The completion of negotiations for Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) is set to be announced this Friday following a visit by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to the Indonesia. As per an official from Indonesia’s foreign ministry, President Joko Widodo… Read More ›
Geopolitics
US-Mexico Trade Deal Could Give Fuel To Trump To Carry On China Trade War
The new free trade agreement between the United States and Mexico that was struck by the two countries and announced by the US president Donald Trump on Monday has the potential to put the US president in a better standing… Read More ›
A New Report Says Turkey Likely To Face Severe Credit Crunch
A new research claims that a severe credit crunch is staring at the face of the Turkish economy in addition to the country’s currency woes. A recent report from the Washington D.C.-based Institute of International Finance (IIF) claims that the… Read More ›
Survey Reveals Concerns Among German, U.S. Firms In Spite Of Trump-Junker Truce
According to a most recent survey conducted to gauge the mood and sentiment of businesses sin the US and Germany, there are serious doubt in the minds of almost three out of four firms that are currently operational in Germany… Read More ›
Political Motivation Behind Huawei Not Being Allowed In Australia To Toll Out 5G: Huawei
The Australian government was criticized by Chinese smartphone maker Huawei alleging that it was being prevented from selling 5G products in Australia. National security was cited as the reasons for banning Shenzhen-based Huawei and its Chinese rival ZTE from tolling… Read More ›
Trump Pledges 25% Tax On EU Cars While His Administration Tries To Negotiate
The question of whether the Trump administration would impose high tariffs on the import of European cars into the United States is not clear yet. And two seemingly contradictory episodes that took place on Tuesday apparently increased the ambiguity of… Read More ›
A US-China Trade War Could Put Australia In A Very Tight Spot
Australia is a country that stand to lose a lot from a potential trade war between the United States and China. And the way the two largest economies of the world are threatening with tariffs and counter tariffs, there appears… Read More ›
Germany Will Again Report Largest Trade Surplus In The World This Year
According to reports published in the German media, despite the increasing international criticism of Germany’s growth model based on exports, the country is set to report the largest current account surplus in the world in 2018. The reports were based… Read More ›
Japan, China seek to restart FX swap lines in sign of warming ties – Kyodo
The currency swap deal will act as a safety net in case of financial turmoil by providing yuan to Japanese banks operating in China and yen to Chinese businesses. On Tuesday, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported, Tokyo and Beijing are… Read More ›
Twitter Rethinking The Working Of Some Of Its Core Elements:CEO
After expelling right-wing conspiratorialist Alex Jones from Twitter, the company CEO Jack Dorsey is contemplating making deeper changes to this social media platform which would help reduce the spreading of fake news, misinformation and hate speech. Twitter was part of… Read More ›