Tag: United States
Republican McCarthy fails in the first ballot
Kevin McCarthy For a long time, the Republican had tried to persuade his critics to change their minds by making all kinds of concessions in internal negotiations. (Photo: AP) Washington,…
Wall Street in the red again at the start of the year – Apple and Tesla lose
new York Price losses at Tesla, Apple and energy stocks push the US stock exchanges back into the red on the first trading day of 2023. The Dow Jones index…
Kamikaze in US Congress – Republicans blow up chance for a fresh start
US Congress MPs vote on the speaker of the House of Representatives. (Photo: Bloomberg) Washington The name Kevin McCarthy may not be familiar to every reader, but that is likely…
Republican McCarthy fails in the first ballot
Kevin McCarthy For a long time, the Republican had tried to persuade his critics to change their minds by making all kinds of concessions in internal negotiations (Photo: AP) Washington,…
Republican McCarthy fails in the first ballot
Kevin McCarthy The 57-year-old fears for the support of ultra-conservative party members. (Photo: Reuters) Washington, Berlin Republican leader Kevin McCarthy lost the first round of voting to become speaker of…
The US is subsidizing itself to the top when it comes to chips
San Francisco, Munich The US is pushing to the top of the global chip industry. By the middle of the decade, chip companies will have invested more than $122 billion…
The US is subsidizing itself to be the world leader when it comes to chips
San Francisco, Munich The US is pushing to the top of the global chip industry. By the middle of the decade, chip companies will have invested more than $122 billion…
That’s what the world can expect from the new US Congress
Washington The US Democrats are preparing for a complicated year, because the new US Congress will be constituted on Tuesday. Then the time of their unqualified majority in Washington will…
Investor sentiment signals a friendly start to the stock market year 2023
Bull and Bear in front of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Experts are interpreting the currently wait-and-see attitude of investors as positive, at least in the short term. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf…
Not quite there yet: The Asian free trade colossus
Good morning dear readers, First of all I would like to wish you a good start into the new year. Although it has to be said that a year is…
US excludes Burkina Faso from duty-free trade
A policeman and a soldier at a control There were two military coups in Burkina Faso last year. (Photo: AP) Ottawa Due to political uncertainty, West African Burkina Faso will…
South Korea and US consider nuclear weapons exercises
TV screen North Korea has repeatedly launched missiles in the past year. (Photo: dpa) Seoul South Korea and the United States are considering adding US nuclear weapons to their joint…
IMF anticipates a tough year for the global economy
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva According to IMF estimates, the global economy is likely to grow by 2.7 percent in 2024. (Photo: dpa) new York The International Monetary Fund is expecting…
Canada, Australia and Morocco regulate entry from China – variant XBB.1.5 widespread in the USA
In the USA, a significant proportion of the new corona infections can be traced back to the XBB.1.5 variant, which has only recently been discovered. The US health authority CDC…
Canada, Australia and Morocco regulate entry from China – Taiwan offers help
People arriving from China are allowed from January 5th only enter Canada or Australia with a negative corona test. Morocco will no longer allow travelers from China into the country…
Opioid crisis in the US assumes dramatic proportions
Washington The opioid crisis in the US is getting worse and worse. Never before have so many people died from a drug overdose as last year: 107,622. So, on average,…
Expert on corporate resilience in crisis
Friederike Welter The scientist is one of the leading experts for German medium-sized companies. (Photo: IfM) Ms. Welter, for the past six years you have been looking at German medium-sized…
The UK is missing its own targets for post-Brexit trade deals
The flag of Great Britain at half mast The possibility, as a sovereign state, to conclude its own trade agreements free of EU regulations was one of the central promises…
Xi confidante Qin becomes new Chinese foreign minister
Qin Gang Qin previously worked as a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry. (Photo: imago images/VCG) Beijing China’s former ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, will become the new…
The World Trade Organization is not getting out of its crisis
Geneva The year 2022 was not a good year for world trade. The US and China started a new trade dispute over chips. And even between the alliance partners USA…