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USMCA: New Economic Alliance Formed to Isolate China
USMCA: New Economic Alliance Formed to Isolate China The almost 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been relegated to the dustbin of history. The United States, Canada, and Mexico have agreed on a trilateral trade deal — the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) — to replace it. As expected, the agreement finalized on Sept. 30 is intended to stimulate production […]
JPMorgan Downgrades China Stocks, Forecasting “Full-Blown Trade War”
JPMorgan Downgrades China Stocks, Forecasting “Full-Blown Trade War” Late last week, JPMorgan’s strategist John Normand announced that the largest US bank “adopted a new baseline that assumes a US-China endgame involving 25% US tariffs on all Chinese goods in 2019” because “the US and China will not resolve their differences this year and that the […]
Chinese Imports Of US Crude Have “Totally Stopped” As Tariff Threats Persist
Chinese Imports Of US Crude Have “Totally Stopped” As Tariff Threats Persist It has been roughly two months since China threatened to impose a 25% tariff on US energy imports (it eventually went back on those threats), and less than two weeks since the latest round of tariffs has been implemented. But even as China […]
China for the Trade Win?
China for the Trade Win? Empire of Debt Debt in Pictures Wargaming the Trade War Some Thoughts on Getting Through the Great Debt Reset San Francisco, Frankfurt, and Puerto Rico? With all the trade war talk, we all ask the obvious question: Who will win? President Trump says the US will win. Chinese business leaders […]
UN Report Cites Central Bank Liquidity Bubbles, Loose Money, Debt Expansion
UN Report Cites Central Bank Liquidity Bubbles, Loose Money, Debt Expansion A UN report has everything wrong as to the cause of current problems. Yet, the report mentions central bank liquidity. Seldom does one see a report that “debt is the problem” while being 180 degrees wrong as to the cause of the buildup in […]
Iran “Finalizing” Mechanism To Bypass SWIFT In Trade With Europe
Iran “Finalizing” Mechanism To Bypass SWIFT In Trade With Europe Just days after Europe unveiled a “special purpose vehicle” meant to circumvent SWIFT and US monopoly on global dollar-denominated monetary transfers – and potentially jeopardizing the reserve status of the dollar – Iran said it was finalizing mechanisms for the oil trade to bypass US […]
Moscow On US Idea To Block Russian Trade: Naval Blockade Would Mean WAR
Moscow On US Idea To Block Russian Trade: Naval Blockade Would Mean WAR In a new report, United States Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke suggested the US could use the Navy to block Russian energy from hitting Middle East markets. But the head of the Russian Senate’s Information Policy Committee, Aleksey Pushkov, said that […]
As The Trade War Rages – China Won’t Be Held Hostage By The U.S. Dollar
As The Trade War Rages – China Won’t Be Held Hostage By The U.S. Dollar In last week’s Palisade Weekly Letter, I wrote about how the Chinese are now selling their U.S. debt. And since this was an important write-up, I also published it as an article – so if you missed it, click here. […]
Macron Says “France Won’t Deal with Countries that Don’t Respect Climate Accord”
Macron Says “France Won’t Deal with Countries that Don’t Respect Climate Accord” French President Emmanuel gave a blistering speech at the UN pointed at Trump. I suggest Macron should look at Germany. Hoot of the Day French president Emmanuel Macron is calling on other countries to join him in refusing to sign new deals with […]
China Vows Not To Negotiate Under Threat, As Trump Teases “Major Broadside” Against Beijing
China Vows Not To Negotiate Under Threat, As Trump Teases “Major Broadside” Against Beijing Investors had managed to cling on to optimism that the ‘trade skirmish’ between the US and China would reach a swift conclusion – and that the US would ultimately be better off, as China would be forced to curtail practices like […]
Global Stocks Slide As Trade War Enters New Phase; Oil Surges
Global Stocks Slide As Trade War Enters New Phase; Oil Surges U.S. stock futures followed European and Asian shares lower in thin volume after China called off planned trade talks with the U.S. and the Trump administration imposed another $200 billion in “Phase II” China tariffs just after midnight; oil jumped 2.4% as OPEC+ members […]
Can US-China trade war rivalry reverse the worst economic trends in both countries?
Can US-China trade war rivalry reverse the worst economic trends in both countries? The door for compromise and restoring a functional relationship between the United States and China appears to have closed. The 10 per cent tariffs on US$200 billion of Chinese goods, rising to 25 per cent from January 1, is the final straw. […]
