In a significant development that marks the return of General Motors Co to the rare earth industry, the US automaker now plans on sourcing rare earth magnets for its future line of electric vehicles from new U.S.-based manufacturing facilities under two… Read More ›
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China continues trade war against Australia, imposes punitive tariffs on Australian wine exports
Continuing its efforts in an attempt to bully Australia, on Friday, China’s Ministry of Commerce said, it will temporary impose anti-dumping measures on Australian wine from November 28, 2020. The move will further escalate trade and diplomatic tensions between Canberra… Read More ›
Huawei cuts investments and jobs in Australia
In a statement embattled Chinese telecom network maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd said, it will be cutting more staff from its Australian operations midst strained relations between Canberra and Beijing. Huawei will also trim its investments in the country. In… Read More ›
HSBC & StanChart among other financial institutions transferred more than $2 trillion of illicit money
On Monday, shares of Standard Chartered’s and HSBC in Hong Kong fell vertically following media reports that the two banks along with other banks transferred large sums of allegedly illicit funds for nearly two decades despite the transfers being red… Read More ›
U.S.-UK commence trade negotiations
On Tuesday, the United States and Britain launched trade negotiations through videoconferencing following the UK’s exit from the European Union. Both countries, struggling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic are aiming to shore up domestic supply chains. These talks are… Read More ›
China owes Germany at least £130 billion for coronavirus damages: Germany’s Bild newspaper
Germany has followed, France, UK and the United States in their search to find the source of the coronavirus following the virus going pandemic and imposing a humongous economic cost on the global economy. Bild, a major German newspaper has… Read More ›
U.S. response to coronavirus – payroll tax cuts, extension of tax deadline on the table: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley
With WHO finally classifying China’s coronavirus as pandemic, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley stated, a payroll tax cut was among the options being tabled to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus. “If you’re going to negotiate in… Read More ›
Chinese tourists visiting Thailand to fall by 2M in 2020
On Tuesday, Thailand’s Tourism Authority stated, it expects tourists from China to fall in the range 2 million to 9 million due to the coronavirus outbreak in that country. Around 11 million Chinese tourists, Thailand’s biggest source of visitors, visited… Read More ›
Pentagon diversifying sourcing of rare earths
Pruning the sully of rare earth to the United States is China’s only weapon against the United States in the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. In a significant development that marks a strategic shift in the sourcing of rate earth minerals,… Read More ›
Qatar to withdraw from OPEC from January 1, 2019
The move mirrors the strategic shift in the fossil fuel industry from dirty polluting crude to liquefied natural gas. On Monday, Qatar’s energy minister Saad al-Kaabi stated, Qatar will withdraw from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) from… Read More ›