A United Kingdom-European Union Free Trade Agreement Can Be Done in 2020
The trade talks are the first item on our agenda as a fully independent country, and here are the reasons why they are likely to be successful.
6 January 2020 - 16:48
New Chinese Law Promises to Level the Playing Field for Foreign Investors
Among the areas liberalised are oil and gas exploration; molybdenum, tin, antimony and fluorite exploration and mining; small city urban gas and heat facilities; domestic marine shipping agencies; certain value-added telecom services; wild fauna and flora protection; and, movie theatre construction and operation.
27 December 2019 - 21:15
Carbon-Free by 2050 and Corbyn-Free by Christmas
Trade skirmishes will continue – and even escalate, especially in Tech. One example is China warning Germany not to join the US effective blockade of Huawei. If Germany excludes the Chinese 5G wireless gear, China will threaten car imports – which is Germany’s weak spot.
16 December 2019 - 20:48
Lance Roberts: “The Art of the Deal” and How to Lose a “Trade War”
With the market pushing overbought, extended, and bullish extremes, a correction to resolve this condition is quite likely. The only question is the cause, depth, and duration of that corrective process.
16 December 2019 - 04:48
Brandon Smith: Get Ready for an Economic Wake-Up Call This Holiday Season
US manufacturing remains at a historic low of 11% of US GDP and production output has decline steadily since January of this year.
7 December 2019 - 23:55
Michael Snyder: Hope for a US-China Trade Deal Is Completely Dead and Wall Street Is Starting to Panic
The Chinese never wanted to do a trade deal with Trump. ... Their original intention was to wait until a Democrat was in the White House to cut a deal.
4 December 2019 - 13:48
Labour’s Leave Deal
Far from taking back control from the EU, Labour’s negotiating aims are consistent with nothing changing other than the UK no longer having a vote in the EU.
4 December 2019 - 01:48
Don’t Be Fooled: A ‘Bare Bones’ Free Trade Deal Is Exactly What the UK Wants
Even if a ‘deep and comprehensive’ deal could reduce these by say one-third, the economic impact would be tiny: prices of exports worth 13% of UK GDP might perhaps be 1 to 1.5% lower, so even if the price elasticity of demand for these exports was 2, they might rise 2-3% and UK GDP might be 0.3-0.4% higher. This is very small beer.
2 December 2019 - 00:01
Five More Signs that the Global Economy Is Careening toward a Recession
Buckle up and hold on tight!
30 November 2019 - 04:48
Michael Wood: The Future is East, Time for Electoral Realism
Cold Storage is a chain of grocery stores. Well that does not quite do it justice. Imagine your favourite Waitrose, add some Harrods and Fortnums and you are close. The chain, majority British owned, has stores throughout S.E. Asia and is spreading to China too.
30 November 2019 - 01:48
Crime / Criminal Justice / International Relations / International Trade / Law Enforcement / Liberty / Society
Bill Blain: Will China Employ a ‘Million Flea Bite’ Strategy?
Rather than a shock, China can afford to play a longer game, sniping down the insurrectionists one-by-one – the million flea bites.
22 November 2019 - 01:48
Global Collapse Incoming? The Total Breakdown of Relations with China Could Throw Our Planet into Utter Turmoil
Collectively, the economies of the United States and China account for approximately 40 percent of the GDP of the entire world.
21 November 2019 - 11:48
Brexit Party Will Not Stand against Sitting Conservative MPs
"So, in a sense, we now have a leave alliance. It's just that we've done it unilaterally."
11 November 2019 - 22:33
The Brexit Logjam Finally Breaks
We can be sure that the EU will do everything it can to stop the UK from being able to adopt policies that make us more competitive. This does not mean lower standards, but better standards and regulations designed by UK legislators for UK conditions and not by EU bureaucrats.
7 November 2019 - 19:48
Johnson’s Deal: A Precarious Bridge to Economic Freedom
The UK in Johnson’s deal has agreed to an exit bill of c. £39 billion – and quite possibly significantly more. There is no link between the payment of this and agreeing a free trade deal
2 November 2019 - 19:48
Agriculture and Fishing / Brexit / Economy / International Relations / International Trade / Politics
Unreasonable Pressures on the DUP
The whole of agri-food sector exports to the EU comprise only 1% of output of goods and services in Northern Ireland or in other words 4% of sales to the outside world. Even so, almost one billion pounds of business is at stake and 5,000 jobs could be at risk plus parts of farmer’s incomes if the whole sector were to go under.
23 October 2019 - 11:48
Mapped: Top Countries by Tourist Spending
The nationality of tourists also seems to be a factor in these total expenditures. Chinese tourists spent $277 billion internationally in 2018, likely thanks to the increasing consumption of an emerging, affluent middle class.
20 October 2019 - 11:48
Hungarian Prime Minister Urges Turkic Council Leaders to Sign Trade Deals with the United Kingdom
Reflecting the obsessive focus on a deal with the European Union, the Department for International Trade's efforts at signing trade deals with non-EU states has fallen well short of expectations.
19 October 2019 - 21:48
Due to the Weather, Midwest Farmers Fear Widespread Crop Failures and a “Record-Low” Harvest in 2019
The Journal writers explained that, “The cold weather is a big threat to vulnerable crops. Only 22% of corn in North Dakota was mature as of Oct. 7, and 36% in South Dakota. In the 18 biggest corn-producing states, 58% of this year’s crop was mature, versus an average of 85% by that date over the previous five years, according to the USDA.
18 October 2019 - 15:48
The People’s Republic of China: Seventy Years of Economic History
The “Open Up the West” program built out 6 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, and 1 municipality—each becoming integral to the Chinese economy.
18 October 2019 - 11:48
The Shocking Truth about Trump’s “Trade Deal” with China
The Chinese got just what they wanted, but here in the United States it will be spun as a big win for Trump by the White House.
14 October 2019 - 14:48
China’s Sanctions against American Farmers Are Likely Permanent
China’s decision to stop buying commodities like soybeans from U.S. farmers has already done irreversible damage to the agricultural industry. Soybeans are rotting in silos and farmers have no one to buy their goods – meaning they will likely begin missing payments if they haven’t already.
10 October 2019 - 21:48
Business Economists Predict a Sharp Slowdown This Year and Next Year
The bad news is that a recession is likely in the next year or so, but the good news is that one year is a long time to prepare. There is little, if anything, you can do on your own to stop any kind of global economic meltdown. But you can get yourself prepared for what’s coming.
10 October 2019 - 03:48
China Takes a Comprehensive Trade Deal off the Table, and That Is Disastrous News for the U.S. Economy
In the 12 months since tariffs on U.S. hardwood were announced in July of last year, lumber exports to China were down by $615 million compared with the previous year, according to the American Hardwood Export Council.
8 October 2019 - 01:48