US President Donald Trump declined to set a deadline for levying tariffs on another US$325 billion of Chinese goods and called the relationship with Beijing good but “testy” after China walked back co ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-13
US consumer prices barely rose in May, pointing to moderate inflation that together with a slowing economy increased pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this year, Reuters reports. B ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-13
As the economic war with the United States intensifies, ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2019年06月13日
It’s quite obvious that US President Donald Trump’s key objective in his trade war is to contain China – China's tech sector, in particular. By prohibiting American companies from selling patents, chi ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-12
News organizations are being challenged by technology giants and unsettled by a broader lack of trust but they have a much deeper problem: most people don’t want to pay for online news, the Reuters In ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-12
US President Donald Trump took a public stance against the use of CIA informants to spy on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying it would not happen on his watch, Reuters reports. “I saw the inform ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-12
Foxconn, the world’s top contract electronics assembler, said it has enough capacity outside China to meet Apple’s demand in the American market if the need should arise for the iPhone maker to adjust ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-12
US President Donald Trump defended the use of tariffs as part of his trade strategy while China vowed a tough response if the United States insists on escalating trade tensions amid ongoing negotiatio ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-12
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met up with People’s Bank of China Governor Yi Gang during a G20 ministerial meeting in Japan last weekend. Following the meeting, the American official referred t ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-11
North Korea called on the United States to “withdraw its hostile policy” towards Pyongyang, warning that failure to do so would render agreements made at a landmark summit in Singapore a year ago “a b ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-11
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is ready to impose another round of punitive tariffs on Chinese imports if he cannot make progress in trade talks with China’s top leader at a Group of ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-11
Just as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was marking the 30th anniversary of Beijing's June 4 incident in an unusually high-profile manner, his cabinet colleague, Elaine Lan Chao, a Chinese American ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-10
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he has indefinitely suspended the threat of tariffs against Mexico after reaching “a signed agreement” on immigration, Reuters reports. “I am pleased to i ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-10
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Hong Kong on Sunday night to voice their opposition to the government's controversial plan to amend the city's extradition law. Denouncing the ex ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-10
US President Donald Trump threatened to hit China with tariffs on “at least” another US$300 billion worth of Chinese goods but said he thought both China and Mexico wanted to make deals in their trade ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-06
Donald Trump loves a good deal. Xi Jinping also likes a firm handshake. Yet both presidents are currently playing a cat-and-mouse game. Will the rivals, like Tom and Jerry of cartoon fame, keep invent ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-06
It seems that ordinary Chinese consumers don't give a hoot about the raging Sino-US trade war. Several online shopping platforms in mainland China, including JD and Tmall, are organizing their mid-yea ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-06
Though US President Donald Trump tends to grab most of the headlines, he is hardly a global exception. Populist autocrats have enjoyed a breathtaking rise to power in countries around the world, and n ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-06
