How will US-Taiwan trade initiative affect cross-Strait ties?

Reuters reported on August 18 that Washington and Taipei had begun talks under the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade (USTI) agreed in June. The USTI was reached after Taiwan was excluded from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) that US President Joe Biden announced during his visit to Asia in May. The IPEF and USTI are […]

The post How will US-Taiwan trade initiative affect cross-Strait ties? appeared first on Asia Times.

Continue Reading

China’s rate cuts could be too little, too late

No central bank’s 2022 has been turned upside down more abruptly compared to Yi Gang’s People’s Bank of China (PBOC). That’s saying a lot given the particular economic shocks further complicating the year for US Government Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell amid overheating risks. Or Western Central Bank Chief executive Christine Lagarde fighting an euro with 20-year lows. Or even […]

The post China’ s rate cuts could be too little, too late appeared first upon Asian countries Times .

Continue Reading

How Turkey plans to win the peace in Ukraine

While the war in Ukraine continues to trend, some are already looking ahead to what will happen once the guns fall silent and the construction function begins. In July, Ukraine’s prime minister estimated that rebuilding the country’s devastated cities, towns and infrastructure would cost US$750 billion. Amid the destruction has come opportunity for others, and Chicken […]

The particular post How Turkey plans to win the particular peace in Ukraine appeared first on Asia Moments .

Continue Reading