RPEC: Why world’s largest free-trade pact matters
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is an extraordinary achievement amid aggressive geopolitics, self-defeating trade wars, and accelerating global pandemic....
The Impact A Second Covid-19 Lockdown Will Have On Global Economy
Covid-19 has decimated the world in so many ways, but a second lockdown may create more financial hardship that even the Great Depression of...
Hacking the pandemic: how Taiwan’s digital democracy holds COVID-19 at bay
By Kelsie Nabben
Taiwan’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been among the world’s best. With a population almost the size of Australia’s, the island...
Prospects for U.S.-China Relations in the Biden Era
By Mr. He Jun
The U.S. presidential election which will be held on November 3 is drawing ever closer. As the Trump administration performs poorly...
Trump Fired, Biden Hired, What Next?
By Dan Steinbock
After the tight 2020 election, there’s only one way President-elect Joe Biden can win over both Americans and other nations. He...
Why Republicans and others concerned about the economy have reason to celebrate Biden in...
By Dr. William T. Chittenden
On day one, a newly inaugurated President Joe Biden will have to address a devastated economy – much like he and former President...
How Could 70 Million Still Have Voted for Trump?
By Jack Rasmus
November 8, 2020
Media pundits and others have been deeply perplexed as to why so many Americans in this election–70 million in fact– nonetheless...
Trump’s Unilateralism, China’s Multilateralism and the Real COVID-19
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
New estimates on actual COVID-19 cases in 2020 highlight the stark differences between the Trump administration’s unilateral stance, and China’s multilateral...
US election: what the tight results mean for Democrats and Republicans
By Thomas Gift
As vote counting continued in key battleground states in the US election, Joe Biden edged closer to the White House while Donald Trump...
Offshore Gambling for UK Citizens
In recent time, the debate on how much regulation should be imposed on gambling and casino operators have been fierce. Of course, abuse cases...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
