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Open up! US comes knocking on Asia’s door amid trade reset
07 Feb 2025 04:46 GMT
WASHINGTON – Trade winds have blown a certain way for decades: Asia has mostly been the exporter and the United States the biggest importer. Asia is also the producer while the US is the consumer with an enormous appetite.
That may be about to change, as …
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Oil Down As China Strikes Back With Tariffs; Trade War Looms
06 Feb 2025 03:13 GMT
But Trump rattling Iran's cage could cause an upswing in crude prices: File Image/Pixabay
A sharp rise in U.S. crude inventories combined with ongoing concerns about a possible U.S.-China trade war due to president Donald Trump's tariff …
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Asia Ex-Hong Kong Up, Europe Mixed; Dollar Hovers Near High - Global Markets Today While Us Slept
07 Jan 2025 12:35 GMT
On Monday, January 6th, U.S. markets closed mixed; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite climbed to over a week’s high, driven by semiconductor gains and optimism about a softer tariff approach under the Trump administration. The Dow edged lower while tech …
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Chinese Teapot Refineries Are Going Belly Up
21 Feb 2025 20:12 GMT
… independent refiners in Northeast China that have been dealing with … independent refiners in Northeast China that have been dealing with … from Kuwait flooding the Asian markets and sending a … fuels, combining diesel and heating oil, dropped to their lowest …
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Oil prices settle up on possible supply disruption, hopes for China demand
08 Jan 2025 00:03 GMT
OIL prices settled higher on Tuesday, driven by concerns over limited supply from Russia and Iran because of Western sanctions and expected higher Chinese demand.
Brent crude futures settled at US$77.05 a barrel, up 75 cents, or 0.98 per cent. US West …
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The First Amendment Vs. The Wanna-Be King
20 Feb 2025 20:45 GMT
As US president Donald Trump continues to bar the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One for not mimicking his new name for the Gulf of Mexico, the press faces a defining challenge. Will news organizations defend the AP’s clear First …
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Japan's trade deficit shrinks 85.5% in Nov. on chip equipment exports
18 Dec 2024 04:32 GMT
In this Aug. 17, 2020 file photo taken automobiles are seen parked prior to export at Kawasaki Port in Kanagawa. (Mainichi)
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's trade deficit in November shrank 85.5 percent from a year earlier to 117.62 billion yen ($765 million), …
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Vietnam Approves $67 Billion High-Speed Railway Project; China & Japan To Compete For Lucrative Project
02 Dec 2024 12:46 GMT
Vietnam’s National Assembly has approved the construction of a transformative high-speed railway connecting Hanoi, the northern capital, to Ho Chi Minh City, the southern economic hub.
The US$67 billion project, one of the country’s most ambitious …
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Heating Oil Additives Market Growth Analysis With Investment Opportunities For 2024-2033
22 Aug 2024 14:44 GMT
… covered in the heating oil additives market report are Asia-Pacific, Western … , Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA … .
Trends, opportunities, strategies and so much more.
The Heating Oil …
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CPC, Formosa gasoline prices unchanged, diesel raised by NT$0.1 per liter
16 Feb 2025 14:39 GMT
… -run fuel supplier CPC Corp. Taiwan and the privately owned Formosa … to the greater demand for heating oil in Europe over winter and … keeping Taiwan';s domestic fuel prices the lowest among certain neighboring Asian …