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'Wait and see' if Anwar’s majority claim is true: Mahathir
Mahathir commented that this is “not the first time” his former deputy has claimed that he has majority support.
September 23, 2020
US-China trade war
WTO finds Washington broke trade rules by putting tariffs on China; ruling angers US
The WTO has found that the US breached global trading rules by imposing multibillion-dollar tariffs in its trade war with China.
September 16, 2020
US Economy
A pandemic is no time for US economic sanctions
With the whole world now facing the Covid-19 pandemic, US sanctions have also become a direct threat to the survival of people inside those countries — and everyone else. They should be immediately lifted.
March 27, 2020
US Economy
Winners and losers in US$2 tril virus rescue plan passed by Congress
The plan would include about US$500 billion in loans and assistance for larger companies, as well as states and cities, according to the latest drafts being circulated. But the aid comes with strings attached after pressure from Democrats.
March 27, 2020
Geopolitics
Donald Caesar
(Feb 14): The outcome of the US Senate’s trial of Donald Trump, following his impeachment by the House of Representatives, was a foregone conclusion. But it nonetheless laid bare the president’s win-atall-costs approach to governing. The fact that Tru
February 14, 2020
US politics
US democracy in peril
WASHINGTON, DC – The fateful collision over whether US President Donald Trump should be removed from office revealed the alarming fragility of the Constitution that Americans have relied on for more than 200 years to maintain their democratic system. No
February 06, 2020
Geopolitics
Senate acquits Trump and ends divisive impeachment trial
The Republican-led Senate voted 52-48 to find Trump not guilty of abusing his power and 53-47 to find him not guilty of obstructing Congress.
February 06, 2020
In print this week
MAD about Sino-American trade
SINGAPORE (Oct 1): Now that US President Donald Trump has imposed a 10% tariff on yet another US$200 billion ($272.8 billion) worth of Chinese imports, the US-China trade war has entered a costly new phase. As China follows through on its pledge to retali
October 01, 2018
Global Economy
Fed raises rates and says more coming, brushing off Trump jabs
(Sept 27): Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates for a third time this year and reaffirmed their outlook for further gradual hikes well into 2019, risking fresh criticism from President Donald Trump.
September 27, 2018
In print this week
Trump's policies will displace the US dollar
SINGAPORE (Sept 10): Back in 1965, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, then France’s Minister of Finance, famously called the benefits that the US reaped from the dollar’s role as the world’s main reserve currency an “exorbitant privilege”. The benefit
September 11, 2018