US President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that Washington may leave tariffs on Chinese goods for a “substantial period” to ensure that Beijing complies with any trade agreement, Reuters reports. T ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-21
The National People's Congress, China's parliament, las ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2019年03月21日
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin plan to travel to China next week for another round of trade talks with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, Reuters reports, ci ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-20
The entire world was shocked by the mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, last Friday that killed 50 and left dozens injured. As Jacinda Ardern, the country’s prime minister, put ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-19
Premier Li Keqiang announced an unprecedented package of tax cuts worth 2 trillion yuan (US$297.93 billion) in his annual work report. Unlike credit easing or infrastructure investment, tax cuts may t ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-19
The US Federal Reserve surprised markets recently with a large and unexpected policy change. When the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met in December 2018, it hiked the Fed’s policy rate to 2.25- ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-19
到了三藩巿數天，時差問題倒不算嚴重，因我在香港本來已睡得很晚。這次美國之行三分之二為度假，三分之一才是公事。上 ...全文
As I write this, Robert Lighthizer, Trump’s trade negotiator, is expected to be in a session with Chinese officials. Speaking in front of the Senate finance committee this week he admitted that trade ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-15
China can use reserve requirements and interest rates to support economic growth, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday, promising broad policy steps to prevent a sharper slowdown for the world’s second-b ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-15
North Korea is considering suspending nuclear talks with the United States and its leader may rethink a ban on missile tests, news reports from the North’s capital on Friday quoted a senior official a ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-15
Though economics aspires to the rigor of the natural sciences, at the end of the day it is still a social science. At no point in the past 40 years has this been more evident than it is now. For decad ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-15
British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to seek a delay in Britain’s exit from the European Union, setting the stage for Prime Minister Theresa May to renew efforts to get her divorce deal approved by ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-15
Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX 8 and 9 planes will be grounded for weeks, if not longer, until a software upgrade can be tested and installed, Reuters reports, citing US lawmakers, as officials in France prepar ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-15
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. pleaded not guilty to a 13-count indictment filed in a New York federal court against the company, Reuters reports. Huawei, the world’s largest telecommunications equipmen ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-15
Despite being flamboyant and boastful, US President Donald Trump has a very strong ability to set the agenda on key topics. A year ago, Trump floated the idea of a “space force” as a new military bran ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-14
