Yahoo Japan, messaging app Line to merge to form online giant
TOKYO, Nov 18, 2019, AP. Z Holdings Corp, which owns SoftBank Corp that operates Yahoo…
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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.
China is building up its ‘shadow reserves’ to counter its reliance on the US dollar
BEIJING, Nov 18, 2019, CNBC. China is heavily exposed to the U.S. dollar, but now,…
[Analytics] Non-oil exports to be doubled: What Russia is selling now and what it wants to sell
Last week govt founded “Russian Export Center” (REC) gathered together about 3 thousand people from…
No progress made over pact in Japan-S Korea defense chief talks
BANGKOK, Nov 17, 2019, Kyodo. Japan and South Korea made little progress over a bilateral…
US, S. Korea postpone military drills in bid to bolster N. Korea peace effort
BANGKOK, Nov 17, 2019, Reuters. The United States and South Korea announced on Sunday they…
[Analytics] Companies in Asia need to wake up to the new normal of climate change
These days, the reminders of how rapidly the world’s climate is changing come with depressing…
US to extend licence allowing its companies to continue business with Huawei
NEW YORK, Nov 16, 2019, NYT, Reuters. The United States is set to extend a…
NATO confronted by China’s efforts to undermine its security: Pompeo
NEW YORK, Nov 16, 2019, TASS. NATO is confronted by China’s efforts to undermine its…
China, US discuss cancelling additional tariffs
BEIJING, Nov 15, 2019, China Daily. China and the United States are in the midst…
[Analytics] Bill Taylor is Donald Trump’s impeachment nightmare
Bill Taylor was everything Democrats hoped he would be. And everything Republicans feared he might…
Russia to increase poultry meat sales in China from zero to 55 thousand tons in 2019 while US-China trade war
MOSCOW, Nov 14, 2019, Pan Pacific Agency. Increasing sales of agricultural products between Russia and…
[Analytics] NATO and the China challenge: Current trends and future developments
Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a visit to Germany coinciding with…