Skip to main content

Trade War - SERIES 300 {11 articles}

Xi vents frustration toward trade war to Abe

10/27/2018, 9:48:33 PM
Japanese leader walks tightrope balancing relations with Washington and Beijing ✔ Aside from two potential meetings next year, Abe invited Xi to attend the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ✔ Ahead of Abe's visit, the Chinese side worried about how far he might go during the recently convened parliamentary session to revise Japan's pacifist constitution ✔ With nothing else on the agenda, the prime minister departed from Beijing Capital International Airport around 9:30 a.m. Saturday



Asian chip share rout provides strong indication of a tough 2019

10/28/2018, 10:44:02 AM
Semiconductor industry braces for slowdown as trade war creates overhang ✔ The market could likely stay very volatile going into 2019 -- with a tough and challenging year ahead when there are few growth catalysts but plenty of uncertainty ✔ Now the overbooking issue is causing a problem as demand could very likely turn out to be weaker and the trade war uncertainties also bite, Pu said



Kazakhstan to double gas exports to China in 2019

10/28/2018, 4:24:20 AM
Trade war and new infrastructure open door to send 10bn cu. meters ✔ A Chinese worker is seen during an inauguration ceremony for the Kazakh stretch of the Turkmenistan-China pipeline, outside Almaty ✔ At the same time, it aimed to turn itself into a transit hub and seize the chance to export gas to China, explained Sergey Smirnov, an Almaty-based independent oil and gas expert



Japan still sees ties with U.S. as 2nd to none amid thaw with China

10/27/2018, 9:32:34 PM
With Sino-U.S. tensions escalating amid a months-long trade war, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to China highlighted an improvement in bilateral relations, but Tokyo is unlikely to move away from Washington toward Beijing. Some foreign affairs experts in Beijing strongly believe that Japan should bolster political and economic ties… ✔ We will not curry favor with China only because we don't like Trump ✔ Abe visited Beijing from Thursday, bringing a large delegation of business leaders with him ✔ It was the first official trip to China by a Japanese prime minister primarily to hold formal bilateral talks with Chinese leaders since December 2011



Stocks sell-off dominates agenda for investors

10/28/2018, 1:01:18 PM
undefined ✔ A significant increase in public spending could feed through into the issuance of UK government bonds, or gilts ✔ Indeed, analysts at NatWest Markets believe that the gilt issuance remit is unlikely to change significantly ✔ The challenges for theeuro have increased, she said



Don't expect miracles when Trump and Xi meet at G20

10/28/2018, 6:16:51 AM
undefined ✔ A look at the speed of China's massive, state-driven infrastructure investments at home makes it hard to accept these disavowals ✔ Traveling in coastal Shandong Province, for example, you can see massive new construction of handsome high rise apartment buildings with stunning waterfront developments, walkways and malls, in attractive cities such as Yantai and Qingdao (first developed by Germans, who brought the beer industry with them) ✔ Her commentary was distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC



This landmark LNG deal will change energy geopolitics forever

10/28/2018, 6:42:10 AM
China’s LNG demand grew by a record 8 mt in 2017 and is set to expand by another record 12 mt this year, making up 50 percent of all global LNG demand growth, energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie said in a new report last week. ✔ CNPC holds a 20 percent stake in the Yamal project and has a contracted off-take volume of 3 million tons of LNG per year ✔ The paper said that as Western democracies turn increasingly inward under a backlash against globalization, the notion of a rising Sino-Russian partnership has garnered greater attention ✔ This article was originally published on Oilprice.com Trends: China newsGas news



Trump celebrated the stock market surge in 2017, but he's been quiet about this year's decline

10/28/2018, 3:48:59 PM
In his second year, President Donald Trump has to grapple with an unknown: a stock market that has recently slipped, partly due to his own policies. ✔ Joshua Roberts | Reuters President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, October 17, 2018 ✔ Trump escalates attack on Fed    11:34 AM ET Wed, 24 Oct 2018 | 01:29 Days after Trump took office, he signed an executive order aiming to roll back regulations and stop the creation of new rules



Cyber Saturday: Roundup of Reader Reactions to Facebook's 'War Room'

10/27/2018, 9:12:15 PM
Your weekend brief on code-makers and codebreakers. ✔ Facebook's war room Noah BergerAFP/Getty Images By Robert Hackett 5:02 PM EDT Last weekend’s newsletter, Facebook’s ‘War Room’ Is a Marketing Ploy, elicited mixed reactions ✔ Other readers felt I had been unfair to the company, arguing that it is taking the threat of fake news seriously ✔ He had a history of prior offenses and bomb threats



It’s still the rich what gets the treasure: governments ignore this at their peril

10/28/2018, 6:16:58 AM
Rising political instability and trade disputes are symptoms of the rampant disease of inequality, and rich men giving away their billions is not the answer ✔ Failure to do so will only add to the economic and political turbulence we are already witnessing ✔ But he is trying to turn an oil tanker when he needs it to be a speedboat ✔ His multi-year estimate may be right: the question is whether investors will give him that long



