US flies spy planes again over Korean Peninsula amid concerns over N. Korea’s provocations
SEOUL, Dec 26, 2019, Yonhap. The United States has flown spy planes around the Korean…
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The United States is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. It is the largest economy in the world and home to 323 million people. When the forum began in 1989, the real GDP of the United States was USD 8.8 trillion, which went up to 16.9 trillion in 2016. Its real per capita GDP also rose from 36,000 in 1989 to 52,000 in 2016.
[Analytics] Duterte better call Trump on visa ban
Abusive Philippine officials in panic over the US Magnitsky law that could ban them from…
[Analytics] Can India survive in a China-centered Asia-Pacific?
The successful completion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) with Asia-Pacific countries is more…
Christmas lights, tangled in US-China trade war, show Vietnam’s struggle: Bloomberg
HANOI, Dec 26, 2019, Bloomberg. Shipments from Vietnam to US have more than doubled thanks…
Japanese media claims about Gorbachev’s Kurils-related remarks is a fake: Spokesman
MOSCOW, Dec 26, 2019, TASS. Allegations by the Japanese news agency Kyodo to the effect…
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick severs last ties to company
NEW YORK, Dec 25, 2019, The Business Times. About decade after co-founding Uber, Travis Kalanick…
[Analytics] Modest but positive funding for US’ Asia-Pacific strategy
Asia-focused foreign and security policy analysts in Washington, many of whom have been sceptical about…
[Analytics] Battleground Nepal: China’s BRI vs the US MCC Compact
The all-powerful Standing Committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, which ended on December…
[Analytics] What Kim Jong Un’s year-end Trump deadline means
It’s quite true that the North Korean regime is secretive to the extreme. However, in…
[Analytics] What could come as a promised ‘Christmas surprise’ from North Korea?
North Korea doesn’t really do Christmas cards, but if it did, its card would probably…
Dozens injured in 69-vehicle US pile-up
WILLIAMSBURG, Dec 23, 2019, AP. A pile-up involving more than 60 cars on a major…
China will lower import tariffs on over 850 products from January 1: Finance Ministry
BEIJING, Dec 23, 2019, CNBC. China will lower tariffs on products ranging from frozen pork…