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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is focused on removing impediments to exports to China for live lobsters and beef from some suppliers, a government official said, one day after Beijing said it would lift tariffs on Australian wine. Australia and China, its largest trading partner, are rebuilding ties after a period of strained relations which hit …

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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines is not seeking a fight or trouble in the South China Sea but will not be cowed into silence, submission, or subservience, its defence ministry said Friday, in its latest show of defiance in a heated row with China. Recent Chinese statements show their isolation from the rest of the …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russia on Thursday vetoed the annual renewal of a panel of experts monitoring enforcement of longstanding United Nations sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. The move comes amid U.S.-led accusations that North Korea has transferred weapons to Russia for use in its war …

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PARIS/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s commerce minister will travel to Europe in April for discussions about the European Commission’s investigation into whether China’s electric vehicle industry has benefited from unfair subsidies, four people briefed on the plan told Reuters. Wang Wentao will visit France, a French government source and two other people with knowledge of the …

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MOSCOW/SEOUL (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence chief paid a visit to North Korea this week to deepen bilateral cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang and discuss broader regional security, Russia’s spy service said on Thursday. Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the main successor to the KGB’s First Main Directorate, visited …

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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -Bus drivers in the South Korean capital of Seoul ended an hours-long strike on Thursday after a deal was reached between the city’s bus union and its employers over a wage hike, easing the commute for the city of more than 9 million people. The Seoul Bus Labor Union and …

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