A top-level official in China commented on background yesterday on the very tenuous but now likely attempts by Beijing to reset China-US economic and trade relations after the US presidential
Election day is finally behind us and the American people have spoken, and even while all the votes have yet to be tabulated, and with the near certainty of recounts
Last weekend, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi set the close of business today, Tuesday, as the deadline by which to strike a Phase IV fiscal stimulus deal with Treasury
The Phase IV Covid fiscal relief package looked all but dead and buried earlier this week when President Trump, barely out of the Walter Reed Medical Center, yanked Treasury Secretary
Pressure on the White House and Congress to pass a Phase IV fiscal stimulus deal has risen sharply over the last two weeks as economic data and a renewed series
Four ministries recently submitted a joint report to China’s State Council and to the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs (CCFEA) on how to respond to the most recent
The US State Department announced today that it had ordered the closure within 72 hours of China’s Consulate General office in Houston, “in order to protect American intellectual property and
Senior sources in Beijing warn that China will take countermeasures against recent attacks and sanctions by the administration of US President Donald Trump over Hong Kong, Taiwan, the coronavirus, and
In mid-May, the National Security Commission of the Communist Party of China submitted a 52-page strategic research report to the country’s top decision-making body, the Politburo. The subject of the
Markets like to superimpose the framework of yesterday to handicap the uncertainties of tomorrow. When it comes to trading the reemergence of tensions between the Trump administration and Beijing, they
The administration of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, with the help of Congressional allies, is weighing a series of retaliatory measures to hold the Chinese government accountable for the human
The administration of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, with the help of Congressional allies, is weighing a series of retaliatory measures to hold the Chinese government accountable for the human
China’s President Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee on Friday morning in Zhongnanhai, Beijing, to refine a series of COVID-19
Dr. Sarah Zaidi has provided an updated analysis of the COVID-19 spread, testing methodologies, and on questions over the potential mutation of the virus. As with our previous COVID-19 reports, this report
On the eve of the just concluded long US holiday weekend, the office of the US Trade Representative issued a statement that effective March 18 tariffs on imported European Union
Negotiations are moving very rapidly this morning between the Congressional Democratic and Republican leaderships on a much-prized agreement with the White House for a two-year budget and debt ceiling deal.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC this morning from the sidelines of the G7 meeting in Paris that he, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are working out the final details to an agreement they have
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