Don’t fear China’s trillion-dollar trade surplus
It is a problem not for the rest of the world, but for itself. Read More Here
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India’s Economy Is Stronger Than Trump Thinks
While US President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes and H-1B visa shake-up will likely deal a sharp blow to India’s export and IT sectors, they are far from fatal. In fact, with its vast population and robust domestic demand, India is better positioned than most to withstand external shocks. Read More Here
Why the US Can’t Win the Trade War With China – and Shouldn’t Try
At the heart of Sino-American trade tensions is the claim that China’s surging exports are a result of Chinese subsidies. But the driving force behind this glut of cheap goods is a significantly undervalued renminbi, a result of high capital outflows caused by both domestic policies and US restrictions on investment in China. Read More […]
Xi Jinping is quietly sanction-proofing China
China is doubling down on manufacturing exports to offset the challenges posed by a sluggish property market and meet the party’s 5% GDP growth target for 2024. Read More Here
China’s Trade Rebound Continues As Imports Surge In March, Exports Up
China’s imports and exports continued their strong rebound in March, data released on Tuesday showed.Exports grew by 30.6 per cent last month from a year earlier to US$241.13 billion, down from the 60.6 per cent seen in January and February, and below the median result of a survey of analysts conducted by Bloomberg, which predicted 38.1 per […]
China’s foreign trade growth belies doubters
According to statistics released by the General Administration of Customs, China’s exports surged by 11.6 percent year-on-year in August, the fifth consecutive month of positive growth this year, a sign of the welcome improvement in the state of both the Chinese and global economies. Read Here | China Daily
One Of The World’s Happiest Economic Stories Comes From South Asia, But Not India
Bangladesh’s population of 160 million is as big as France, Germany, and the Netherlands combined. The country is also easily the poorest of the world’s 10 most populous. Given its size and the depth of its poverty, the country’s recent economic boom must rank as one of the world’s happiest economic stories right now. Read […]
America Owes China $1 trillion. That’s A Problem For Beijing, And Trump Knows It
Indeed, the US-China relationship is a classic example of the old saw: if you owe the bank a thousand dollars, you have a problem; if you owe the bank a trillion dollars, the bank has a problem. Trump holds the important cards and it is simply a case of whether he wants to play them. […]
How China Fell Off The Miracle Path
For years now, Donald J. Trump has been sounding the alarm on China, calling it an economic bully that has been “eating our lunch.” The crux of Mr. Trump’s attack is that Beijing manipulates its currency to keep it cheap and give Chinese exports an unfair advantage. But that narrative is so last decade. China […]
Lessons For Pakistan: Make Things People Will Buy
PRIME MINISTER Nawaz Sharif has declared developing Pakistan’s external economy a national priority. He should be applauded for focusing on tackling a major weakness. However, Pakistan’s interest in trade is not new, and is a case study in lost opportunities. Read Here – Dawn
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