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Paraguay
Ley de pensiones: BCP objeta proyecto del sector privado
El presidente del Banco Central del Paraguay, Carlos Fernández Valdovinos, mencionó que los organismos de supervisión, en todos lados, deben ser independientes a las personas que están en las entidades a ser monitoreadas.
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USA Corea del Sud
S Korea balks at Trump’s $1bn demand for Thaad
US president also plans to fix or scrap free-trade agreement with Seoul
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USA
Draft Nafta order signals tougher US stance on trade partners
Document prepared before Trump’s U-turn sets ‘America First’ targets for other deals
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USA
Trump to order a study on abuses of US trade deals
WASHINGTON:US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Saturday seeking to identify any problems caused by his country's existing trade agreements, including an examination of US involvement in the World Trade Organization (WTO), a top trade official said.
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Cina Hong Kong
Somkid seeks Hong Kong trade
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has called for the establishment of a Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in Thailand aimed at boosting economic ties and linking the country to China's new overseas investment strategy.
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Giappone
Cost-cutting keeps Tepco in black but nuclear redress taking toll
Tokyo Electric said Friday that it stayed in the black in fiscal 2016 for the fourth consecutive year thanks to cost-cutting efforts after the 2011 triple core meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant. But the beleaguered utility, which is effectively under state control, said group pretax profit sank ...
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Giappone
Yamato raises delivery prices by ¥140 to ¥180
In a move prompted by a serious staff shortage and a boom in online shopping, Yamato Holdings Co. has announced it will raise its basic shipping fee for door-to-door parcel deliveries by ¥140 to ¥180, depending on size. The rate hikes — Yamato’s first in 27 years — are expected ...
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Cina Giappone Regno Unito
First direct London-China train completes 12,000-km run
The first freight train to link China directly to the U.K. arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu Saturday after covering over 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles), making it the second-longest route in the world. The journey is the latest effort in China’s drive to strengthen trade links with western ...
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Giappone
Resurgent Sony projects ¥500 billion operating profit for fiscal 2017
Sony Corp. on Friday forecasted an operating profit of ¥500 billion for the business year to March 2018, up 73.2 percent from the previous year, on brisk prospects for its semiconductor and gaming businesses. The resurgent electronics giant said it booked an operating profit of ¥288.70 billion for the business ...
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Giappone
U.S. economy expanded at weakest pace in three years
The U.S. economy turned in the weakest performance in three years in the January-March quarter as consumers sharply slowed their spending. The result fell far short of President Donald Trump’s ambitious growth targets and underscores the challenges of accelerating economic expansion. The gross domestic product, the total output of goods ...