The development assumes significance since the lobby group has been one of the main channels through the UK’s financial services firms lobbied the British government for a favorable outcome vis-a-vis Brexit. On Monday, TheCityUk, a British financial industry lobby group,… Read More ›
Geopolitics
UK to maintain financial ties with Switzerland post Brexit
This step is among the few concrete steps the UK government has taken towards mitigating issues revolving around Brexit. On Monday, Switzerland and Britain are scheduled to sign an agreement which will the continuance of their trade on preferential terms… Read More ›
U.S.-China trade negotiations to focus on intellectual property
This is a crucial round of negotiations since it revolves around one of Washington’s core demands of China’s treatment of U.S. intellectual properties. Negotiations in the U.S.-China trade war is slated to shift to a higher gear this week with… Read More ›
Why US Sanctions Could Hit Venezuela
The Venezuelan oil sector and its state owned oil giant PDVSA were the target of the sanctions by the United States announced earlier this week. the main aim was however to put as much of economic pressure as possible on… Read More ›
A Thai Princess To Contest Election For PM For The First Time In Thailand
The princess of Thailand, Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi has been nominated by Thai Raksa Chart, a party founded by allies of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, for contesting as the prime minister of the country for the long-delayed general elections…. Read More ›
Brexit Uncertainty A Reason For Weakest Outlook For UK Since 2009: BOE
Growing uncertainty over Brexit and a general slowdown in the global economy were identified to the reasons by the Bank of England (BOE) to be the reasons for the UK economy to potentially registering the weakest economic growth in a… Read More ›
David Malpass Picked By Trump To Head World Bank
Senior Treasury Department official David Malpass has been handpicked by United States president Donald Trump as a candidate to head the World Bank. It is expected that Malpass would alter the focus of the international bank and one of the… Read More ›
‘Massive’ Impact Of Tariff Hike Due To US-China Trade War: UN
There would be “massive” implications for the global economy if there is an increase of tariffs on Chinese goods by the United States next month, warned a UN trade official. If the 90 day truce to the trade war between… Read More ›
Experts Say UK Could Benefit From A Delay Of Brexit Deadline
According to analysts, there can be some benefits for the UK is there is an extension of Brexit talks even as the United Kingdom and the European Union are still to come to an agreement over the impending divorce between… Read More ›
New WTO rules unlikely to rein in China: USTR report
Economies across the globe have come to realise that China’s non-market economic policy and trade structures as well as its state-led, mercantilist approach to trade, is skewed and lopsided; it benefits only China, to the detriment of its trading partners…. Read More ›