... net trade surplus with the US and is keen in developing its long-term expertise. We still believe that over the next months China will refrain from using “heavy trade artillery” to directly penalize ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-24
... t-account surplus peaked at 10 percent of GDP in 2007, and now stands at a mere 1.3 percent of GDP. So now you are getting real goods and services in exchange for your exports. Dear Estonia, Latvia, a ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-24
... the trade surplus with the United States hit a record high last month and looks set to keep a bitter tariff dispute with Washington on the boil for a while longer. The administration of US President D ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-16
... n growing surplus food, which was then warehoused (at further cost) and ultimately destroyed (at still further cost). The system has improved somewhat over the years, but not nearly enough. The farm b ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-13
... accounts surplus has been shrinking over the last two years, and the decline has accelerated in the first four months of this year. If its trade surplus with the United States continues to narrow, th ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-10
... the trade surplus with US. The full article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on July 9 Translation by Julie Zhu [Chinese version 中文版] – Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-10
... a’s trade surplus. But Apple, a US entity, would make very handsome profit from the sales of these gadgets. China's trade surplus is closely tied to American corporate profits. Given this, US sanction ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-28
... ion trade surplus with the US, second only to Japan. In the face of this deficit, China continues to block American goods.” In 2001, George W. Bush entered office with the idea that with the demise of ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-14
... ion trade surplus with the US, second only to Japan. In ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2018年06月14日
... t account surplus with higher wage levels and more appropriate macro policies. On May 24, the EU Commission published a new proposal for a framework for sovereign bond-backed securities (SBBS). Its ba ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-31
... its trade surplus by US$200 billion. However, no figure was cited in the countries’ joint statement on Saturday, Reuters noted. Tension between the two sides has been growing since the Trump administr ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-21
... its trade surplus with the US by US$200 billion by 2020, and lower tariffs on all products to levels no higher than those of the US. The delegation also asked China to halt subsidies for advanced tech ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-04
... t account surplus turned into a deficit in 2017, as the country posted its largest ever annual trade deficit. The central bank could be behind the curve and might have to take action soon. Separately, ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-02
... or even a surplus in 2018. Putin has also called for higher living standards and higher spending on social infrastructure, such as healthcare and education. Some government officials have called for l ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-02
... ral trade surplus with the US by US$100 billion, which it could do by buying US$100 billion worth of US oil or gas. But whether China were to reduce its purchases from elsewhere or simply sell the US ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-09
... ods trade surplus with the US in 2017, a figure that Trump has demanded be cut by US$100 billion. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-04
... ods trade surplus with the US in 2017, a figure that Trump has demanded be cut by US$100 billion. But USTR said the China tariffs announced on Tuesday were proposed “in response to China’s policies th ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-04
... uge trade surplus with the US, but many American companies also gain from China trade. Apple, for instance, earned US$18 billion from China market in last fiscal quarter, representing 20 percent of it ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-27
... cord cash surplus of HK$138 billion for the current financial year to March. They said the benefits Chan had announced would mainly go to the middle class while only scant resources have been allocate ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-22
... ion trade surplus with the US. The Trump administration has been pressing Beijing to come up with a way of reducing that number. In January, Trump told Reuters he was considering a big “fine” as part ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-20