The potential sales comes midst rising tensions with China. In an official notification to the U.S. Congress, the U.S. State Department stated, it has approved the potential sales of F-16 fighter aircraft, worth $8 billion, to Taiwan. The information was… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Huawei In ‘Battle Mode’, Says Founder; Reforms Highlighted In Wake Of US Crisis
Founder of Chinese tech giant Huawei Ren Zhengfei said that the company is faced with a “live-or-die moment” because of the United States export curbs and hence to tackle the situation, company would be spending more on production equipment this… Read More ›
US Should Not Attempt To Seize Its Supertanker Anymore, Warns Iran
A warning to the United States of not trying to seize its oil tanker in the mid seas after being released from Gibraltar was given by Iran. According to shipping data, the oil tanker in question was moving towards Greece… Read More ›
Britain’s NHS off Limits to any future trade deal with the U.S.
Provisions and pricing of drugs are an issue that has to be tablet especially since there could potentially be a shortfall in case of a cliffhanger Brexit. According to a report from the Sun newspaper, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson… Read More ›
U.S.-UK trade deal in the offing
Boris Johnson’s no-deal Brexit stance is pretty obvious to observers. His confidence that the British economy will survive a cliffhanger Brexit probably stems from his hope of clinching a free trade deal with the U.S. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson… Read More ›
Boris Johnson takes aim at Irish backstop in opening salvo
Despite Boris Johnson’s own admission that “Time is very short”, he wants to renegotiate the Brexit deal by October 31. On Tuesday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fired his opening salvo at the European Union, as negotiators from both sides… Read More ›
U.S. lifts 10% tariffs on select Chinese imports
The bulk of the items excluded from the 10% tariffs hike, which will go into effect from September 1, includes household furniture, internet modems, routers and baby items. In a significant development, the Trump Administration has lifted import curbs on… Read More ›
As Latest Trump Tariffs Set To Be Imposed, Analysts Look For Signals Of Consumer Pressure
Investors in the United States and elsewhere would be keeping a close watch on the quarterly results of US retailers that would start coming starting next week as well as the release of key consumer sentiment and retail sales data,… Read More ›
Indonesia-EU Trade Dispute Could Be The Next Trade War
While the global markets, economists, investors and analysts are busy closely watching the developments of the trade war between the United States and China, there is another potential trade war that is brewing the European Union and the commodity giant… Read More ›
Latest US Sanctions Against Venezuela Criticized By UN Human Rights Head
The sanctions by the United States against the South American country Venezuela has been severely criticized by the heads of the United Nations Human Rights. The latest sanctions have been called as “extremely broad” and they have the potential to… Read More ›