Protectionism

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EVERY MORNING, from a room in Birmingham, some of the worlds largest firms are briefed by phone on the weather in store. As continents, arrows and weather fronts flicker across their screens, meteorologists at The Weather Company (TWC) help British grocers de…

CHINAS ECONOMY is slowing, again. After a good start to the year annual growth slipped to 6.2% in the second quarter, the weakest in nearly three decades. That is hardly cause for panic: for an economy now worth nearly $14trn, such a growth rate is impressive…

CHINAS ECONOMY is slowing, again. After a good start to the year annual growth slipped to 6.2% in the second quarter, the weakest in nearly three decades. That is hardly cause for panic: for an economy now worth nearly $14trn, such a growth rate is impressive…

Image copyrightAFPImage caption India plans to borrow $10bn in foreign currency While presenting her maiden annual budget on 5 July, India's first full-time female finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, indicated that her government was planning to borrow m…

China may not be in any hurry to reach a trade deal with the U.S. if comments by Chinas Commerce Minister Zhong Shang are any guide. China must uphold the spirit of struggle in defending national interests in its current trade war with the US, the countrys …

Nirmala Sitharaman made a clear embrace of protectionism in her maiden Union Budget. The list of items on which tariffs have been hiked or introduced is far longer than the list of tariff reductions. These tariff hikes, which are part of a broader push toward…

President Donald Trump speaks during an event about the census in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Associated Press President Donald Trump defended his use of tariffs in a series of…

(Bloomberg) -- Americans are buying solar panels from Vietnam like never before, but local manufacturer IREX Energy JSC isnt celebrating. After U.S. President Donald Trump slapped higher tariffs on China, production in neighboring Vietnam went into overdrive…

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