On April 16, 2021, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga became the first foreign head of state to meet with US President Joe Biden at the White House since the latter took office. The summit was hel……
1. Warning from a senior U.S. official
“Taiwan is clearly one of their [China’s] ambitions before then. And I think the threat is manifest during this decade, in fact in the next six years.”
Philip ……
After eight years negotiations, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) was formally signed on the afternoon of November 15, 2020. It is the largest global FTA ever and is a c……
1. The Pineapple Import Ban–A Trade Issue or a Government Issue?
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Chilly in Springtime
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Finding a role
Since the Brexit referendum in 2016 there has been a continual cry from the victors to hurry up and get Brexit done. It took until the end of 2020 before the formal and effective exit……
Mr Biden is moving at record speed to undo anything Trump did. So fast as to be dangerous possibly increasing the danger of war, as will be seen.
Before erasing it Mr Biden should ask whether the Tru……
At the end of 2020, iron ore and coal prices drastically soared in the global market. These two raw-material-level primary products are closely related to our lives, and steelmaking requires large qua……
Least Bad Economy
Little over a year ago this column (EN 796 / JP 815) when looking forward to the coming decade saw difficult years ahead for China. Slowing economic growth, growing state and priva……
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