Sydney for the 2010 Forbes Global CEO Conference which begins on Tuesday.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus on Saturday criticized UN calls for increased "global governance" of the world's economy, saying the world body should leave that role to national governments.
The main militant group in Nigeria's restive, oil-rich southern delta says it has lost touch with the gunmen who kidnapped three French oil workers and a Thai off the West African nation's coast.
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to press China to let its currency rise faster, amid accusations that China suppressed the value of its currency and placed a drag on US job creation.
The yuan hit a new high on Tuesday amid fresh US calls for a faster currency appreciation, but economists said China should brush aside foreign pressure and decide the pace of exchange rate reform in accordance with its own economic conditions.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) reviewed the trade policy of the United States on Wednesday in Geneva, warning against its possible protectionism measures against its trade partners.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a report of the panel on Wednesday, supporting China over its complaint against measures taken by the US which have affected imports of poultry from China.
Officials from a local administration for industry and commerce in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, said Monday it has fined Japanese carmaker Toyota's auto finance unit in China for involvement in commercial bribery.
The Obama administration has not determined yet whether various proposals in Congress aimed at pressuring China to revalue its currency are legal under World Trade Organization rules, the top US trade official said on Monday.
Four major European oil companies will abandon their Iranian activities voluntarily to avoid American sanctions designed to pressure Iran over its nuclear program, US officials said on Thursday.