The United States and China have until March to resolve the core issues of the trade war. If Beijing were to continue stonewalling U.S. demands of bringing an end to the abuse of its intellectual property, opening up its market… Read More ›
Geopolitics
New Year tweet by Huawei employee reveals China’s discrimination against foreign companies
Here’s how a benign New Year tweet by a Huawei’s social media handler uncovered the national underlying discrimination against foreign companies. In a development that provides indirect evidence of the measures Chinese companies take to pressure and force its citizens… Read More ›
Italy budget: Parliament passes budget after EU standoff
Even while the opposition in Italy complained that the Italian government was being dictated by the European Union, the parliament of the country approved a revised budget for 2019. Earlier, the populist government of the country had actually pushed hard… Read More ›
Growth Forecast For First Half Of 2019 Cut By Goldman Sachs
Banking firm Goldman Sachs has cut down its expectations for growth in 2019 because of the volatile financial markets and weaker economic data, said the bank on Saturday. It however assured that there was no immediate chance of a full… Read More ›
Six Nations Cut Tariff To Initiate The Pacific Trade Agreement
The rehashed and renamed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement struck between 11 countries, not including the United States and China, comes into force from Sunday even as New Zealand’s trade minister applauding the huge opportunities that the deal would present for… Read More ›
‘Progress Being Made’ On US-China Trade Relation, Tweets Donald Trump
“Big progress” is being made towards striking a deal on trade between the two largest economies of the world – United States and China, said US President Donald Trump on Saturday after he said that he had spoken to the… Read More ›
British Communities Secretary James Brokenshire’s letter reveals Britain’s Brexit preparedness
A letter by the British Communities Secretary’s to the Treasury reveals Britain’s Brexit preparedness. Britain is scheduled to leave the EU on March 29, 2019. Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has been accused by his cabinet colleagues of… Read More ›
FAO Predicts 7 Bln USD Needed By Africa To Import Rice By 2020
By 2020, a huge amount of 7 billion U.S. dollars a year would be required for all of the rice imports needed for feeding Africa according to the estimates of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This… Read More ›
China’s Stock Index Is The Worst Looser Globally In 2018, For A Second Time
Amidst a brutal trade war between China and the United States and a slowdown of the second largest economy of the world, a 24.6 per cent drop in the last 12 months was noted by Shanghai’s stock benchmark which made… Read More ›
UK Accused Of ‘Pride And Prejudice’ By China Over Huawei
The concerns over the national security of the United Kingdom from the use of telecommunication equipment supplied by the Chinese tech giant Huawei has drawn sharp criticism from the Beijing which has accused the UK of possessing “deep-rooted pride and… Read More ›
