North Korean state news agency KCNA said on Friday another test of super-large multiple rocket launchers a day earlier had been a success, but the test drew protests from neighboring Japan and South K ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-01
The Trump administration is withholding US$105 million in security aid for Lebanon, two days after the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, Reuters reports, citing unidentified US of ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-01
Twitter will ban political advertising on its platform next month, the company’s CEO Jack Dorsey announced on Wednesday, prompting mixed reactions from the two main political camps in the US. "We've m ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-31
China will eliminate all restrictions on foreign investments not included in its self-styled “negative lists” and also will “neither explicitly nor implicitly” force foreign investors and companies to ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-30
Britain will hold its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval from parliament on Tuesday for an early ballot aimed at breaking the Brexit deadlock, ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-30
A cloud of gloom hovered over the International Monetary Fund’s annual meeting this month. With the global economy experiencing a synchronized slowdown, any number of tail risks could bring on an outr ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-29
On October 1, the People’s Republic of China celebrated the 70th anniversary of its founding with impressive military and civilian parades meant to showcase the extraordinary progress the country has ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-29
US President Donald Trump said the United States plans to cooperate with “like-minded nations” to promote security in next-generation 5G networks, Reuters reports. In a letter to delegates at the 2019 ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-29
The United States Trade Representative is studying whether to extend tariff suspensions on US$34 billion of Chinese goods set to expire on Dec. 28 this year, Reuters reports. The USTR, the lead US tra ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-29
If Amazon.com decides to fight the Pentagon’s decision to award a highly contested US$10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft, it could act as early as next week. A challenge to the Defense D ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-29
Microsoft Corp. has won the Pentagon’s US$10 billion cloud computing contract, beating out favorite Amazon.com Inc., Reuters reports. The contracting process had long been mired in conflict of interes ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-28
Fugitive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died “whimpering and crying” in a raid by US special forces in northwest Syria, President Donald Trump has announced. Baghdadi, who had led the jihad ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-28
Top US and Chinese trade officials will discuss plans on Friday for China to buy more American farm products, but in return, Beijing will request cancellation of some planned and existing US tariffs o ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-25
South Korea will no longer seek special treatment reserved for developing countries by the World Trade Organization in future negotiations given its enhanced global economic status. “The government de ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-25
In the United States and other advanced industrial economies, a growing number of workers no longer work for a single employer on a traditional contract. Instead, they earn income through a variety of ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-25
US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday accused China of curtailing “rights and liberties” in Hong Kong and blasted US firm Nike and the National Basketball Association for falling in line with Beiji ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-25
The language of international monetary policy has turned militaristic. The phrase “currency war” has now been popular for a decade, and the United States government’s more recent “weaponization” of th ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-24
Xiaomi Corp. has had a meteoric rise in the technology world. After it released its first smartphone in 2011, the company rapidly gained market share and became China's largest smartphone maker in 20 ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-23
