Economy
How the trade conflict has fractured global value chains
On 24 August, United States (US) President Donald Trump announced an
increase from 25% to 30% for the existing tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese
imports...
Supporting informal carers: Six policy challenges and how to meet them
Everybody is likely to become a carer at
some point in life, providing care for a spouse, family member, friend or
neighbour with long-term care needs....
Africa E-Commerce Action Agenda Launches Roadmap to Sustainable Development
The World Economic Forum, in partnership with
the International Trade Centre, today released the Africa E-Commerce Agenda, an eight-step action plan to realize the benefits...
What’s next to CPEC
It has been almost six years now, since
CPEC was first conceived and approximately four years since the mega project
became a ground reality. So far,...
In the care economy, unpaid does not mean worthless
For me, August means juggling the demands of school holiday childcare
with those of my paid employment. Really, it’s like having two jobs; both
rewarding and...
Stop Putin’s Anonymous Laundromat
Since the 1980s, inequality has been
growing everywhere on Earth, except in Western Europe but otherwise in Russia. The communists became oligarchs and the oligarchs
became state...
Trump’s defeat against the red dragon
What is certain is that US President Donald Trump has
failed to take action to weaken the dollar and regulate the economic battle
with Beijing. The...
Trump’s Tariff War, Brexit, and Spats in East Asia … Stocks Plunge
Can we believe their claims to represent
the ordinary people if Donald Trump went to private military school and his
friend British Prime Minister Boris Johnson...
Elections, Elections & Elections
Targeted within the next 100 days are some 500 million voters around the world;
Thirty plus nations are going to elect
leaders and later...
Turkey’s Turn to East could have Deadly Economic Affects
Turkey’s
appetites to be the European since when it was an Empire of Ottomans is still
being pushed back as far as edged it to the...