A costly trade war between the U.S. and its neighbor to the north – Canada, can be the result of a ruling by the U.S. Commerce Department about the alleged subsidies for airplanes built in Canada. There have been allegations made by… Read More ›
Geopolitics
One Of The Oil Market’s Biggest Concerns Now Is A Small Region In Iraq
Oil markets would be unsettled for weeks to come as oil prices were boosted to more than two-year highs by tensions over an independence vote in Iraqi Kurdistan. Despite objections from the central government in Baghdad and much of the… Read More ›
U.S reactionary imposition of 220% duty on Bombardier has larger geopolitical consequences
Bombardier is a major employer in Northern Ireland, where a handful of legislators is keeping British Prime Minister Theresa May’s minority Conservative government in power. The British government has threatened to cancel 18 Boeing F-18 Super Hornet fighter jets unless… Read More ›
Probes by the European Union and the U.S. push China to crackdown on violators of intellectual property
China has sought so portray its crackdown on violators of U.S. & European intellectual property as its independent decision. China’s markets are famous for cheap knock offs of well-known European and U.S. brands for a tenth of their asking price…. Read More ›
French industrial giant Alstom SA agrees to merge with German engineering giant Siemens AG
The industrial giants have agreed to stand shoulder to shoulder to withstand the assault of China state-owned railways – CRRC Corp Ltd. In a significant development, French industrial group Alstom SA has agreed to merge its railways business with its… Read More ›
U.S. Commerce Department slaps 220% anti-subsidy duty on Canadian planemaker Bombardier’s Cseries jets
The Canadian airplane maker has termed the U.S. move as absurd and divorced from reality. Following a complaint lodged by Boeing Co, with the Trump Administration, against unfair subsidies received by Canadian airplane maker, Bombardier Inc, on Tuesday, the U.S…. Read More ›
U.S. Seen Putting Off Key Demand On Autos As NAFTA Talks Intensify
Even as U.S. negotiators looked set to once again withhold proposals for one of the Trump administration’s most challenging issues, talks to update the North American Free Trade Agreement have got more intense. Amid warnings from trade experts that time… Read More ›
After Germany’s Merkel Hangs On To Power, Euro, Stocks Slip
Following the win of European Union’s most powerful leader German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s fourth term but faced by a fractured parliament as support for the far-right surged, the single currency and European stocks slipped. Distraction from negotiations with Britain over… Read More ›
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross prepares the ground for U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China this November
With the Trump Administration’s focus on rebalancing trade ties, China is likely to face greater pressure on opening up its economy and reviewing its trade practices. During his recent visit to China, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has made it… Read More ›
S&P’s First China Downgrade Since 1999 Could Be Good News For Bulls
Chinese officials have even more motivation to keep financial markets stable after the credit assessor cut the nation’s rating less than a month before the start of a twice-a-decade Communist Party congress. China’s Ministry of Finance said in a statement on Friday that S&P’s… Read More ›