Italy Moves to Weaken Ties With China Without Upsetting Beijing

Italy Moves to Weaken Ties With China Without Upsetting Beijing

Sign up to receive the Balance of Power newsletter in your inbox, and follow Bloomberg Politics on Twitter and Facebook for more. When Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani travels to China this weekend, he’ll be balancing two competing interests: laying the ground for Italy’s exit from a controversial investment pact with Beijing while also trying to … Read more

Supply Chain Latest: Trump Proposes Universal 10% Tariff

Supply Chain Latest: Trump Proposes Universal 10% Tariff

Former President Donald Trump may have skipped the GOP debate last night, but details of his 2024 campaign’s strategy on trade are sharing the spotlight anyway. In an interview on Fox Business last week, Trump floated an automatic, 10% tariff on goods imported to the US from all countries. He likened the plan to “a … Read more

World Economy Latest: What Deflation in China Means for the World

World Economy Latest: What Deflation in China Means for the World

I’m Tom Hancock, a senior reporter in Hong Kong. Today I’m looking at what deflation in China means for the world. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net or get in touch on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, via @economics. And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, … Read more

Why India is rushing to restrict laptop, tablet imports

Why India is rushing to restrict laptop, tablet imports

Notwithstanding the manner in which new policies are hurriedly introduced in the country, especially in the context of the recent government licensing mandate [Government restricts import of laptop, computers, tablets] for computing devices such as laptops, tablets, all-in-one personal computers (PCs), and servers that has now been [Government delays licensing mandate for import of laptops … Read more