The International Monetary Fund is still very concerned about the trade war that is being ongoing between the United States and China. The Managing Director of the world body Christine Lagarde, told the international news agency Reuters during a visit… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Steel, Aluminum Tariffs On Canada And Mexico Removed By Trump
In the efforts of encourage the lawmakers of Mexico and Canada to quickly ratify the new North American trade deal, the U.S. will lift steel and aluminum tariffs on the two trade partners, said the United States President Donald Trump…. Read More ›
Slowing Global Economy To Drive Growth Of Pre-Owned Business Jets: New Report
The anticipated softening of the global economy in the next few years would present an opportunity of significant growth for trade in pre-owned business jets which would surpass the deals in new plane deals by four-to-one. This prediction was made… Read More ›
Its Own Decision On 5G & Huawei Would Be Taken By UK
The decision of whether or not to include the Chinese telecom giant Huawei in its construction of 5G network in the country would be taken by the United Kingdom and the decision would not be influenced by outside forces. The… Read More ›
Brexit Preventing People From Holidaying, Says Thomas Cook
There would be further headwinds for the rest of year, warned the travel firm Thomas Cook as it also reported a loss of £1.5bn for the first half of the current year. The company said that the company now had… Read More ›
Trump’s Move Against Huawei To Be Retaliated, Warns China
China would undertake the required measure to protect the interests of its companies and businesses, said the country in retaliation to the decision of the United States to ban American telecom from using equipment and technology from the Chinese telecom… Read More ›
US Shopper Will Face Higher Prices Due To Increased Tariffs, Warns Walmart
The higher tariffs imposed on goods from China would result in increased pricves for shoppers, said the world’s largest retailer Walmart Inc on Thursday. This warning was issued by the company even as it reported the best comparable growth in… Read More ›
China sold U.S. Treasuries worth $20.45 billion in March 2019
Although, this could be part of a retaliatory move, it is to be noted that central banks of export-oriented countries often sell their U.S. Treasury holdings in order to hedge their currencies from a sharp appreciation of the greenback. According… Read More ›
Widespread Store Closure In US Predicted Due To Renewed Trade War
There can be massive closures of retail stores because of the latest round of US tariffs on China and tit-for-tat tariffs from China on US goods imported into the country. A new list of Chinese goods worth about $300 billion… Read More ›
U.S.-China trade war unlikely to trigger “Lehman shock” on global economy
in order to mitigate some of the impact of the U.S.-China trade war, Japan plans on laying the groundwork for a hike in sales tax. On Tuesday, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso stated the U.S.-China trade war is not likely… Read More ›