China’s President Xi Jinping laid out five reform measures at the opening ceremony of the second BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) Summit last Friday, April 26, that were intended to highlight a
The next phase of the political brawl to pass a budget that would take US federal spending through the November 2020 elections is taking shape this week as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi struggles to find the 218
When the White House Office of Management and Budget indicated last week that President Trump will be seeking deep cuts in non-defense discretionary spending while asking for a $75 billion increase in defense
The two key Senate and House Conference Committee lead appropriators will be sitting down in a few hours this afternoon for a last gasp effort to break the political impasse over border security and “the
With the President conceding there will be no State of the Union address until the shutdown is brought to an end, attention is now shifting to the Senate, which this afternoon will be
As 2018 drew to a tumultuous close, President Donald Trump went out of his way to highlight the positive tone of a call he had just concluded with China’s President
Early Monday evening (Beijing time), from what we understand, US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin reached out to his Chinese negotiating counterpart Vice-Premier Liu He to schedule a three-way call on
President Xi Jinping presided over a crucial meeting last Friday, December 7, in Zhongnanhai to discuss China’s global relations, the Buenos Aires trade summit with President Donald Trump, and the
Speculation that US Trade Representative hardliner Robert Lighthizer may take the lead on negotiations with China over the 90-day truce period just negotiated at the G20 summit should in no way be taken as a
President Donald Trump roiled markets overnight in stating to a reporter it is “highly unlikely” he will refrain from raising tariffs as currently threatened on an existing list of $200
In reading the weekend press traders might be forgiven for thinking the tough cross-talk between US Vice President Mike Pence and China’s President Xi Jinping at an APEC summit was
The US midterm elections are a day away, and amid the frenzy of heated pundit speculation asserting either a Democratic “Blue Wave” or a Republican “Red Wall,’’ we think main question is
With just 18 days to go before the November 6 midterm elections, Democrats still look likely to win control of the House of Representatives. Indeed, despite pre-election volatility, we believe
By this week, nine economic departments will have formally submitted their respective forecasts for the major economic data to China’s Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission and State Council, all of which
China’s President Xi Jinping is reported to have been livid at the imposition of US sanctions on China’s Equipment Development Department and its director, Li Shangfu, for purchasing Russian Su-35
US and trade sensitive global markets continued to rally overnight and today on reports that US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has reached out to his negotiating counterpart, Vice Premier Liu
On Friday, President Donald Trump tweeted from aboard Air Force One a threat of further tariffs on another $267 billion of imports from China, behind the $200 billion list that was
With the US Labor Day weekend and summer holidays fading slowly into the rearview mirror, the traditional home stretch in the campaigning for US elections in November has begun in
This weekend’s headlines were dominated by the tough rhetoric and aggressive Chinese official media editorials that included vows to dig in for a protracted trade war with the US, even
From what we understand, China’s Vice Minister Liu He turned down a request a few days ago from the US Ambassador to China, former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, to meet
