In addition to these findings, 55% said that they do not believe China can be trusted to fulfil its trade-deal commitment to buy more U.S. products, while 66% said they favor raising import restrictions over the pursuit of free-trade deals as a better way to boost the U.S. economy. The findings come as President Trump […] Read more

The great and good of sustainable finance zoomed into living rooms Wednesday during the Petersberg Climate Dialogue — a kind of Climate Olympics — in which every speaker urged us to be faster, higher, stronger on climate finance. Among the truisms on offer, Mark Carney, lately of the Bank of England and now a U.N. Climate Finance […] Read more

Mexican drug smugglers are really getting bold. A cross-border tunnel recently discovered by U.S. authorities exits in a San Diego warehouse right next to a busy Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port of entry. It gets better. The southern California warehouse is manned by Illegal immigrants even though it is situated just a few hundred […] Read more

Amidst the backdrop of the broadening coronavirus pandemic, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have confirmed their plans to launch a wide-ranging non-profit organisation named Archewell, reports on Tuesday said. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who formally stepped down as senior members of the British royal family at the end of last month, told the Daily Telegraph newspaper they […] Read more

Although China had been largely isolationist in past decades, it is now secretly spreading its influence through loans to developing nations. The loans are being made to some of these nations in amounts that cannot be easily repaid by those governments – and then the collateral is taken in terms of resources or land when […] Read more

The stock market has suffered some of its biggest drops yet since coronavirus became a problem. The major markets have reached the lowest point that they have seen since 1987. The sudden drop seems to have occurred despite what the Fed did Sunday in an attempt to prevent this from happening. The SEC Says Stay […] Read more

Amid the rapidly growing coronavirus situation, which certainly has most everyone’s attention, two politicians bring up once again the matter of drug shortages in the United States. The matter was first brought to light back in 2011, which saw a shortage of injectable drugs, and it resulted in the formation of the Drug Shortage Task Force, […] Read more

Despite a seeming impact on the Dow Jones and world economies, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, says that the current coronavirus outbreak will not negatively impact President Trump’s trade deal with China. According to Mnuchin, the coronavirus outbreak will not have any ‘material impact’ on the’ ‘Phase One’ China trade deal. In an interview with Reuters […] Read more

There’s a lot going on in the world in connection with the Covid-19 outbreak. However, it’s what isn’t going on that’s causing major problems in the global shipping industry. China’s factory closures and quarantines have sharply decreased shipping demand. In turn, that decreased demand is starting to exert a downward price pressure on shipping rates. […] Read more

Speaking to a cheering crowd in Ahmedabad on Monday, President Donald Trump announced plans to sign a series of massive military deals with India. India’s government has already approved the purchase of 24 maritime helicopters from Lockheed Martin for $2.6 billion and the US State Department has approved the potential sale of $1.8 billion in […] Read more