Trade War

China’s economic ascent is accelerating barely a year after its first coronavirus lockdowns, as its success in controlling Covid-19 allows it to boost its share of global trade and investment. The world’s second-largest economy is set on Monday to report gross domestic product increased 2.1% in 2020, the only major…

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - After four years of dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump, Asia can expect President-elect Joe Biden to improve ties with traditionally supportive nations and end a “silly trade war” with China, Malaysia’s former premier Mahathir Mohamad said. “I expect it to be different from Trump, because…

© Reuters. How China Won Trump's Trade War and Got Americans to Foot the Bill (Bloomberg) -- Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks Covid-19’s impact on trade. Sign up here, and subscribe to our Covid-19 podcast for the latest news and analysis on the pandemic. U.S. President Donald Trump famously tweeted…

About | OpenText is the leader in Information Management, accelerating digital transformation with advanced solutions in content management, customer experience, business network, security and protection. Q&A with John Radko, SVP of Engineering, OpenText OpenText Supply chains and trading partnerships have been put under huge pressure in 2020 due to the…

West Australian grain growers are set to reap more than $6 billion from this year's harvest, defying dry conditions and the spectre of a trade war with China to post one of the most lucrative paydays on record. Key points:WA growers reap a higher-than-expected 16.5 million tonne harvestThe harvest is…

(THR) China finally usurped North America as the world’s biggest box office territory in 2020, generating an estimated $3 billion in ticket sales compared with about $2.28 billion stateside. All it took was a global pandemic.China's cinemas were hard hit by the first phase of the novel coronavirus outbreak, as lengthy…

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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,…