US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday he told China’s central bank chief that currency issues need to be part of any further US-China trade talks and expressed his concerns about the yua ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
All eyes are on the United States as November’s Congressional elections approach. The outcome will answer many alarming questions raised two years ago, when Donald Trump won the presidential election. ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
The United States is tightening controls on China’s imports of civil nuclear technology to prevent use for military or other unauthorized purposes, Reuters reports, citing a statement from the US Depa ...More
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A coalition of US business groups fighting President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs has launched an advertisement aimed at telling voters ahead of the midterm elections that the measures are costing Ame ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
A Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut were safe after a Soyuz rocket bound for the International Space Station failed in mid-air two minutes after liftoff in Kazakhstan, leading to a dramatic emergen ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
Share markets in Asia plunged to a 19-month low on Thursday after Wall Street’s worst losses in eight months led to broader risk aversion, a rise in market volatility gauges and concerns over overvalu ...More
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned countries of the perils of a trade or a currency war, saying they could be detrimental to global growth and hurt “innocent bystan ...More
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The US federal government will tighten rules on foreign investment in sensitive industries like technology and telecommunications from next month as it starts to enforce a law aimed at curbing Chinese ...More
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The deepest one-day selloff in Wall Street stocks in eight months has investors using the market equivalent of a dirty word: “correction”. With traders spooked by rising US Treasury yields and fears o ...More
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Pharmacy chain CVS Health Corp. won US antitrust approval for its US$69 billion acquisition of health insurer Aetna Inc., paving the way for a combination with potential to cut US healthcare costs for ...More
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China is waging an unprecedented campaign to influence American public opinion as November congressional elections approach and presents the greatest long-term counterintelligence threat to the United ...More
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US President Donald Trump acts as if he has pulled off a smashing victory by replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) – supposedly “the worst trade deal ever” – with the new United St ...More
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Chinese conglomerate HNA Group has put up for sale property assets worth at least US$11 billion, according to documents seen by Reuters, accelerating a push to cut its large debt and restructure. Two ...More
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Fully self-driving cars may be on the fast lane to US roads under a pilot program the Trump administration said it was considering, which would allow real-world road testing for a limited number of th ...More
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President Donald Trump repeated his threat to impose tariffs on US$267 billion worth of additional Chinese imports if China retaliates for the recent levies and other measures the United States has ta ...More
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US President Donald Trump said his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would be held after US congressional elections on Nov. 6, Reuters reports. Speaking to reporters as he flew to Iow ...More
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Nikki Haley, a rising Republican star, said she was stepping down as US ambassador to the United Nations, but knocked down speculation that she might challenge President Donald Trump at the next elect ...More
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