Category Archives: China

China Is on Its Way to Becoming World’s First ‘Electrostate’

The implications of China leading in the proportion of electricity its energy use and pursuing even more electrification.

Shanghai’s Liberation Daily Interviewed Michael Hudson: The Trade Conflict Has Brought Irreversible Impacts, Trump Is Compromising Himself

A look at the US’s flagging economic model and how the Trump trade war will affect the US, China, and other counties.

Japan to Arm Wrestle the US About Tariffs….and What About Restrictions on Chinese Investments and Products?

Japan wanted an early US trade deal. It is discovering that its sort-of special relationship with the US is not getting it any breaks.

Despite China’s Warning, US Has Opened New Front in Trade War with Investment Restrictions in UK Pact

Trump made a big retreat on his China tariffs. But a second gambit, investment restrictions to isolate China, is already giving China fits.

Martin Wolf’s “The old global economic order is dead”

A look at two factoids in a new Martin Wolf article illustrate why our economic mess seems intractable….and not just for the feckless US.

A US or UK Hidden Hand? “How an India-Pakistan War Could Derail Central Asia’s Future”

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Asif contends that acting as a US operative helped prime the current India-Pakistan conflict. Does he have a point?

Roaring Tariffs: The Global Impact of the 2025 US Trade War

A model of the economic effects of various tariffs war scenarios shows even the likley “least bad” outcome is stilll pretty bad.

Trump’s Neverending Tariffs War? Proposes 100% Tariffs on Foreign Movies; De Minimus Exclusion Ends, Hurting the Poor; Financial Times on Tariff Evasion, Official and Via Trans-Shipment

A battlefield update on Trump’s tariff wars.

Complacency, Denialism and the Risk of an Economic Trumpocalypse

Why the downside to Trump economic policies are far greater than the press and pundit class are willing to acknowledge.

China Leapfrogging the U.S. in Tech Innovation

Some sobering facts on how China is outstripping the US in science and technology advances.

Chokepoint Crazy: The U.S. Bombs Both Sides of Gulf of Aden and Considers Setting Up Shop in Somaliland

Bombs fall on Yemen. Bombs fall on Somalia. The US considers recognizing Somaliland in desperate attempt to dominate Red Sea.

Accident or Attack? Explosion at Iran’s Busiest Commercial Port Will Reverberate Beyond Bandar Abbas Either Way

Explosion likely to exacerbate existing problems with the Iranian economy, which include high inflation that is hitting food prices particularly hard and weak economic growth due to sanctions

As Trump Administration Considers Retreat on Tariffs, Will It Resort to Usual US Fallback Option?

Washington’s focus on global chokepoints could see extra attention in wake of tariffs debacle.

Will the EU Join the Economic War Against China?

Should Brussels join in, the economic fallout from Project Ukraine could seem quaint, and it could contribute to shortages in the US.

‘You Don’t Need a Tariff, You Need a Revolution’

Chinese point out that Americans are exploited by oligarchs. But the tariffs, like it or not, are part of a radical right counter-revolution.