by Trade Correspondent L.C. The US-China trade war seemed to slightly ease this week amid speculation that both sides wish to spare their economies further tariff escalation. Beijing is now proposing two negotiating tracks: one for strictly trade matters – which Vice Premier Liu He would lead – and one for national security matters. The […]
China’s phony data and treaty unreliability
The weekly trade report — by Trade Correspondent L.C. One of the few growth industries in China now are the private start-ups selling accurate reports on the Chinese economy to business customers. The government reports have been found useless for business planning. Today’s Wall Street Journal gives front page coverage to how the Chinese Communist […]
Beijing regime weakened by Hong Kong revolt
By trade correspondent L.C. and the editor President Trump is so wedded to his tariff threat against China that he has been practicing unilateral disarmament with respect to an objective arguably more important than a trade deal – namely, encouraging the Chinese people to rise up against the Xi Jinping dictatorship. In this respect, the […]