China’s Vaccination Plan Could Lift GDP Growth to 9.3%
China’s ambitious plan to vaccinate 40% of its population by the end of June could pave the way for lifting the economy’s growth rate to 9.3% this year, Oxford Economics Continue Reading
China Signs 25-Year Deal With Iran in Challenge to the U.S.
China and Iran signed an overarching deal aimed at charting the course of their economic, political and trade relations over the next 25 years. The Chinese government plans to invest Continue Reading
Iran seeks to boost oil exports to China with bilateral agreement
Iran and China on March 27 signed a sweeping 25-year trade and security cooperation pact that could lead to increased oil flows from Tehran to Beijing. Not registered? Receive daily Continue Reading
Blinken says aspects of U.S.-China ties are ‘increasingly adversarial’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday he sees “increasingly adversarial” aspects to the United States’ relationship with China. “There are clearly increasingly adversarial aspects to the relationship, Continue Reading
China’s Shift Toward Consumer-Driven Economy Is Set to Slow
China’s rebalancing of its economy from investment-led growth to consumption is likely to slow in the coming five years as the population ages and the workforce shrinks, a government researcher Continue Reading
New Trade Representative Says U.S. Isn’t Ready to Lift China Tariffs – WSJ
The U.S. isn’t ready to lift tariffs on Chinese imports in the near future, but might be open to trade negotiations with Beijing, according to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. In Continue Reading
China Helped Rev Up, and Then Slow Down, the Global Commodities Boom
Nearly a yearlong bull run among industrial metals is faltering this month as the unwinding of a stimulus in China slows demand, underscoring the increasingly pivotal role its state-led economy plays Continue Reading
US fears China is flirting with seizing control of Taiwan
“China appears to be moving from a period of being content with the status quo over Taiwan to a period in which they are more impatient and more prepared to Continue Reading
Russia Trumpets Coronavirus Vaccine Exports, While Quietly Importing Doses
Russia has lauded with much fanfare the arrival of its homegrown vaccine, Sputnik V, in Latin America and Africa, and even in some countries in Europe, calling it a solution Continue Reading
Germany warns third coronavirus wave could be the worst so far
Germany’s third wave of the coronavirus could be the worst so far and 100,000 new daily infections is not out of the question, the head of the Robert Koch Institute Continue Reading