Trade War

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The most important theme of 2020 wasn’t the emergence of a technological innovation. Rather, it was how the pandemic supercharged certain existing trends while revealing cracks in the firmament we should have seen long before. At least, that’s what some thoughtful members of the TechNode community said in a remarkable…

Xi welcomed the situation at Davos, but squandered China’s opportunity to improve its global standing, experts say In a survey of 14 industrialised countries, 73 per cent of their populations regard Beijing unfavourably, China’s worst score ever Topic |   Xi Jinping E3B1C256-BFCB-4CEF-88A6-1DCCD7666635 Mark Magnier in Washington Published: 2:19am, 25 Dec, 2020…

Many companies expected 2020 to be a challenging year. They anticipated technological shifts that would affect their business—like the transition from combustion to electric vehicles for automotive manufacturers—or ongoing instability due to raging trade wars or Brexit. But the impact of the covid pandemic on top of these challenges has,…

Last month, fifteen countries signed what could be the biggest trade deal in history. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) covers a third of the world’s population and a corresponding third of the global economy. The RCEP is historic in many ways: it’s the first trade deal between China and…

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She will be responsible for repairing economic ties damaged by Trump’s trade wars while fulfilling Biden’s pledge to stay tough on China Tai, who is fluent in Mandarin, is a former China enforcement head at the Office of the United States Trade Representative  Published: 7:17am, 10 Dec, 2020 Updated:…

Listen to this story Australian small businesses have been among the more hard hit by the country’s tensions with China, but Dynamic Business would like to help. With the world superpower threatening to slap major tariffs on many industries, the Australian economy may need to field a $6 billion blow…

Biting new Chinese trade tariffs have stoked fears that Australia's virus-weakened economy is being targeted for political retribution and the two countries may be sliding into a shadow trade war. Since Canberra pointedly demanded an investigation into the origins and spread of the coronavirus, the number of Aussie businesses being…

Turbulent times can expose weaknesses in distribution chains, putting stress on chokepoints and reducing access to critical components, suppliers, and capital. The ability to respond to changes rapidly and effectively depends on a variety of assets and business capabilities: replacing or augmenting supply sources in response to partner inventory issues…