The US president has imposed another round of tariffs, targeting $200 billion worth of goods from China, and China quickly retaliated with tariffs on $60 billion in US goods. But tensions between the two nations extend beyond trade, explains author Stephen S. Roach, senior fellow with the Yale...
War on trade or innovation? Escalating tariffs from the United States and China target trade, but the true source of tensions may be over innovations in artificial intelligence, nanotechnology and other technologies that deliver power and prosperity...
Will a U.S. plan for sanctions against North Korea further sour the two country’s relationship? Even after South Korean opposition to economic sanctions forced the U.S. to scale back its plan, it is possible that a proposed ban on the trade of weapons and narcotics will inflame North Korea, which...
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development argues that Brexit – the UK leaving the European Union – would be an economic shock with costs. “In the longer term, [the OECD] calculates that more restrictive trading arrangements with the EU alongside less competition, lower foreign...
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Read the OECD report "The Economic Consequences of Brexit: A Taxing Decision."
The world’s second largest economy is understandably fascinated with the politics and foreign policy of the largest. A high school student in Beijing, Zhou Qianyu, organized the Guojiang Subtitle Group – 70 volunteers across China work as teams to translate and post subtitles for online videos of...
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New Zealand mourns a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch that left at least 49 people dead. Three suspects are in custody. At least one gunman, from Australia and reported to espouse white supremacy ideologies, filmed the attack and live-streamed parts online. None of the four had been...
Longtime Brexit proponent Boris Johnson is the UK’s next prime minister and he confronts a range of foreign policies besides Brexit. For the BBC News, James Landale offered a foreign policy to-do list: repair UK-US relations and replace the British ambassador described the Trump administration as...
US investigators have warned that hackers based in China allegedly infiltrated more than 700 companies, universities, government agencies and more. The hackers “specialize in infiltrating networks using phishing e-mails laden with spyware, often passing on the task of exfiltrating data to others,”...
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Centuries ago, traders and travelers bearing commodities and ideas forged a series of routes crossing Central Asia, connecting China with Rome. What became known as the Silk Road is the epitome of early and unprecedented globalization. Archaeological excavations in the oasis areas of the Tarim...
CHICAGO: A series of Tweets broke the good news the morning of February 11th: “The MUMMIES are back for our ‘Secrets of the Silk Road’ exhibition!” announced the University of Pennsylvania Museum and Archaeology and Anthropology at 9:03 am. Then...
