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TopicUS-China trade war

Topic: US-China trade war

Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei CFO at the heart of China-US-Canada political & diplomatic crisis

Meng's arrest in Canada is being seen as the result of the US-China tussle but it has also raised questions about whether Huawei is a private firm or an arm of the Communist Party.

US says China’s Huawei & ZTE are security threats, bars use of subsidies to buy from them

The security threat designation means service will suffer as small carriers, cut-off from US govt subsidies, will have to shut down parts of their network.

Why the US can’t end China’s control of the global supply chain

With govts having to fund trillions of dollars in bailout packages for businesses, finding extra capital to restructure global supply chains is a tall order.

US, Australia, Japan target China on Covid-19. Should India join or act in self-interest?

US allies Japan and Australia, it appears, have joined ranks to call out and penalise China for its inaction with regard to the Covid-19 pandemic.

US and China finally end acrimony, sign phase one of trade deal

The signing ceremony included Trump & Chinese officials and marked a rare moment of friendship lately between the world’s two largest economies.

Huawei isn’t just surviving, it’s thriving despite Trump blacklisting it

How Huawei survived the U.S. blacklisting could prove to be a case study in unintended consequences and a vast shift underway in global IT production.

India was not in Trump’s hit list of countries over trade but still had tariffs imposed

India’s trade surplus with US was minor compared to China, Japan and Mexico. But Trump slapped steel, aluminium tariffs & withdrew GSP benefits.

Why US-China trade war truce will not end protectionist impulse

The world needs multilateral institutions that acknowledge protectionism rather than free trade as the deeper & more enduring reality of global economic history.

World economy limps into 2020 after battering from trade tension & manufacturing recession

Major economies underperformed this year versus forecasts, perhaps no surprise given the uncertainty from the US-China trade war that weighed on investments.

Donald Trump’s deal to de-escalate tensions with China is just not good enough

There is nothing in Donald Trump's tentative deal with China that wouldn’t have existed in the absence of the past two years of wrangling.

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Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.