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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 & UpdatesMarch 27, 2020 China to resume U.S. LPG imports as Beijing waives trade-war tariff: sources
Source: Investing.com
SINGAPORE - China has begun buying U.S. liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) again after a hiatus of nearly 20 months as Beijing waived punitive tariffs to boost imports of U.S. goods as part of the Sino-U.S. Phase 1 trade deal,... March 25, 2020 China makes largest U.S. grain purchases since start of trade war
Source: UPI
China in the last week made several large purchases of American grain, sparking hope in the farming sector that the nation intends to make good on its promise to buy billions of dollars worth of U.S. agricultural products this... March 23, 2020 Coronavirus Crisis Shines Light On Sustainability In Global Pharma And Medical Supply Chain
Source: Forbes
Judging from trends in other countries, the next few weeks will be critical to ramp up production of essential testing kits and personal protection equipment (such as surgical masks and gloves). 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 & OpinionFebruary 28, 2020 Editorial: The Guardian view on UK-EU talks: bluster can’t conceal brutal reality
Source: The Guardian
If Brexit is any guide Boris Johnson will yield in the endgame to the EU but will be too busy taking a victory lap to spell out the concessions he has made February 19, 2020 The Guardian view on Europe after Brexit: unity is strength - Editorial
Source: The Guardian
These are strange and somewhat disorientating times for the European Union. A multipolar world in which China’s influence grows, and Donald Trump’s United States is at best an erratic ally, has created new dilemmas and dangers. January 2, 2020 How the US trade war brings out China’s best hopes and worst fears for its economy
Source: South China Morning Post
China’s trade and tariff war with the US is its biggest economic threat, with growth now expected to slip below the psychologically important 6 per cent figure |
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