Trade War

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Project Syndicate) After nearly 18 months of tit-for-tat tariff increases, the United States and China have reached a phase one agreement to start de-escalating their trade war. As part of the deal, President Donald Trump canceled further …

Apr 27th 2019 ECONOMISTS OFTEN argue that trade wars cannot be won. Yet they will be among the few beneficiaries from Americas barrage of tariffs. For decades, rich countries sound trade policies denied academics cases of tit-for-tat protectionism to study. …

BW FILE PHOTO TOTAL EXPORT GROWTH accelerated to 5.1% in the third quarter from the preceding three months 4.3%, boosted especially by continued strong service export growth, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said in a statement on Friday. Overseas…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in November, pointing to moderate economic growth that could potentially support the Federal Reserve’s desire to keep interest rates unchanged indefinitely, though inflation remained muted. The…

If you saw the 2018 Marvel movie Black Panther, you know that the fictional land of Wakanda is filled with some incredible technologies. But did you know that Wakanda is a trade partner with the United States? At least thats what was listed on an official U.S…

Someone is going to get a bollocking at the U.S. State Department, because they added Wakanda—the fictional high-tech African kingdom from the marvel Black Panther movie—to an official list of trade partners. The fictional country was removed soon from the l…

Image copyrightMarvel/DisneyImage caption Wakanda is a fictional East African country from Black Panther, which was adapted into a film last year The US Department of Agriculture listed Wakanda as a free trade partner - despite it being a fictional country…

AMERICAN TRADE deals typically stretch to thousands of pages. The new phase one trade deal between America and China takes up only 86. Wang Shouwen, the Chinese deputy representative of international trade negotiations, described a text with nine chapters, in…

On today’s How To CEO podcast, I had a conversation with Myriam Joire (AKA tnkgrl) from the Mobile Tech Podcast. Among many other things, Myriam is a tech journalist, podcaster, entrepreneur, and sought-after consultant. She and I will be podcasting together …

Trumps team also wanted to put the brakes on Chinas drive to establish itself as the worlds economic superpower. China is basically trying to steal the future, declared Peter Navarro, a top trade adviser, a year ago. But the new deal, while it includes some p…