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Market Talk – January 15, 2020

ASIA: After more than two years of rising tension, the US and China have signed a deal aimed at calming trade frictions. The agreement has been hard-fought, but it is unclear how much economic relief from their trade war it will offer. Tariffs will largely remain in place. Analysts say it’s unlikely that the deal […]

Market Talk – January 14, 2020

ASIA: President Trump’s trade war with Beijing reduced the US’ trade deficit with China last year, although Chinese manufacturers still export far more to the US than vice versa. China’s widening surplus provided ready ammunition to the Trump administration as it placed round after round of tariffs on the country’s goods to get Beijing to […]

Market Talk – January 13, 2020

  ASIA: All eyes will be on the signing of the US and China trade deal that is due to occur on Wednesday when Vice Premier Liu will be heading with his entourage to Washington. It seems previous tensions are easing ahead of the talks. The US today removed China off the currency manipulator list […]

Market Talk – January 10, 2020

ASIA: Apple saw a huge boost in iPhone sales in China last month, but embattled tech giant Huawei won’t giving up the top spot anytime soon. Sales for the iPhone jumped 18% in December compared to the same month a year earlier, according to data from the China Academy of Information and Communication Technology. The […]

Market Talk – January 9, 2020

ASIA: The United States and China continued trade talks in Beijing for an unscheduled third day, US officials said. There are signs of progress on issues including purchases of US farm and energy commodities and increased access to China’s markets. People familiar with the talks said the world’s two largest economies were further apart on […]

Market Talk – January 8, 2020

ASIA: China has announced they will ban all foreign materials from the classroom in order to keep students focused on the “Chinese” way. The Ministry of Education said that they will insist that education materials promote Marxism and reflect the Chinese style. “All primary and secondary school teaching materials must reflect the will of the […]

Market Talk – January 7, 2020

ASIA: Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk announced they will start exporting cars from China and will build unique cars from the Chinese gigafactory.”Something that would be super cool … So we’re going to do it … is to try to create a China design and engineering center to actually design an original car in China for […]

Market Talk – January 6, 2020

ASIA: China has replaced their liaison officer with Hong Kong over the manner in which the protests were handled. The new liaison officer was quick to offer a way back to China by urging Hong Kong they must return to the “right path.” Luo Huining was confident he was able to stabilize the country and […]

Market Talk – January 3, 2020

ASIA: US President Donald Trump announced a date for the signing of the first phase of the trade deal. He said the first date will be the 15th of January as well as announcing via twitter that he will be traveling soon to Beijing to work out phase 2 of the deal. Taiwanese President Tsai […]

Market Talk – January 2, 2019

ASIA: China has suspended their proposal of allowing Chinese companies to be listed in London. The Shanghai-London connect project was put on hold without citing an official reason. Although many believe the reason to be the UK’s pro-stance on Hong Kong democracy movement. China would be an important player in their future success as they […]