The U.S. companies that are affected by this significant hike in tariffs include Draka Communications Americas Inc, Corning Inc, OFS Fitel, among others. On Tuesday, China’s ministry of commerce disclosed it had applied “anti-dumping tariff rates” for a select segment… Read More ›
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Tesla hikes China price of Model X & S by 20%
The U.S. luxury carmaker, which generated 17% of its 2017 sales from China, could relocate some of its carmaking activities to China. In response to the burgeoning U.S.-China trade war, Tesla has become the first automaker to raise the prices… Read More ›
U.S. aims to target Chinese goods $500 billion
U.S. efforts aimed at balancing its trade deficit with China, could significantly impact its strategic “Made in China 2025” policy. A reduction in Beijing’s global trade surplus is likely to have wide ranging cascading effects on its economy and its… Read More ›
China’s central bank injects $31 billion to ease domestic liquidity as trade war looms in the horizon
The unexpected move was explained to be part of a package of measures to counteract a potential fallout from the trade conflict. On Tuesday, China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), lent $31 billion (200 billion) to financial… Read More ›
Beijing imposes additional tariffs on U.S. exports
Beijing move will impact $3 billion U.S. exports to China. China’s finance ministry stated, Beijing has imposed additional tariffs of up to 25% on 128 U.S. products including including certain nuts, wine and frozen pork, in response to U.S. duties… Read More ›
U.S. wants access to Chinese markets, stop theft of intellectual property
With China’s trade surplus with the United States at $375 billion, it clearly has much to lose. The Trump Administration has demanded that China cut this surplus by at least $100 billion. As per a source familiar with the discussions… Read More ›
Placing a nuclear warhead on an ICBM missile would be crossing a red line: South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in
This is the first time that the South Korean President has clarified on this matter. North Korea will now know there’s no turning back the clock if it were to continue doing its Don Quixote act. On Thursday, South Korea’s… Read More ›