The US on Thursday urged China to open its markets to foreign investors as “aggressively” as Beijing has spread its own economic influence into other countries. Ron Kirk said it was only fair that China allowed foreign investment into the country as other nations had not hindered Chinese economic pursuits in theirs. “What we’d like [...]

US chargé d’affaires Demetrios Marantis, deputy United States Trade Representative (USTR), is impressed with how Mauritius judiciously uses all the opportunities and preferential treatments offered to optimise its economy. The ambassador was addressing an audience on trade at an event hosted on Tuesday by the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) in the context [...]

Pakistan’s public schools and madrassas negatively portray the country’s religious minorities and reinforce biases which fuel acts of discrimination, and possibly violence, against these communities, according to a new US study. Titled “Connecting the Dots: Education and Religious Discrimination in Pakistan,” the study involved the examination of social studies, Islamic studies, and Urdu textbooks and [...]

China said on Monday that US goals for the Asia Pacific leaders’ meeting in Hawaii this week were “too ambitious” and beyond the reach of developing economies in the fast-growing region. US President Barack Obama will host the leaders of 20 other members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum including China, Japan and Russia [...]