Is the US pushing countries towards China? : The Indicator from Planet Money

Is the US pushing countries towards China? : The Indicator from Planet Money

As the U.S. goes head-to-head with the rest of the world on tariffs, those countries are trying to figure out their best diplomatic strategy. One dilemma countries have is how close they get with another global superpower: China. On today's show, we hear from Pakistan's Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb about how the country is balancing trade relations with both countries.Related episodes: China's trade war perspective (Apple / Spotify) Dealm…

Trump Tariffs Causing Serious Problems for Swiss National Bank (and Globalists) - The Last Refuge

Hat Tip very dear friend of the Treehouse, Zurich Mike. Switzerland is in a conundrum. More specifically, the Swiss National Bank is stuck betwixt two points that are also playing out in other stable western countries.  Exports to the USA account for over ten percent of the Swiss manufacturing base. The Trump tariffs are putting […]

With China and U.S. at intense economic odds, nations are being forced to choose sides

One went to the United States. The other went to China. It was a sign of the times. While the Swiss president was in Washington last week to lobby U.S. officials over President Donald Trump's threatened 31% tariff on Swiss goods, the Swiss foreign minister was in Beijing, expressing his nation's willingness…

How the U.S.-China trade war is forcing countries to pick sides

One went to the United States. The other went to China. It was a sign of the times. While the Swiss president was in Washington last week to lobby U.S. officials over President Donald Trump’s threatened 31% tariff on Swiss goods, the Swiss foreign minister was in Beijing, expressing his nation’s willingness to strengthen cooperation with China and upgrade a free trade agreement. As Trump’s trade war locks the world’s two largest economies on a c…

Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has no intention of choosing between the US and China, despite the fact that the growing trade war between the world’s two largest economies is pushing countries like his to take sides. “I don’t want a cold war. I don’t want...

With China and the US at intense economic odds, nations are being forced to choose sides - The Morning Sun

WASHINGTON (AP) — One went to the United States. The other went to China. It was a sign of the times. While the Swiss president was in Washington last week to lobby U.S. officials over President Donald Trump's threatened 31% tariff on Swiss goods, the Swiss foreign minister was in Beijing, expressing his nation's willingness to strengthen cooperation with China and upgrade a free trade agreement. As Trump's trade war locks the world’s two larges…