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On Saturday, the Trump administration said it would exempt technology products like the iPhone, PCs and chips from much of the recently imposed Chinese tariffs. But for most businesses in the U.S., ...

Flights cancelled, train services suspended and tourist attractions closed as weather service says wind speeds could surpass records set in 1951
Strong winds caused havoc in Beijing and parts of northern China on Saturday, forcing hundreds of flights to be cancelled, attractions to close and rail lines to be suspended, state media said.
The powerful winds stemmed mainly from a cold vortex system formed over Mongolia that was moving east and south, sweeping across northern China from Friday and through the weekend, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said.

Lasting damage has been done not only to Trump’s political credibility but to globalisation as a system
At the beginning of this helter-skelter week, Downing Street was declaring globalisation not only dead but a failure. Now, only five trading days later, the autopsy is still under way but the victim may instead be economic populism, strangled by Wall Street, the citadel of globalisation. Donald Trump’s so-called liberation day may in fact have been the .
In an effort to deny even a tactical retreat, Trump’s aides insist the White House goal all along was not to weaken globalism, or even to protect the US economy with tariffs, but instead to get into a negotiation to lower tariffs around the world and to punish China. As cover stories go, it is hardly credible, partly because the tariffs were repeatedly lauded by Trump as a macroeconomic revenue-raising measure, or a means to bolster US manufacturing.

The firing comes amid heightened U.S.–China tensions and growing scrutiny of Chinese nationals in American academic institutions.

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From energy security to boosting internet connections, Taiwan is working on ways to protect its population if China attacks
If war comes to Taiwan, the local citizens might be sent to their nearest 7-Eleven.
No one knows for sure what a Chinese attack on Taiwan will look like, but there are some assumptions made by government planners. They expect Taiwan’s military and maybe police will be sent to frontlines, leaving civilian first responders in charge of care and control.

Trump insists policy ‘doing really well’ despite China hiking levies on American goods to 125% - Beijing will ignore further US action as ‘there is no possibility of market acceptance for US goods’ at ...

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The US dollar slumped on Friday as waning confidence in the US economy prompted investors to ditch US assets to the benefit of safe havens like the Swiss franc, yen and euro, as well as gold.
The yellow metal recorded a new all-time peak in early Asia trade, and the franc notched a fresh decade high, Reuters reports.
There has been a pronounced ‘sell US’ vibe flowing through broad markets and into the classic safe-haven assets, with the USD losing the safe-haven bid.

S&P 500 and Dow Jones rise sharply after extraordinarily volatile week as experts warn of continued turbulence
insisted his trade war with much of the world was “doing really well” despite mounting fears of recession and as Beijing hit back and again hiked on US exports to .
As the US president said his aggressive strategy was “moving along quickly”, a closely watched economic survey revealed that US consumer expectations for price growth had soared to a four-decade high.

Xi Jinping has refused to back down in China’s tariff confrontation with President Trump. But he’ll have to persuade his people that the pain is worth it.

Adam Posen, former Bank of England policymaker, compared the tactics to Johnson and Nixon refusing to back down
A leading US economist has likened with China to the Vietnam war, arguing that both sides will be caught in a quagmire and unable to find a face-saving exit.
Adam Posen, the head of the Peterson Institute in Washington and a former Bank of England policymaker, spoke to the Guardian after penning an article for the US magazine Foreign Affairs. He said Trump’s tactics had “echoes of presidents Johnson and Nixon in the Vietnam war, unable to believe that they wouldn’t win if they only upped the attacks, and unwilling to negotiate a real peace”.