Translation: The US needs to quit playing the victim when it is actually the perp.EcnsThe five fallacies in Pence's China speech Xinhua See also Reuters U.S. draws China FX into trade dispute as IMF calls for resolution Also Zero Hedge The Perfect Storm Bringing China And Russia Together Vanand Meliksetian via Oilprice.com Also Reuters U.S. security adviser Bolton vows tougher approach to China Also Valdai Club Eurasia’s Great Projects: Assets and Liabilities...
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I was just wondering a day or two ago just how long it was going to take for China to play the Apple card.Making an offer you can't refuse.Coming to your neighborhood soon: Chinese boycott of US and US boycott of Chinese goods by patriotic consumers.Zero HedgeChina Threatens Apple With "Anger And Nationalist Sentiment" If It Doesn't Share The Wealth Tyler DurdenSee alsoWhere did that technology come from?The Political Economy of DevelopmentMariana Mazzucato on the State behind trillion...
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The tariff tussle that began today is linked to Beijing's ambitious 'Made in China 2025' and Belt and Road strategies, which will transform the global economic and geopolitical landscape; this rivalry could last for decades, some experts have said. First "shots" fired in the Thucydides trap that seems to be springing? Will the struggle for dominance be over quickly, or last perhaps for the rest of the century? Asia TimesTariffs ‘kick off 50-year trade war’ with China Pepe Escobar See...
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President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States may ultimately impose tariffs on more than a half-trillion dollars’ worth of Chinese goods as the world’s two largest economies hurtled toward the start of a trade war.... Does China need Western markets more than the West needs Chinese market? Looks like we are going to find out as equities markets make their bets. ReutersTrump says U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods could exceed $500 billion David Lawder and Elias GlennSee alsoZero...
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Everything was looking so awesome this morning, until Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told a group in Davis that China's 2025 Technology Plan was a "direct threat" to the US, sparking another round of protectionist-fear-driven selling in stocks…. Zero HedgeUS Equities Tumble On Ross' China "Direct Threat" Comments Tyler Durden Also It appears the rhetoric coming out of Davos is slowly but surely catching up to markets - after initially just impacting the dollar - as former fund manager...
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