[Analytics] China’s Northeastern rust belt was once ‘eldest son’, now struggling as runt of the litter
Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang were birthplace of China’s industrialisation in 1950s, but now contribute just…
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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.
Trump says relations with Russia have tremendous potential
WASHINGTON D.C., May 5, 2019, TASS. United States President Donald Trump said on Saturday he…
US-China trade talks going ‘very well’: Donald Trump
WASHINGTON D.C., May 4, 2019, SCMP. Negotiations between Washington and Beijing on reaching a trade…
Boeing 737 plane skids off runway into river in Florida
JACKSONVILLE, May 4, 2019, TASS. A Boeing 737 commercial plane, carrying 136 people, skidded off…
Russia tops global gold buyers list as it turns away from US dollar
MOSCOW, May 3, 2019, RT. Net gold purchases by central banks hit a six-year high…
[Analytics] Thai’s shippers see export rebound
A key shippers group remains hopeful that exports will fare better in the second quarter…
Pentagon warns on risk of Chinese submarines in Arctic
WASHINGTON D.C., May 3, 2019, Reuters. Deepening Chinese activities in the Arctic region could also…
China, U.S. hold 10th round of high-level trade consultations in Beijing
BEIJING, May 2, 2019, Xinhua. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer…
Trump meets Taiwan’s Foxconn boss turned politician Terry Gou at White House
WASHINGTON D.C., May 2, 2019, SCMP. Foxconn billionaire chairman Terry Gou has met with United…
Vietnam alive and kicking as US-China trade war spurs export growth
HANOI, May 2, 2019, The Business Times. The Vietnamese economy is proving resilient, even as…
[Analytics] How policy, not price or quality, is destroying Myanmar’s steel industry
Perhaps because Myanmar is a relatively recent convert to free trade it is keen to…
‘Run. Hide. Fight’: two dead, four injured after University of North Carolina shooting
CHARLOTTE, May 1, 2019, Reuters. A gunman reported to have been a student opened fire…