by Andrew Moran | Nov 21, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, International, Politics, Trade
Eighteen months. That is how long the U.S.-China trade dispute has lasted, and there might finally be light at the end of the tunnel. That is, if the roof does not collapse midway and block the only exit. Right now, it looks like Beijing and Washington are inching...
by Andrew Moran | Oct 17, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, International, Politics, Trade
Sorry, everyone, it is time to put the cork back in the bubbly and return your “I survived the trade war and all I got for it was this lousy T-shirt” top to the US Trade Representative Office or your nearest Chinese embassy. It turns out that you should not be as...
by Andrew Moran | Oct 12, 2019 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, International, Politics, Trade
Domestic financial markets were trading relatively sideways at the end of the trading week. Then, the big news broke: Eighteen months, 13 rounds, and hundreds of tweets later and the US and Chinese governments finally reached some sort of miniature trade deal with...
by Andrew Moran | Oct 7, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, International, Politics, Trade
Many parties are monitoring this week’s important, consequential, significant, portentous, imperative, and exigent US-China trade talks with a glass of Australian wine, a bag of popcorn, and a container of Pepto Bismol, all of which are not subjected to tariffs....
by Andrew Moran | Jun 5, 2019 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, International, Politics, Trade, Trump Administration
Eminent media personality and Washington political columnist Tim Donner recently opined that President Donald Trump is engaged in a paradox: imposing tariffs to end all tariffs. After nearly two years of trade conflicts with Canada, China, and Europe – and soon to be...