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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.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?