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GlobalizationGLOBALIZATION – World Trade In his excellent recent works on the themes [of the] nature of globalization and expanding world trade – “The World is Flat,” and the earlier “The Lexus and the Olive Tree” – The New York Times Foreign Affairs columnist and book author Thomas Friedman brilliantly describes and elegantly frames the boundaries and frontiers of the new era that corporations and capital market players have entered, beginning in 1989.
News & UpdatesDecember 6, 2019 China will waive import tariffs for some US soybeans and pork, finance ministry says
Source: CNBC
China will waive import tariffs for some soybeans and pork shipments from the United States, China’s finance ministry said on Friday, citing a decision by the country’s cabinet. December 6, 2019 Visualized: Ranking the Goods Most Traded Between the U.S. and China
Source: Visual Capitalist
Today’s infographic from HowMuch.net charts the top imports and exports between the U.S. and China, pulled from the Observatory of Economic Complexity’s (OEC) global market data for 2017. December 5, 2019 Why GM Failed In India
Source: YouTube/CNBC
Over the last 20 years the Indian automotive market has grown from about 500,000 new vehicles to 3.5 million in 2018. But some automakers have struggled to make it work. Among them is General Motors, the largest U.S. automaker.... Research & InsightsDecember 6, 2019 Visualized: Ranking the Goods Most Traded Between the U.S. and China
Source: Visual Capitalist
Today’s infographic from HowMuch.net charts the top imports and exports between the U.S. and China, pulled from the Observatory of Economic Complexity’s (OEC) global market data for 2017. June 20, 2019 China’s economic census uncovers more fake data as officials promise ‘zero tolerance’ to data manipulation
Source: South China Morning Post
Officials in the central Chinese city of Guanghan have been found to have gone to extraordinary lengths to manipulate raw data to obscure the real picture of the health of the economy, according to the National Bureau of... June 10, 2019 Markets can cheer: China appears to finally be addressing its US trade surplus
Source: CNBC
Indeed, the signal is clear that China has decided to operate a radical change in its U.S. trade. Taken at an annual rate, China’s trade surplus with the U.S. in the January-April interval would be 23.5% below China’s surplus for... Commentary & OpinionDecember 4, 2019 What a ‘no-deal’ U.S.-China trade scenario would mean for stocks and bonds
Source: MarketWatch
Imagine there’s no trade deal and that the U.S.-China battle is left to rumble on through most of next year instead. November 29, 2019 The Fourth Industrial Revolution is redefining the economy as we know it
Source: World Economic Form
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) upends current economic frameworks. Who makes money - and how - has changed. Demographics have changed. Even the skills that brought our society to where we are today have changed. Leaders... November 12, 2019 ‘This is the most prosperous economy the world has ever seen’ says Jamie Dimon — and it’s going to continue
Source: MarketWatch
“The consumer, which is 70% of the U.S. economy, is quite strong,” he said. “Confidence is very high. Their balance sheets are in great shape. And you see that the strength of the American consumer is driving the American economy... |
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