[Analytics] Trump’s high-profile summit with Kim seen yielding low returns
Donald Trump’s second summit with Kim Jong Un gives the two leaders the chance to…
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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.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi for second summit with Trump
HANOI, Feb 26, 2019, VN Express. Kim Jong-un arrived at Hanoi’s Melia Hotel in a…
Four Kims and the bodyguards: N Korea’s trusted players in Hanoi
HANOI, Feb 25, 2019, AFP. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be aided, guarded…
Japan to push ahead with US base relocation despite Okinawa referendum result
TOKYO, Feb 25, 2019, Reuters. A majority of voters in a referendum on Okinawa opposed…
Asian stocks mostly higher after Trump tariff extension
BEIJING, Feb 25, 2019, AFP. Most Asian stock markets rose Monday after President Donald Trump…
Trump calls helpful Russian, Chinese sanctions on North Korean border
WASHINGTON D.C., Feb 24, 2019, TASS. US President Donald Trump has welcomed sanctions imposed by…
Okinawa holds referendum on controversial U.S. base move
OKINAWA, Feb 24, 2019, AFP. Residents of Japan’s Okinawa were casting ballots Sunday in a…
N.K. media reports on Kim’s departure for Trump summit in Hanoi
SEOUL, Feb 24, 2019, Yonhap. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has departed by train for…
American investor Jim Rogers warns of severe economic downturn and forecasts grim future for Japan
TOKYO, Feb 23, 2019, The Japan Times. Prominent American investor Jim Rogers has warned in…
[Analytics] The US keeps demanding actions on the yuan that China wants to take anyway
The U.S. is reportedly urging China to keep the yuan stable as part of ongoing…
Venezuela seals border with Brazil
CARACAS, Feb 22, 2019, Xinhua. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday ordered the country’s southern…
Huawei is not obliged to open ‘back doors’ for China, its chairman says
OTTAWA, Feb 22, 2019, Bloomberg. Huawei Technologies would deny any Chinese government request to open…