Making China great again
“Passing the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) is as important to me as another aircraft carrier,” said former US defence secretary Ashton Carter two years ago, as...
Trade
NATO, Russia and trade top the agenda for Trump talks with Britain’s May
US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May, who share an unusual bond as the products of anti-establishment uprisings, will sit down on...
Turkish Cypriots hope to sell farm fish to south by next year
By Tahsin Eroglu Turkish Cypriots hope fish raised in farms in the north will be allowed in 2017 by the Green Line Regulation, which facilitates...
Kasoulides on a working visit to Moscow on Monday
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will be in Moscow on Monday for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The visit takes place in the...
UK could slash corporation tax to 10 pct if EU blocks trade deal in Brexit (Update 1)
Britain could slash corporation tax to 10 percent if the European Union refuses to agree a post-Brexit free trade deal or blocks UK-based banks from...
Opium crops spread in Afghanistan as Taliban gains ground, U.N. says
The cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan, the world’s main source of heroin, has risen to its third-highest level in more than 20 years, the...
Australia says committed to Britain free trade deal
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Sunday his country and Britain were both very committed to having an early free trade agreement after Britain...
Australia keen on early free trade deal with Britain – May’s office
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told his British counterpart Theresa May he would like to see the two countries strike a free trade deal as...
UAE’s Sheikh Abdullah hopes for new bilateral agreement during official visit
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, the UAE foreign minister hopes that during his official visit to Cyprus beginning Monday afternoon, a new bilateral agreement will be...
As Trump becomes presumptive nominee, China urges objectivity
China on Wednesday urged people in the United States to take a rational and objective view of the relationship between the two countries, after Republican...
Greenpeace publishes confidential US-EU trade deal documents (Updated)
By Caroline Copley A sweeping free trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and the United States would lower food safety and environmental standards,...
Retail trade volume rises 5.1% in January to February, value up 2.2%
The retail trade volume excluding motor vehicles in the first two months of the year rose 5.1 per cent compared with the respective period in...
Obama says Merkel is on “right side of history” on refugee crisis
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday praised German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s handling of Europe’s migrant crisis in which millions of refugees and migrants have fled...
Post-Brexit UK-U.S. trade deal could take a decade, Obama says
By William James A trade deal between Britain and the United States could take five to 10 years to negotiate if Britain votes to leave...
Cypriots spend less with plastic money in January
By Stelios Orphanides The value of transactions with the use of plastic money by holders of Cypriot cards in Cyprus dropped 4 per cent year-on-year...
Cyprus problem serves as deterrent against halloumi objections
The Cyprus problem works as a deterrent against objections to the island’s application to register halloumi/hellim (its name in Turkish) as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO),...
Austrian president, in Tehran, expects growing trade with Iran
Austrian President Heinz Fischer, the first Western head of state to visit Iran in more than a decade, told his hosts on Tuesday of his...
Trade deficit drops
CYPRUS’ trade deficit dropped to €1.2bln in the first five months of the year compared to €1.3bln in the corresponding period of 2014, the Statistical...
The transatlantic path to Cyprus economic growth
By John Koenig I FULLY believe Cyprus stands to gain from the United States and the European Union concluding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership...
Scrapping sales law altogether could hurt consumers, MPs say
By Constantinos Psillides Parties will not support a government bill to scrap legislation regulating sales unless shops, when they do have discounts, are forced to...
