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The Sino-American trade conflict may be resolved soon

February 25, 2019 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

This newspaper for many months has been closely following the US-China trade conflict (if not at times a full trade war). The current negotiations in Washington D.C. are stuck at the same point as last summer. On August 27 our leading article said: “… Washington’s demands go beyond tariffs”. On October 18 we observed, “The […]

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Here’s how to prepare South-East Asia’s young people for the future

September 18, 2018 by World Economic Forum Leave a Comment

This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Karin Hulshof, Regional Director for East Asia and Pacific , United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Young people can drive our economies and societies to be more vibrant and productive. At the same time, their potential can only be […]

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Trump aims trade offensive solely to China, renews truce with EU

September 13, 2018 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

US President Donald Trump’s thundering trade salvos now seem to be concentrating exclusively against China. This week’s cannonade though didn’t remain unanswered. On Monday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, said “China will inevitably take countermeasures to resolutely protect our legitimate rights”. On Friday 7 September, the ‘America first’ ex TV celebrity aboard ‘Air […]

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‘Safe Eurobonds’: a new trick to betray the south euro area countries

February 1, 2018 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

All along the years after the 2008-2010 financial crisis, which in the European Union took the form banking/government debt breakdowns starting with Greece, there were cries for the creation of a solid Eurozone. In every respect, these calls amounted to demands that super prosperous Germany accepts some degree of risk-sharing with the rest of the […]

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The European Parliament floating over the South China Sea

February 18, 2013 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

A group of European Parliament members, representing the House Delegation for South East Asia and the ASEAN countries (DASE), while visiting the Philippines last week said, they support the country’s move to refer territorial differences over the South China Sea to United Nations. Those differences involve six countries of the region the Philippines, China, Vietnam, […]

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Everybody against Japan over yen’s devaluation

January 28, 2013 by George Pepper 2 Comments

Yesterday, Jörg Asmussen, Member of the ECB’s Executive Board speaking in an interview to a Greek newspaper said, that the issue of the Japanese yen devaluation should be referred to the G7 and the G20 councils. He added that if each-one goes for himself with national currency competitive devaluations, the outcome will be catastrophic for […]