Two mass shootings that killed 29 people in Texas and Ohio reverberated across the US political arena, with some Democratic presidential candidates accusing President Donald Trump of stoking racial di ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
US President Donald Trump said things are going well with China, insisting US consumers are not paying for import taxes he has imposed on goods from that country although economists say Americans are ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points as most have expected. The market is closely watching the Fed's stance on future monetary policy. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-02
Japan and the United States have agreed to accelerate their trade talks, Japan’s Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with US Tra ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-02
The Pentagon has decided to put on hold its decision to award a US$10 billion cloud computing contract after US President Donald Trump said his administration was examining Amazon.com Inc.’s bid follo ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-02
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will impose a 10 percent tariff on US$300 billion of Chinese imports from Sept. 1 and that he could raise tariffs further if China fails to move more ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-02
Last week Australia's education ministry announced that the government is investigating whether deals between 13 universities and the Confucius Institutes breached new foreign interference laws. Over ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
US and Chinese negotiators ended a brief round of trade talks on Wednesday with little sign of progress and agreed to meet again in September, prolonging an uneasy truce in a year-long trade war, Reut ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday for the first time in more than a decade but said the move might not be the start of a lengthy campaign of such easing moves. In a statement at t ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
Most people sent to mass detention centers in China’s Xinjiang region have “returned to society”, Reuters reports, citing a senior official from the region. The official declined to give an estimate o ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-31
US President Donald Trump warned Beijing against waiting out his first term to finalize any trade deal, saying if he wins re-election in the November 2020 US presidential contest, the outcome will be ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-31
North Korea fired multiple unidentified projectiles early on Wednesday, less than a week after firing two new short-range ballistic missiles, the South Korean military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) sa ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-31
Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies said its revenue expanded at a faster pace in the first half of 2019, compared to the level a year ago, despite US sanctions on the firm. Revenue j ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-30
China and Russia conducted their first-ever joint air patrol last week by sending bombers along the South Korean coast, intruding into its air defense identification zone as well as that of Japan, wit ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
The United Kingdom's new prime minister, Boris Johnson, has often been regarded as the British version of Donald Trump, his popularity gained primarily from the Brexit situation. Last month, in a semi ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that his administration will not grant Apple any relief for tariffs on parts made in China for its Mac Pro computer. “Apple will not be given Tariff waiver, or ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
