Details of the Tran-Pacific Partnership have been released to the public. Now everyone will be able to read about the questionable new trading agreement. The agreement was made between a dozen Pacific Rim countries. The […]
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As Africa Matures, South Africa Is No Longer The Only Option For Business Expansion
Once seen as the exclusive gateway to the African retail market, South Africa is starting to lose its place. According to global management consulting firm AT Kearney (ATK), “Historically international retailers always saw SA as […]
Even With Nuclear Deal Don’t Expect American Trade With Iran Any Time Soon
The expected implementation of the Iran nuclear may see American foodies being able to enjoy Iranian caviar as sanctions that have blocked the import of Iranian goods are lifted, but according to experts, investment opportunities […]
Fierce Competition Forces Tesla To Seek Political Intervention On Chinese Electric Car Policies
Electric automaker Tesla is putting pressure on the White House to intercede on behalf of United States carmakers during a formal visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping in September. China forbids foreign carmakers from building […]
South Korea Invades Iran With Large Trade Delegation As Sanctions Rollback Leads To Huge Business Opportunities
South Korean government officials, flanked by public and private companies, have travelled to Iran to seek oil and gas deals in the wake of the lifting of sanctions against the fourth largest oil producing country […]
Kerry To Raise U.S. Flag At Reinstated Havana Embassy
John Kerry, the U.S Secretary of State, will travel to Havana to raise the U.S flag at the American embassy. The move is a significant sign of the softening relations between the two nations, which […]
Russia Banning Foreign Electronic Devices Amid Spying Fears
The Russian government is considering new measures to prevent the usage of imported software and electronics, in order to prevent the risk of personal data theft. Mirroring similar initiatives in the United States and China, […]
North Korea Decides To Make Life Even More Difficult By Switching To Its Own Time Zone
North Korea has announced that it will switch to a new time zone to mark 70 years of liberation from the “imperialist” Japan. Though the time change has been welcomed by the country’s erratic leadership, […]
Even China Wants The Shadowy Trans Pacific Partnership To Be More Open
China has expressed strong interest in ensuring the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will be transparent and open, raising interesting questions about the Obama administration’s insistence on unprecedented secrecy. Although it has insisted that it will […]
China Restricts Exports Of Its World Leading Drones, Supercomputers
In a clear sign of China’s industry-leading drone and supercomputer technology, the Communist country has issued new regulations restricting their export to other countries. The new regulations require that Chinese manufacturers of powerful drones and […]
French Tobacconists Take To Streets To Protest Generic Cigarette Packaging
French tobacconists took to the streets this week, dumping carrots and covering police cams with trash bags in protest of standardized cigarette packs which are free of branded labels. French Minister Marisol Touraine pushed for […]
Controversial TTIP Trade Deal Exposed As Major Gift To Obama-Backing Corporations
A recent boost in lobbying for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has been occurring by both pharmaceutical and finance corporations, further confirming the controversial trade deal amounts to a parting gift from the […]
The PetroYuan Is Born As Russia Dramatically Ramps Crude Oil Sales To China
It seems world sanctions against Russia are working and yet at the same time they are having an unintended effect: Pushing Russia to increasingly use the Chinese renminbi as its currency of choice. The fact […]
U.S. Drops Cuba From List Of State Sponsors Of Terrorism
The U.S. moved closer to complete normalization with the tiny island of Cuba this morning, after the State Department announced that Cuba has officially been dropped from a list of state sponsors of terrorism. “The […]
Chinese Foreign Policy Falls Short As India Says ‘No, Thanks’
It’s a sign of both India’s rising prominence and strained relations between the two superpowers that China failed to secure India’s backing for its mega Silk Road projects during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit last […]
Washington Approves Ferry Service To Cuba
Passenger ferries can now run between Florida and Cuba for the first time in more than 50 years after the U.S. government approved new services. Service has been stopped since the U.S. imposed a trade […]
U.S. May Be Poised To Sell Iran Nuclear Materials
Sanctions and an increasingly constrictive global nuclear supply regime have left Iran little other option but to buy nuclear materials in the shadow. The country has built a clandestine global network of front companies and […]