Tag: Donald Trump

January 7, 2021

Along with most American citizens, business leaders watched with horror yesterday as rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol following an incendiary speech by President Donald Trump in which he claimed that he had won the election and that leadership of the […]

January 7, 2021

Alibaba’s shares have dropped on both the New York and Hong Kong stock exchanges following a report that the company could be blacklisted by the Trump administration. The Chinese retail giant’s stock dropped 3.9 per cent in Hong Kong trading […]

September 1, 2020

American politics is a rough and tumble sport and last week the Republican media machine was in overdrive, working to define their version of “Joe Biden’s America.” At the Republican convention, one comment that stood above the others – was […]

August 18, 2020

JD.com smashed analyst estimates during its last quarter as its self-run logistics operations powered through the pandemic. In its first quarter since launching its $4 billion secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in June, JD.com saw net revenue […]

May 10, 2019

Trump offered sage advice to businesses as the tariff rate increased by 15%. “Waivers on some products will be granted, or go to new source!” he tweeted. “Build your products in the United States and there are NO TARIFFS!” Going […]

May 6, 2019

After the president delayed the previously planned March tariff raise indefinitely, many businesses settled into the outlook that negotiations between the U.S. and China were going well. Speculations turned to whether the existing 10% tariffs would remain or be dropped […]

December 10, 2018

The remainder of this year will be strong, as November was estimated at 2.01 million TEUs, a 14% YoY increase. December, generally slow because most holiday merchandise already is on the shelves, is forecast at 1.83 million TEUs, a 6.1% […]