Topic: Trade & Sanctions — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-20 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The emphasis on securing supply chains and stockpiling critical resources is no substitute for free and open trade and investment
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[2025-12-20 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A tariff wall will soon separate protected partners like CPTPP members Singapore and Malaysia from exporters facing a shutout
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[2025-12-20 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe told Parliament yesterday that Cyclone Ditwah caused extensive damage to over 106,800 hectares of paddy fields and the Government is offering farmers a compensation of Rs. 150,000 per hectare for crop losses.
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[2025-12-19 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: EU leaders at a Brussels summit decided on Thursday to postpone the signing of a trade deal with four Mercosur countries until January. That means that despite 25 years of negotiations, the sides are closer, yet they still have no agreement.
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[2025-12-19 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trade lanes using Strait of Malacca, Red Sea and Suez Canal could be disrupted during ‘major international crisis’, Beijing forum told
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[2025-12-19 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India signed an economic partnership agreement with Oman on Thursday to boost bilateral trade and investment as it seeks to expand Middle East ties and diversify trade to beat steep U.S. tariffs.
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[2025-12-19 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia and China have continued to rapidly expand their bilateral relationship across economic, diplomatic, and people-to-people channels in 2025, with trade turnover exceeding $200 billion for a third consecutive year, Moscow’s ambassador to Beijing, Igor Morgulov, has told RT.
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[2025-12-19 07:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2025-12-19 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A Sri Lankan trade delegation recently concluded a strategic mission to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, coinciding with the Cambodia Agriculture Exhibition. The visit was organised by the Sri Lanka – Greater Mekong Business Council (SLGMBC) of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and initiated by the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Cambodia in Sri Lanka, Mr.
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[2025-12-19 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Akbar Brothers (Pvt) Ltd secured four major titles at the 27th Presidential Export Awards 2024/2025, hosted by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board, winning the Overall Award for Net Foreign Exchange Earner of the Year.
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[2025-12-19 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Jaffna International Trade Fair (JITF), Northern Sri Lanka’s largest multitrade exhibition, will return for its 16th consecutive year from January 23-25, 2026 at the Muttraweli Ground in Jaffna.
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[2025-12-19 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
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[2025-12-19 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From EU-China trade ties to Laos securing approval to export durians, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage
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[2025-12-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dozens convicted of illegally shipping 166 tonnes of the strategic material, marking a major enforcement of Beijing’s export controls
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[2025-12-18 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Most goods can enter Hainan with zero import duties under the new system, as China looks to turn the island into a strategic buffer zone
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[2025-12-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Traditional European exports like cars are losing their appeal, while restrictions crimp sales of sought-after lithography machines
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[2025-12-18 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The European Union's planned Mercosur trade agreement with four Latin American countries appeared at risk of yet another delay, or possibly even collapse, on Wednesday, a day before leaders were set to discuss it at an end-of-year summit in Brussels.
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[2025-12-18 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Laos could present a real challenge to other players in China’s vast durian market due to its low costs and logistical advantages
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[2025-12-18 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US debate over how to contain China’s tech development is irrelevant as Chinese domestic industry development has already taken full flight
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[2025-12-18 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have hit a historic low in recent months, after deadly cross-border clashes that left dozens of people killed.
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[2025-12-18 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) attended the Improving Transparency for Sustainable Business (ITSB) Capacity Building Session held on November 26, 2025 at Cinnamon Grand, Colombo.
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[2025-12-18 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Have you ever wondered how a kilogram around the world weighs exactly to be a kilogram. The same in the US, Kenya or Sri Lanka. Seemingly three different cultures and nations, but if the packet says so, no one questions it. Even more so, how the red traffic light became the universal stop sign.
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[2025-12-18 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From the newcomers in charge of PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command to retailers’ retreat from China, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage
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[2025-12-17 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: د طالبانو ادارې اعلان کړی دی چې د قرغیزستان يو پلاوی د دغه هېواد د اقتصاد او تجارت د وزير په مشرتوب کابل ته سفر کړی او له طالب چارواکو سره یې د سوداګرۍ پر موضوع خبرې اترې کړي دي.
