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U.S. looks to box in China by recruiting other trading partners

1 week ago | japantimes.co.jp | Jennifer A. Dlouhy |Nancy Cook |Eric Martin

The Trump administration is preparing to pressure nations to curb trade with China in negotiations over U.S. tariffs, according to people familiar with the matter. Dozens of nations are seeking reductions or exemptions from President Donald Trump’s historic import taxes. In exchange for doing so, the U.S. is set to ask them to take steps limiting China’s manufacturing might, a bid to ensure Beijing doesn’t find avenues around Trump’s tariffs.
As Trump threatens tariffs, his orders kick off more extensive trade overhaul

Jan 22, 2025 | japantimes.co.jp | Eric Martin |Daniel Flatley

During U.S. President Donald Trump’s first 36 hours back in the White House, he threatened to slap tariffs on the U.S.’ top four trading partners starting as soon as next week. But after a campaign in which he promised far bigger and broader levies, the fact that he didn’t actually impose any was enough to allay some critics’ worst fears about his plans, with many reading the latest threats as just negotiating ploys — at least for now.
Looming Debt Spiral in Emerging Markets Tests IMF and World Bank Safety Net

Oct 29, 2024 | bnnbloomberg.ca | Jorgelina do Rosario |Eric Martin

(Bloomberg) -- A liquidity crunch is brewing across the developing world, raising pressure on US-backed international financial institutions to help poor nations meet mounting debt repayments and drive much-needed investments. The Washington-based International Monetary Fund and World Bank last week unveiled a three-pronged approach to help countries deal with a wall of maturities due over the next three years.
IMF lowers global growth forecast for 2025, warning of growing risks

Oct 22, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Eric Martin

The International Monetary Fund has lowered its global growth forecast for next year and warned of accelerating risks from wars to trade protectionism, even as it credited central banks for taming inflation without sending nations into recession. Global output will expand 3.2%, 0.1 percentage point slower than a July estimate, the IMF said in an update of its World Economic Outlook released Tuesday. It left the projection for this year unchanged, at 3.2%.
Israel offers Hamas leader safe exit from Gaza in a bid to end the war

Sep 10, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Alex Martin |Annelise Giseburt |Natalia Drozdiak |Eric Martin

Israel proposed giving Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar safe passage out of Gaza in exchange for the group freeing the hostages it holds and giving up control of the strip, a senior official said, even as doubts deepen about the two sides’ ability to reach any cease-fire accord. "I’m ready to provide safe passage to Sinwar, his family, whoever wants to join him,” Israel hostage envoy Gal Hirsch said in an interview Tuesday in the Bloomberg News Washington bureau. "We want the hostages back.
Eric Martin: The chance of civil unrest in America next year is too high for comfort

Aug 15, 2024 | post-gazette.com | Eric Martin

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Threat of U.S. civil unrest is low but rising, analysis finds

Aug 14, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Eric Martin

The U.S. trails only Turkey and Russia among the world’s biggest economies likeliest to see violent political turmoil in the next year, according to a Bloomberg Economics analysis that tries to capture an uneasy national mood after the assassination attempt against former U.S. President Donald Trump. The chance of open civil unrest in the next year is low — just 2.9% — but is third highest among the Group of 20 major economies, according to the analysis.
Harris to lean on tight team and Obama staff in White House run

Jul 27, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Josh Wingrove |Peter Martin |Eric Martin

As Kamala Harris prepares to take on Donald Trump, her advisers as Joe Biden’s vice president provide a window into her style and priorities. Two threads are emerging in the short time since launching her White House run: Many Harris aides have worked primarily or entirely for her, not Biden. And she’s said to be considering several veterans from the administration of former U.S. President Barack Obama, who on Friday endorsed her, as well as some Biden-era heavyweights.
Yellen Echoes Powell Saying Labor Market Now Less Inflationary

Jul 9, 2024 | ndtvprofit.com | Eric Martin |Eric Martin |Viktoria Dendrinou

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the labor market is no longer driving inflation in the US economy to the extent it was earlier in the pandemic recovery, echoing earlier comments by Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell. The job market was “initially very tight” during the post-Covid rebound, but “now we have a strong labor market, one with fewer pressures that would create inflationary concern,” Yellen told lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee in Washington on Tuesday.
IMF Chief Georgieva Wins Second Term Ahead of Spring Meetings

Apr 13, 2024 | ndtvprofit.com | Eric Martin |Eric Martin

Kristalina Georgieva won a second five-year term as the head of the International Monetary Fund, allowing her to continue leading the crisis lender as it confronts challenges including lower global growth prospects, climate change and distressed debt in developing nations. The decision came after several discussions between Georgieva, who was the sole candidate for the job, and the IMF executive board, the fund said in a statement Friday afternoon.