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A trade war truce twinkles in the dark
The recent announcement, muted as it was, of a partial solution to the nearly two-year trade war between the US and China, while not the end of the the fracas, could and should be viewed ➤
US
Postal
US postal ‘Brexit’ avoided as deal reached with UPU
The Universal Postal Union has reached a deal with the US, keeping the worldwide mail system intact after the United Nations organisation agreed to a compromise on Wednesday that will change the way its postal ➤
Asia Pacific
Japanese trade suffering US-China body blow
Caught between the proverbial ‘devil and the deep-blue sea’ Japan’s trade growth is stalling as it continues to be squeezed from both sides in the ongoing US-China trade war. Japanese trade looks to stagnate in ➤
Comment
Trade wars bad for some, not-so-bad for ‘bystander nations’
The warning shots were fired in late-January when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that a faster-than-expected slowdown in China could damage “systemic financial stability, as it lowered its 2019 projection for economic growth globally. ➤
Comment
Made in China? Increasingly not anymore.
The recently announced move by sports video camera maker, GoPro to shift part of its manufacturing out of China within the next six months clearly won’t have much of an impact on the gigantic economy ➤
Asia Pacific
Go, go, go for GoPro as it announces a shift of production out of China
The ongoing trade war between the US and China, which has seen a temporary truce – now in jeopardy with the arrest of a Huawei executive in Canada – has claimed another China-based manufacturing company ➤
Asia Pacific
Trump and Xi agree to tariff cease fire, but the war is not over yet
Persistent fears of a worsening trade war between the US and China that would have a serious impact on the air freight industry have been put to rest – at least for the moment – ➤
Carriers
Atlas Air lauds agreement between US, UAE easing years of conflict
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has thrown its support behind the agreement reached between the US and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the long running disagreement over what US airlines have claimed is un-even playing ➤
Asia Pacific
Trade war will hurt cargo, pax numbers & aircraft orders: China Eastern
China Eastern Airlines’s chief executive has warned that should the tariff tiff between the US and China develop into a full-blown trade war the carrier’s new aircraft orders, passenger numbers and cargo volumes would be ➤