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[2025-12-17 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The 16th Jaffna International Trade Fair (JITF), Northern Sri Lanka’s largest multi-trade exhibition, will be held from January 23 to 25, 2026 at the Muttraweli Ground in Jaffna.
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[2025-12-17 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing seems determined to take up the challenge of building most parts of the AI supply chain domestically
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[2025-12-17 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss a key role for the city gleaned from China’s central economic work conference, promotion of indoor sports, and the mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach
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[2025-12-17 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Businesses and officials faced a year of disruption – and in some cases, resilience – as tariffs and export controls roiled global markets
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[2025-12-16 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Su’s visit to China – including a whistle-stop at Lenovo’s headquarters – comes as Washington signals a shift on export restrictions
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[2025-12-16 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: PublishedDecember 16 2025
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[2025-12-16 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss China’s record trade surplus so far this year, Hong Kong’s ambitions to be a cryptocurrency hub, and how to effectively curb social media overuse
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[2025-12-16 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: In September 2020, the Federal Trade Commission joined regulators in four states to sue four men behind a notorious telemarketing company called Outreach Calling. The FTC alleged that the company, which it described as a “sprawling fundraising operation,” had raised millions on the promise of helping the needy — cancer patients, veterans, firefighters — but instead used the money to line its pockets.
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[2025-12-16 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka took a significant step towards modernising its trade governance framework with the inauguration of the Technical Committee on Rules of Origin (TCRO) on 10 December 2025. Established by Sri Lanka Customs in collaboration with the Department of Commerce, the new Committee is expected to enhance transparency, improve inter-agency coordination and align the country’s trade administration with international best practices.
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[2025-12-16 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), together with the International Trade Centre (ITC), Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), recently launched the second phase of the Global Textile and Clothing Programme (GTEX2) in Sri Lanka.
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[2025-12-16 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: HNB PLC, a leading private bank in Sri Lanka has announced a partnership with PRIME EV Automobiles (Pvt) Ltd., a subsidiary of Senok Trade Combine (Pvt) Ltd to expand access to DEEPAL brand electric vehicles in Sri Lanka.
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[2025-12-16 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: For Greg Steinmetz, the Augsburg, Germany-born Jakob Fugger was "the first person to conduct trade on a truly global scale."
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[2025-12-16 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Western nations unlikely to hit city with more sanctions as they need Beijing’s cooperation to offset unfair US trade practices, experts say
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[2025-12-16 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite ‘meaningful density improvements’ in its N+3 process, SMIC’s capabilities are still behind leading chipmakers TSMC and Samsung
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[2025-12-15 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
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[2025-12-15 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: PublishedDecember 14 2025
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[2025-12-15 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington, DC took part in the ‘Winternational Embassy Showcase 2025’, on December 9 held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington DC.
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[2025-12-15 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s rise is unstoppable, president tells central economic work conference, hails ‘moral backbone’ in rare allusion to US trade war
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[2025-12-14 22:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: David Eustace’s import will step up in trip for his next start as he aims towards the Classic Mile in February
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[2025-12-14 18:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Many buyers were swayed by a 20,000 yuan (US$2,830 ) trade-in subsidy offered by the government for purchasing electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles
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[2025-12-14 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing also seeks to increase consumption by loosening restrictions, raising incomes and attracting tourist spending, Han Wenxiu says
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[2025-12-14 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese foreign minister is on a three-nation Middle East tour and met Emirati counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday
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[2025-12-13 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The third session of the Sub Committee on Trade between Sri Lanka and Vietnam, organised by Sri Lanka’s Commerce Department, was held in Colombo with
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[2025-12-13 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts see leadership’s language after central economic work conference as an admission that trade tensions are expected to endure
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[2025-12-12 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: It’s been years since the US president extolled the virtues of trade wars: how much longer before he recognises tariffs harm the US economy?
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[2025-12-12 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dara Khosrowshahi says firm ‘won’t necessarily object’ to levy on ride-hailing trips to support taxi trade, but it depends on details of regulation
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