Despite a recent damning report from the United Nations calling the killings of the Rohingyas to be a genocide conducted by the Myanmar military which increased pressure on the country’s government, a court of the country sentenced two Reuters news… Read More ›
Geopolitics
How 5 Emerging Economies Are Being Affected By Recent Rumbles In Emerging Market
The currencies of the emerging economies are being battered – from Argentina’s peso to Turkey’s lira. This year however the emerging economies have been sent into a turmoil and a number of global issues including increasing US Fed rates, political… Read More ›
Reuters poll place chances of hard Brexit at 25%
The poll makes an interesting read on the possibilities facing Britain after March 2019. According to the results of a Reuters poll, there is a 25% chance that Britain will leave the European Union in March 2019 without a Brexit… Read More ›
Britain has a backup plan for a Cliffhanger Brexit
As per Philip Rycroft, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) Britain’s has provided for such a possibility. On Tuesday, as per the senior most official in Britain’s Brexit ministry, he is confident that plans are… Read More ›
US Says India Might Sanctions Of It Purchases Russian Missile System
India might not be exempt from sanctions by the United States if it decides to purchase weapons and defence systems from, according to top officials of the Pentagon. The comments were made by Randall Schriver, the Pentagon’s top Asia official…. Read More ›
China Says Trade War With US Can’t Be Solved Due To US’s ‘Hard Lines’
The trade dispute between the United States and China would not be solved by the hardline trade war stance that has been taken by Washington, said China’s commerce ministry on Thursday. The ministry expressed its displeasure with comments from US… Read More ›
Amsterdam To Be The New European HQ Of Panasonic Instead Of UK
The European headquarters of the Japanese electronics company Panasonic would be moved away from the UK to Amsterdam in October because of Brexit concerns. Panasonic Europe’s chief executive Laurent Abadie said that the main aim of the move is to… Read More ›
U.S. trade relations improve with EU, Mexico and Canada
In what is likely to be a strategic move, the United States has moved quickly to reach new trade deals with Mexico, the EU and Canada and in doing so it can then focus its energies on China, which is… Read More ›
The EU must prepare for a no-deal Brexit: Michel Barnier
While Michel Barnier garbed the warning saying the EU must be ready for any eventuality, it comes in the wake of British Prime Minister Theresa May saying a no-deal “wouldn’t be the end of the world”. Although her comments were… Read More ›
Select countries get relief from U.S. tariff hikes for aluminum and steel
The U.S. Commerce Department has stated Trump has signed proclamations permitting relief from U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel for a select few countries. As per the U.S. Commerce Department, U.S. President Donald Trump has signed proclamations which permit targeted… Read More ›