What stands in the way of a China-Japan-South Korea free-trade deal
Beyond the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the three economies are resuming negotiations on a free-trade area.
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U.N. Security Council passes Gaza cease-fire proposal drafted by the U.S.
The United Nations Security Council passeda U.S.-drafted cease-fire deal aimed at halting eight months of bloody fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
Biden admin has discussed potentially negotiating unilateral deal with Hamas to free U.S. hostages
Biden administration officials have discussed potentially negotiating a unilateral deal with Hamas to secure the release of five Americans being held hostage in Gaza if current cease-fire talks involving Israel fail, according to two current senior U.S. officials and two former senior U.S. officials.
South Korea’s Samsung workers stage first strike: ‘largely symbolic, but it’s a beginning’
Management at the firm, the world’s biggest producer of memory chips, has been locked in negotiations with the union over wages and benefits since January but the two sides have failed to narrow their differences.
Samsung Workers Strike, the First in the Company’s History
For the first time, workers at Samsung, the conglomerate that dominates the South Korean economy, went on strike on Friday.
Japan's convenience store chains chase elixir of growth across Asia
TOKYO -- It's 50 years since Kenji Yamamoto opened the doors at what would become part of the fabric of Japan: the country's first modern-day convenience store. But 50 years from now, Japan's population is projected to shrink by close to a third, and the fate of a multibillion-dollar industry will hang on how its big players negotiate essential growth overseas.
Nippon Steel negotiator unable to meet U.S. steel union leaders
TOKYO -- A top Nippon Steel executive tasked with negotiating the company's acquisition of U.S. Steel said he was unable to secure a meeting with United Steelworkers (USW) union leaders during a trip to discuss the deal in late May.