Brexit, bitcoin and marijuana — Martin Wolf answers readers’ questions

10/28/2018, 12:10:48 PM
undefined ✔ Plus questions on Brexit, the state of China’s economy and ways to thwart the appeal of populism ✔ The Chinese government has the tools to maintain growth in demand if it needs to do so ✔ Two decades ago, I was so much more optimistic about the future of Brazil, despite all its obvious problems



>>> Open This Series

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Disasters - SERIES 353 {27 articles}

Canada earthquake: Is there a tsunami alert in Canada after three 6 magnitude tremors? 10/22/2018, 9:45:58 PM CANADA was hit by three strong earthquakes struck on Sunday night. But is there a tsunami alert in place? ✔ The earthquakes hit Canadian province British Columbia in less than an hour, according to the United States Geological Survey ✔ However, no casualties or any damage was reported ✔ At 10.39pm local time, the first 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit at a depth of 33 km ✔ The US National Tsunami Warning Center said a tsunami is not expected Costa Del Sol floods latest: Is it safe to travel to Malaga? Are the holiday resorts open? 10/22/2018, 8:12:33 PM COSTA Del Sol in Spain has been declared a disaster zone after intense flooding left one man dead. So is it safe to travel to Malaga? ✔ Some areas received more than half the rain they normally get in a year in just a few hours, with local reports describing the deluge as historic ✔ He offered his condolences to the vict...

Trade War - SERIES 277 {10 articles}

Abe-Xi summit comes as Chinese leader looks to create united front amid U.S. trade war 10/22/2018, 7:11:59 PM At the upcoming summit in Beijing, President Shinzo Abe and Chinese leader Xi Jinping may form a united front in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist moves. ✔ On the positive side, Japan’s participation in the Belt and Road project would allow Abe to live up to expectations from the nation’s business community, which has long pushed him to cooperate with what it believes will be a lucrative opportunity for domestic firms to expand overseas Chinese official tells American investors at a meeting:  We don't fear a trade war with the US 10/22/2018, 5:32:00 PM "China never wants a trade war with anybody, not to mention the U.S., who has been a long term strategic partner, but we also do not fear such a war," a leading member of a key Chinese committee tells American business leaders. ✔ The group is a sister organization of the American Ch...

Autos - SERIES 89 {16 articles}

Amazon connects digital assistant Alexa to microwave, clock and car 9/20/2018, 11:11:05 PM Amazon adds its Alexa digital assistant to a microwave, smart plug, car gadget and more. It may burn rivals like Google, Samsung and Apple. ✔ It won't shock anyone given Amazon's pedigree that there's a shopping play here too ✔ Amazon also attempting to let you go deeper into a conversation with its digital assistant without you having to bark out the Alexa, wake word each time ✔ Say good night to Alexa, for example, and Amazon’s assistant may remind you to lock your door Mitsubishi Outlander LS 2018 new car review 9/20/2018, 10:04:07 PM Our comprehensive review of the 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander include price, value, specifications, safety and economy. From a microwave to a clock, Amazon is taking Alexa beyond speakers 9/20/2018, 11:07:25 PM With its latest batch of product updates Amazon is bringing Alexa into cars, outlets and, yes, microwaves, too. ✔ Amazon Smart P...

Travel - SERIES 352 {11 articles}

China's Shenzhen Airlines launches direct flights to London - Travel 11/2/2018, 3:14:45 AM undefined ✔ The intercontinental route will be served by Airbus 330 wide-body aircraft and operate every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday ✔ He said the airline would blossom into an internationalized airline based in Shenzhen, with its route network covering Asia and the rest of the world ✔ By the end of 2017, it has operated about 200 domestic and international routes Fun mini-marathon to showcase Xi'an tourism in New York - Travel 11/2/2018, 2:48:18 AM undefined ✔ A fun mini-marathon will be held in New York city on Saturday to highlight the cultural and historical attractions of Xi'an, one of the best ancient cities in China ✔ Each of the top three runners will be awarded cash prize and a certificate ✔ The event, a warmup of NYC Marathon on Sunday, is hosted by the Sino-American Culture and Arts Foundation with support from the Sino-American Friendship Association Revi...

War Countries - SERIES 152 {23 articles}

Top U.S. Diplomat Backed Continuing Support for Saudi War in Yemen Over Objections of Staff 9/20/2018, 11:18:14 AM Secretary of State Mike Pompeo backed continued U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen over the objections of staff members after being warned that a cutoff could jeopardize $2 billion in weapons sales to America’s Gulf allies. ✔ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a news conference at the State Department on Sept ✔ That included the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, and the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration The babies who are too weak to cry with bodies exhausted by hunger 9/20/2018, 10:05:57 AM WARNING - UPSETTING IMAGES. The war in Yemen risks killing an entire generation of the country's children, whose bodies are exhausted by hunger ✔ In one hospital I visited in north Yemen, the babies were too weak to cry, their bodies e...