Australia, the US, India and Japan are talking about plans for a regional scheme to counterbalance China’s growing influence, a report says. A US official spoke of an “alternative” rather than a “rival” plan. Australia,...
It is three times larger than the next biggest lithium-ion battery and can power up to 30,000 homes. Elon Musk has said it is “just the beginning.” Tesla activated the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery in Australia...
Investors are anxiously awaiting more details on the new US Administration’s economic policies and priorities. Part of the challenge is that the cabinet represents a wide range of views and it is not clear where...
Fulfilling his campaign promise, President Trump has pulled the US out of the ambitious free trade deal negotiated by his predecessor Obama. Analysts view China as the prime beneficiary of the US’ abandonment of TPP....
Australia is going to witness some of the largest product launches set to revolutionize the energy space globally. It has been predicted that solar+storage will become so cheap in the near future that it will...
The Indian Income Tax Act, 1961 has a dubious distinction – it is perhaps the most important legislation in the country that gets amended considerably, every single year. The last Budget for example, saw nearly...
The TPP, one of biggest trade deals in history was signed on Wednesday, February 3, in New Zealand. The TPP involves 12 Pacific Rim nations – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand,...
The November Brisbane meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) group come with lots of hope. The issues dominating the summit’s agenda are financial sector regulation, trade facilitation measures, protectionism, infrastructure investment, and tax policy...
US: The broad characteristics of the investment climate are unlikely to change very much in the first part of next year. The largest policy change is the beginning of the long awaited slowing of the Federal Reserve’s...
UK teleco regulator ‘comfortable’ with Huawei despite US concern over South Korea deal Two US Senate committee heads, dealing with national security, have expressed their concern over a network provisions deal between Huawei and South...
