One year ago, the victory of Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election opened a big question in relation to the political and economic future of…
Posts tagged as “Trade war”
Singapore has just strengthened its global position as an international affairs and trade intermediary, proxy and fixer. With the signing in the city-state on August…
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI) has announced export restrictions on three chip-making components to South Korea, as a retaliatory move against Seoul’s…
Osaka’s G20 summit was the setting of yet another display of Trump’s two-steps-backward-one-step-forward “Art of the Deal” tactics… After branding Huawei Technologies a risk to…
Been re-listening to a 2012 conference by Prof. John Mearsheimer, of University of Chicago, on why China cannot rise peacefully. Far from assigning a “good”…
“There is an inherent and fundamental contradiction in the Trump administration’s China policy. On one hand, decoupling U.S. and Chinese technology supply chains may well…
And how exactly is Latin America supposed to be willing to remain a vassal of the US empire, with China knocking at the door ?…
A timely coincidence… South Korea calls for seizing Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ assets over World War 2 forced labour, just as Korea Development Bank initiates consolidation…









China showcases its own brand of authoritarian capitalism
Shortly before entering the Golden Week celebrations of the PRC’s 70th anniversary, Chinese provincial authorities flexed their muscle by dispatching officials to close to 100…