ISDS Case Map
geopolitics
US President Donald Trump’s meeting with African leaders shows a sense of urgency in competing for scarce resources with China, which recently lifted tariffs on imports from the continent.
The US is urging the EU to fully adopt Washington’s more hawkish policy on China, a senior EU official said, amid growing speculation that the bloc could impose tougher measures on Beijing in order to clinch a trade deal with the US.
The Trump administration’s trade war appears to be replete with geopolitical and geoeconomic undertones in which countries with strong links with China in Asia are being severely punished.
Trump is setting up a protection racket to expand corporate power around the world.
The renewed US-China trade truce struck in London left a key area of export restrictions tied to national security untouched, an unresolved conflict that threatens a more comprehensive deal.
Chinese Foreign Minister pressed for an early restart of free trade talks between Japan, China and South Korea. He also reiterated China's interest in joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
Donald Trump’s return to power and his fresh round of tariffs have sent further shockwaves through the neoliberal order that has shaped global trade since the 1990s. So does this mark the death of free trade?
The Platform, together with Latindadd, held a virtual meeting aimed at providing elements for analysing the new global economic situation brought about by the return to power of US President Donald Trump.
China's bid to join the CPTPP faces obstacles, primarily due to geopolitical considerations rather than purely economic ones. While China's economic clout makes its inclusion seem logical, some CPTPP members, influenced by the US, appear to be blocking China's entry to limit its influence in the Asia-Pacific region.
Canada thinks the members of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact have a chance to produce a fully aligned policy on China, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said.
