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Cina
Korea-China FTA Marks First Anniversary without Good Results
The Korea-China Free Trade Agreement marked the first anniversary on December 20. However, it made little significant contribution to the increase in the bilateral trade between the two countries. Rather, Korea's shipments to China fell by more than 10 percent since the passage of the Korea-China FTA. The future remains cloudy ...
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Russia
How Rex Tillerson Changed His Tune on Russia and Came to Court Its Rulers
Once a vocal critic of Russia’s justice system, the Exxon Mobil chief came to partner with the country’s biggest players. What will that history mean for the slated secretary of state?
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Thailandia
SET opens up 4.04 to 1,515.69
Thai stocks opened up 0.27% at the start of trade this morning.
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Indonesia Singapore Vietnam Filippine
Chinese foreign investment likely to increase
BEIJING: Chinese investment in Thailand is set to grow further next year as both large and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have expressed their interest in using Thailand as a production base in Asean, says the Industry Ministry.
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Russia USA Giappone
U.S. blacklists seven Russian execs, nine enterprises over Crimea, Ukraine
The United States on Tuesday blacklisted seven Russian businessmen and eight companies and government enterprises over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the conflict in Ukraine, the U.S. Treasury said in a statement. The sanctions come a month before U.S. President Barack Obama hands over power to President-elect Donald Trump, who ...
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Giappone
Obama set to permanently ban drilling in wide areas of Atlantic, Arctic
President Barack Obama is expected to order wide swaths of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans placed permanently off-limits for oil drilling, people briefed on the administration’s plan said, in an 11th-hour push for environmental protection before he leaves office. Obama was planning to announce the move on Tuesday, said the ...
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Giappone
Kin of three Pulse victims sue social media over radicalizing Islamic State propaganda
Families of three patrons killed in the Orlando nightclub massacre sued Facebook, Google and Twitter, claiming the gunman who killed their loved ones was radicalized through propaganda found through social media. The families of Tevin Crosby, Juan Ramon Guerrero Jr. and Javier Jorge-Reyes filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court ...
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Giappone
Trump team denies family trying to sell access via so-called charity fundraisers
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on Tuesday denied a report that his sons were seeking donations of up to $1 million in exchange for possible post-inauguration access. The Center for Public Integrity, an award-winning group that addresses ethics and other policy issues, said a nonprofit foundation was set up last ...
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Giappone
Reporter critical of Trump presses Twitter to ID user whose strobe-lit threat prompted seizure
A Newsweek reporter who has epilepsy said he had a seizure after being sent a message on Twitter intended to trigger such an episode and is seeking information from the social media company to identify the person responsible for the tweet. The image in question — which included a strobe ...
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Giappone
Trump seen balking on promised grand infrastructure plan
It’s not at all clear that President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to spend massively on infrastructure are going to unfold as he promised. Trump made rebuilding the nation’s aging roads, bridges and airports very much part of his job-creation strategy in the presidential race. But lately lobbyists have begun to fear ...