ASIA: Many business leaders at the World Economic Forum raised concerns over whether the latest round of trade negotiations between China and US will result in a “phase two” deal before the end of President Donald’s first term. The biggest roadblocks that leaders identified for the phase two deal are US tariffs on Chinese goods […]

ASIA: China’s annual growth rate was reported as its weakest in 29 years. The growth rate was 6.1% with Chinese officials stating that the economy was stable. Other numbers reported were that population growth was also slowing with Chinese citizens having fewer children than in previous years. Malaysia is talking to the Indian government and […]

ASIA: The Trump administration is looking to make progress in phase two trade talks with China, according to a statement made today by White House trade adviser Peter Navarro. The US wants to work on preventing China from subsidizing its state-owned enterprises. “It’s just insane that Chinese government officials continue to hack into American businesses […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]