ASIA: Major carmakers are suing the US government over import taxes it has imposed on Chinese parts. Tesla is the latest auto firm to object to customs duties introduced by the Trump administration and is demanding refunds. The US and China have imposed border taxes on each other’s goods and services as part of a […]

COMMENT: Mart, this is tearing my family apart. I can no longer even speak to my son. He is against Trump simply because he does not like him personally or his tweets. I try to explain this should not turn on those issues. This is a war for your future. My son will not listen […]

ASIA: ByteDance has applied for a tech export license in China as it races to seal a deal with Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc with hopes will end the US’ government plans to ban its TikTok video-streaming app on security grounds, Reuters reported. The Beijing-based firm submitted the application to Beijing’s municipal commerce bureau and […]

QUESTION: What did Martin mean by gold having a 21 year high. I simply can’t see how it is possible for it not to go up from here as sovereign debt collapses and printing presses are on turbo I’ll be getting the gold report when it’s out but…. I’m about to get my hands on a […]

ASIA: US President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that China must be held accountable for having “unleashed” COVID-19 on the world, prompting Beijing to accuse him of “lies” and abusing the U.N. platform to provoke confrontation. But China’s UN ambassador Zhang Jun rejected Trump’s accusations against China as “baseless” and […]

ASIA: China and India have agreed not to deploy more troops to the frontline, China’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The two sides held their sixth round of commander-level talks on the border situation on Monday. The countries have agreed not to unilaterally change the situation, so as to avoid any actions that might complicate […]

ASIA: ByteDance and Oracle Corp issued conflicting statements on Monday over the terms of an agreement they reached with the White House over the weekend to allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States. ByteDance said on Monday that it would own 80% of TikTok Global, a newly created US company that will […]

ASIA: China’s ByteDance is planning a U.S. initial public offering of TikTok Global, the new company that will operate the popular short video app, should its proposed deal be cleared by the U.S. government, Reuters reported. ByteDance is racing to clinch an agreement with the White House that will stave off a U.S. ban on […]

QUESTION: The supporters of the left side and of the state/public sector always mention that the private sector is the one that suffers as in general (ex. 2008/2009 AIG case) the public always comes at the end as a fire brigade to save the world. How would we answer technically to all these people? Thank […]

COMMENT: What is wrong with Andrews? Does he have a Hitler/Napoleon Complex? The police are thugs. They are becoming criminals and Andrews says nobody will get hurt if they stop protesting. I am embarrassed to be Australian. anonymous REPLY: Andrews is just unbelievable. There will always be diseases that are part of nature. Viruses are […]