EU-India pact shows free trade still has a future
The EU–India trade deal, formally known as the EU–India Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement, stands out as one…
The president and the public give the US economy different grades
Does the economy rate an A+++++, as President Donald Trump insists? Or does it deserve the C—– that…
South Korea walks a narrow bridge between China and Japan
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is spending the first weeks of the new year attempting a feat…
Trial balloon:Â Japan PM Takaichi contemplates Feb. snap election
On the evening of Friday, January 9, the Yomiuri Shimbun issued a news flash for a report saying that Prime Minister Sanae…
China’s Hurricane 3000 casts an electric storm in the Taiwan Strait
China’s disclosure of a new high-power microwave (HPM) weapon underscores how the intensifying drone vs. counter-drone contest in…
Smiles all around at South Korea-China summit
While the world’s eyes were on Venezuela, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung traveled to Beijing to open a…
Anatomy of an economic suicide: Venezuela under Maduro
This report is not a political manifesto; it is an economic autopsy. It’s about the arithmetic of ruin.…
China slashes hundreds of tariffs in strategic trade war twist
Beijing’s December 29 announcement of the 2026 Tariff Adjustment Plan provides a clear window into the priorities of…
Police power rising in Vietnam’s securocrat economy
As the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) moves from law enforcement into energy and tech, the line between…
Trump trade war with Canada could usher Chinese cars into the US
Elected officials and Detroit automakers have fretted for years that low-priced, high-quality Chinese cars could eventually enter the…
Why oil-rich Indonesia imports most of its fuel
Indonesia produces about 608,100 Â barrels of crude oil per day, slightly surpassing the 2025 state budget target of…
Trump’s pharma tariffs will make the world a sicker place
When US President Donald Trump announced a 100% tariff on imported branded pharmaceuticals from October 1, 2025, markets…