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China sees opportunity as TPP fades

by Adam Allington
Jan 4, 2017
With TPP's demise, China promotes it's own agenda therous called R-CEP.
An protestor holds an anti-TPP sign at the Democratic National Convention. 
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Trade rep nominee to tackle international deals

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 3, 2017
Lighthizer worked sensitive deals in Reagan Administration
President-elect Trump selected lawyer Robert Lighthizer as his administration's U.S. Trade Representative. 
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Pan Pan, the ‘grandpa’ of zoo pandas, dies

by Donna Tam
Dec 30, 2016
The panda patriarch is responsible for 25 percent of the world's captive pandas.
Giant panda 'Pan Pan' holds a mascot of the 16th Asian Games, at a zoo in Fuzhou, south China's Fujian province on Nov. 12, 2010, to celebrate the opening ceremony of Guangzhou Asian Games.
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Why you don’t have to worry about the trade deficit

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 29, 2016
Even if Trump is.
A crane is reflected in a puddle as containers are unloaded. 
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Revamping a billion-dollar brand: Cinnabon

by Daisy Palacios
Dec 27, 2016
The maker of gooey rolls wants to attract millennials with its new look.
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Would tariffs on imports expand the economy, or shrink it?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Dec 22, 2016
Latest GDP numbers show economy is performing better than thought
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Italy looks to China to preserve Roman heritage

by Stephen Beard
Dec 19, 2016
Cash-strapped Italy hopes Chinese investors will help pay for upkeep.
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China’s sale of U.S. Treasuries puts a debate to rest

by Amy Scott
Dec 16, 2016
China, the single largest holder of the U.S. debt, sold off its Treasury positions in order to raise cash to back the Yuan.
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Italy turns east to protect Western heritage

by Stephen Beard
Dec 14, 2016
It offers tax breaks to those willing to help fund upkeep of monuments.
A photographer takes pictures of restored frescoes at the Saint Priscilla catacombs in Rome on November 19, 2013.   
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China moves toward ban on all ivory trading

by Adam Allington
Dec 14, 2016
The government of China says it will soon announce a timetable to close down its domestic ivory industry. China has long been the site of the world’s largest market for both legal and illegal ivory. Conservationists say a total ban would effectively end the elephant poaching crisis in Africa. Click the above audio player to […]
Ivory items are shown to the media before being destroyed in Beijing on May 29, 2015.
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