Commenting on this evening’s signing of the ‘phase one’ trade deal, TFG spoke to Dr Rebecca Harding, trade economist and CEO of Coriolis Technologies
The month of May marked the end of British Prime Minister ‘May’, and was ultimately about continuations of previous stories and themes, the outcome of the European Elections and the start of the Conservative leadership race.
In the early hours of the morning, President Trump raised a further $200bn worth of tariffs on Chinese exports (5,700 different products to be exact), moving the tariff from 10% to 25%.
As is becoming standard nowadays, there were political distractions in the United States throughout September. However, this time the only real attention on Donald Trump was by association. His pick… read more →
Europe is a large and attractive market for commodities, heavily dominated by Russian exporters, or at least it was, until Donald Trump stepped into power. His promise to supply Eastern… read more →
Long before he assumed office, Trump was staunchly against China’s dominance of global trade. His views became campaign rhetoric and that was eventually what swept him into the Oval Office.… read more →
International Trade has been the engine behind much of the world’s economic growth over the past half a century, and was highlighted by Trump early in the campaign season as… read more →
Ninety seven per cent of exporters questioned in a survey said they were optimistic about growing their businesses through international trade. We spoke to Institute of Export & International Trade… read more →
As most preceding presidents know, choosing a cabinet is one of the trickiest jobs facing any new president. Mr. Trump told reporters early on that he wanted his nominees to… read more →
It is very clear that Donald Trump is not loved by all. He has strong views and action plans to “Make America Great Again”. These dramatic changes to the US economy… read more →
At Trade Finance Global we hear about pro-business policies and Trump putting America first; but what could this mean in relation to fundamental economics? We have looked at what has… read more →
We will take a look at the China and US trade relationship along with the vehicles market in the US below, and attempt to understand whether Donald Trump will ‘rip… read more →
The Russian Embassy in the UK posted a twitter picture with the words ‘Lame’ and a picture of a duck; this was in response to actions by president Obama. He… read more →
In the United States, property taxes are often based on values 30-60% higher than a property’s worth. Factors like this make investors want to invest globally. The primary factor that… read more →
On Tuesday 8 November 2016, the polls got it wrong. Again. Defying experts and popular opinion Donald Trump was elected as “the leader of the free world.” Leader of the… read more →