The global capital markets are trying to stabilize. US equities recovered from early losses yesterday but this was not enough to stop Asian equities from extending recent losses. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index slipped 0.2% for...
China wants to redefine its military engagement in Africa and has invited military officials from across the continent to Beijing to explore new forms of strategic cooperation. China’s economic influence as an investor and trade...
China has threatened to forcefully retaliate after the US for escalating the trade conflict by threatening another $200 bln worth of Chinese goods with an additional 10% tariff. Previously, Trump threatened to $100 bln of...
Tensions between the world’s two largest economies over trade issues have dominated the agenda in recent weeks. Trade in goods and services is important. China is the top market for US goods exports in 2017....
After the American announcements, there is more and more talk of a trade war and the spectra of a return to the protectionism of the 1930s. In fact everyone is in a rather uncomfortable position. Donald Trump...
Security and regulatory troubles on both sides of the Atlantic threaten the future of China’s ZTE and Huawei. But to what extent are the recent disputes linked to Trump’s attempts to rein in Beijing’s economic...
Through Republican and Democrat Administrations, no US president has found that a foreign country’s activities have risen to the level that can be considered manipulation for nearly a quarter of a century. Initially, the law...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde believes China’s “Belt and Road” is a good idea, but she also warned about saddling countries involved in the project with too much debt. The IMF chief...
Beijing has announced a plan to consolidate film, news and publishing under one regulatory body. With control over all media content, China’s Communist Party can project its ideal image and quash dissent. China introduced a...
US President Donald Trump has announced a raft of new tariffs against China over intellectual-property violations, targeting more than 100 different Chinese goods and potentially inviting a fierce response from Beijing. In what White House...
The two-day gathering in Argentina comes at a tense moment, just a few days before the US will impose higher tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and new US trade measures reportedly targeted at China....
Opportunity Costs exists in Trade but if trade is seen as a Comparative Cost Advantage theory of Ricardo, its more supplementing rather than complimenting the growth process of each country’s GDP. Ricardo proposed that amongst all...