Protectionism

On the face of it, few companies have more to gain from Donald Trump's increasingly hostile attitude towards Chinese technology companies than Facebook. TikTok, the video app that the president has promised to ban if it remains owned by China's ByteDance, is possibly the biggest challenge to Facebook's social media…

On the face of it, few companies have more to gain from Donald Trump's increasingly hostile attitude towards Chinese technology companies than Facebook. TikTok, the video app that the president has promised to ban if it remains owned by China's ByteDance, is possibly the biggest challenge to Facebook's social media…

Using the new tools, the claims for lower duty rates for imports under trade agreements may be put to greater scrutiny TopicsChinese products | trade protectionism In recent weeks, the government has restricted imports of colour television sets, pneumatic tyres, and power tillers. These can now be imported only against import licences.…

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Ministers from a trans-Pacific trade bloc have agreed to fight protectionism and avoid food and medicine shortages during the coronavirus pandemic, they said in a joint statement published on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, is seen inside at the Ministry…

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Ministers from a trans-Pacific trade bloc have agreed to fight protectionism and avoid food and medicine shortages during the coronavirus pandemic, they said in a joint statement published on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, is seen inside at the Ministry…

Chinese President Xi Jinping. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins Xi said China will fully take advantage of its huge market in the face of rising protectionism, a slowing global economy and shrinking global demand, according to the report. Reuters Beijing Last Updated: July 21, 2020, 10:37 PM IST Share this: China will…

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The Chinese government banned Facebook in 2009. And even Mark Zuckerberg — despite having a wife of Chinese origin; learning Mandarin; and doing public relations stunts such as jogging in the smog-filled streets of Beijing to say how much he loved China — was not able to have it change…

It is nothing but signals a Union government readiness to embrace protectionism in the guise of providing more thrust to its ambitious self-reliance programme TopicsIndia-China border dispute | Chinese products The directives to ecommerce firms such as Amazon, Flipkart, and Paytm to figure out a mechanism to identify the country of origin…

In recent days, protests against racism in the United States have spread to the United Kingdom, where activists are advocating the removal of statues honoring Prime Minister Winston Churchill because of his racist views. Conservatives such as current Prime Minister Boris Johnson have come to Churchill’s defense, but they might…