Volatility has picked up noticeably in the global stock markets in reaction to the newsflow on the US-China trade war and Donald Trump's tweets on the issue. Market gauges such as VIX and VXV have con ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-17
Since 1979, the United States has been the most important Western partner of China, providing capital, technology, management and access to institutions of learning. Under President Donald Trump, this ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-17
US President Donald Trump has told his top advisers that he does not want to get the United States involved in a war with Iran, Reuters reports, citing unidentified US officials. “He doesn’t want to g ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-17
美國政府提出整頓綠卡制度，降低家庭團聚的比例，以騰出空位讓美國吸納更多技能及教育水平較高的移民，而且打算廢除綠 ...全文
The US Commerce Department said on Wednesday that it is adding Huawei Technologies and 70 affiliates to its so-called “Entity List”, a move that bans the Chinese telecoms group from buying parts and c ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-16
US President Donald Trump will outline on Thursday a plan to harden border security and overhaul the legal immigration system to favor applicants who speak English, are well-educated and have job offe ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-16
美國總統特朗普的長子唐納德（Donald Trump Jr.）據報與共和黨控制的參議院達成協議，下月將接受參院 ...全文
North Korea test-fired another two short-range missiles last Thursday, the second time within six days. Although the missiles which Pyongyang launched didn’t fly over the territories of any of its nei ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-15
The US-China trade war has escalated with Washington raising to 25 percent the tariff on US$200 billion of Chinese goods and announcing the same tariff will be imposed on another US$300 billion of Chi ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-15
Drivers for ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc are independent contractors and not employees, the general counsel of a US labor agency says. The recommendation by the office of general counsel ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-15
US President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week barring American companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk, paving the ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-15
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the trade war with China “a little squabble” and insisted talks between the world’s two largest economies had not collapsed, Reuters reports. “We’re having ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-15
Saudi Arabia said armed drones struck two of its oil pumping stations on Tuesday, two days after the sabotage of oil tankers near the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reports. The attacks took place agai ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-15
Investors have rightly been focused on the outcome of the contentious trade negotiations between the US and China for guidance on the near-term direction of markets. A continuation of the trade confli ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-14
Twenty years ago on May 8, the Chinese embassy in the former Yugoslavia in Belgrade was struck by five guided bombs dropped by a US bomber, leaving three dead and more than 20 injured. Then US preside ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-14
I visited Guizhou again last week, and was so impressed by the local big data and tourism industry developments there. The remote province in southwestern China used to be poor and lagging far behind ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-14
US President Donald Trump said he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month, as the trade war between the world’s two largest economies intensified, Reuters reports. Earlier, China announ ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-14
