The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is “the most ambitious free trade deal ever concluded with a developing country” to date. In a landmark development, the European Union has signed a free trade deal with Vietnam, its first with a… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Japan’s tech export curbs violate WTO rules: Seoul
Japan’s move to impose restrictions on tech exports to South Korea, is likely to impact the ability to purchase semiconductor materials, including flexible smartphone displays, by South Korean companies; the move is likely to be a reaction to South Korea’s… Read More ›
Qatar purchased $500 million Lebanese government bonds
Qatar’s move is probably aimed at increasing its traction in the Middle East and comes in the wake of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cutting diplomatic ties with it since June 2017 and have accused Doha… Read More ›
Trade Talks Between Japan And US To Be Accelerated
Japan and the United States are eager to strike a two-way trade agreement and both the countries would begin working-level meetings with greater intensity starting early next month as agreed between the two sides, said the Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu… Read More ›
Top Cocoa Producers Ivory Coast And Ghana To Set Minimum Floor Price
Two of the top cocoa producers of the world who account for 60 per cent of global supply – Ivory Coast and Ghana, have joined hands to set a minimum floor price for cocoa for chocolate companies in order to… Read More ›
EU Ministers To Participate In Cyber War Games To Prepare For Cyber Threat Form Russia And China
Following a number of incidents of cyber hacking from by elements in Russia and China that have caused an obvious alarm among European governments, the European Union now wants to respond to them and is will conduct a war games… Read More ›
UK Could Be Short Of Natural Gas Supply After Brexit
After Brexit, there could be shortage in supply of gas to the UK along with a potential rise in prices, warned an industry leader of the nation. In the eventuality of EU nations prioritizing their own countries during winter cold… Read More ›
Hong Kong steadily losing wealth to Singapore
The steady stream of wealth that is being moved out of Hong Kong to Singapore is due to China’s aggressive posturing on the former British isle. According to sources familiar with the matter at hands, many foreign wealth managers are… Read More ›
Japan Wants Next British PM Should Not Go For No-Deal Brexit
The United Kingdom should not go out of the European Union without a trade deal, Japan has urged to the two Prime Minister hopefuls Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, when either of them becomes the UK prime minister. That request… Read More ›
US Urged By China To Remove Ban On Huawei
China has demanded that the sanctions imposed on the Chinese tech company Huawei by the United States should removed with immediate effect. This demand was made by a spokesman for the country’s commerce ministry on June 27 even as US… Read More ›