Iran traders ride bull market despite US sanctions
Iran's stock market is thriving, despite US sanctions which have battered its economy and an uncertain future as geopolitical tensions soar in the Gulf. Tehran Stock Exchange was buzzing Monday…
Touch wood: US trade war leaves China importers struggling
Xu Xuebing began importing US wood products into Shanghai two years ago, anticipating sizable profits re-selling to Chinese furniture manufacturers. Then the China-US trade war started. Since Beijing began to…
Politics not trade
Trade? It’s no big deal. Politics? That’s the issue. The trade spat between the United States and China isn’t about deficits or tariffs. It’s about Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan. The…
Pulwama and trade war
A climate of hate is emerging in India after the Pulwama attack. The targets are varied and apparently unconnected. One of the things that has happened is that India has…
Trump’s trade war
China and the US – the two largest economies and trade partners in the world – are embroiled in an increasingly bitter trade war that could spiral out of control…
Trade deficit
A trade deficit reduces demand in the economy. It means that some of our spending is creating demand in Europe or Mexico, rather than in the United States. Other things…
Trade wars: Is Trump lining up Japan next?
While the US takes aim at China, Canada and Mexico over perceived trade imbalances, Japan has kept a low profile, hoping Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's friendship with golf buddy Donald…
The strains for trade Listen
All the strains of development planning and the contradictions between the objectives of rapid growth and external viability are more graphically depicted in foreign trade than in any other field…
Taming Trump’s trade war
After coming down hard on China, the unpredictable Donald Trump has turned his guns towards Washington’s inveterate allies in the ongoing trade war. The pernicious tentacles of this war are…
US sanctions on Iran threaten vital Afghanistan trade project
US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear accord and re-impose sanctions on Tehran threatens to derail a project to help build Afghanistan's economy, endangering a…
