The US team is in Beijing for the big talks on whither the US-China trade relationship. There are no indications yet of where this might go – an exchange of hardening positions or an effort to find solutions. We will find out next week. But the vibe out there contains little that suggests a weakening […]
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There’s a lot of news out there again this week with the May holiday looming. The leaders of the two Koreas met, which has all sorts of positive implications to it, but it’s still anyone’s guess where this is going. Will Trump really meet with Kim? What will he say? Declaring a formal end to […]
Things really seem to be gathering steam, and neither the US or Chinese side seem likely to be in a mood for compromise any time soon. It could all be solved with good old reciprocity, but that’s a concept that seems further than ever from a possibility. Hence the core problem, of course. The US, […]
The rate of news developments is definitely speeding up. This week, nothing more than a brief summary can be accomplished here, but the top developments cover all bases, domestic, periphery and international. The party chief promised economic reforms which are absolutely not an effort to reduce the threat of measures from the US. Then, he […]
The International Monetary Fund warned China yesterday of the risk posed by unnecessary infrastructure projects in countries that already face significant debt issues, the second time this week that the organization has cautioned China on debt issues, the Financial Times reports. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde told Beijing that “ventures can also lead to a […]