The Extradition Bill: The Beginning of the End for Hong Kong?
Instead of boiling the frog over the remaining 20 years, China has decided to set the kitchen on fire. And instead of obeying the Chinese intrusion, Hong Kong is standing up for itself and saying “No”. The Sino-British Joint Declaration between
The Race for Artificial Intelligence: China vs. America
What is The Role of Europe in the AI Race? Let’s be clear, Artificial Intelligence, in particular in its latest development, deep learning that mimics the way the human mind works, first emerged in America. This gave the U.S. a huge
Freight is the Cinderella of the Climate Movement: Global Companies must Reduce their Supply Chain Transport Emissions to Fit the Greenhouse Glass Slipper
To give you an idea of the challenge ahead: freight demand is expected to triple between 2015 and 2050, causing CO2 emissions to rise by 76 percent according to the International Transport Forum. Yet to live up to expectations of
China-Italy Agreement: A Defeat for the G7?
A Win for China, A Loss for America and a Transformed G7 Balance of Power Updated 25 March 2019. On 22 March, at the close of President Xi Jinping’s visit, Italy signed a comprehensive economic agreement as part of the "New Silk
Our Outer Space Future: Is There a Better Way Out?
On 2 January 2019, the People’s Republic of China successfully landed its Chang’e 4 probe on the far side of the moon. A historic achievement for China, but significant in what it implies for the future of outer space in
G20 Surprise Show: Truce with China, Summit Shaped by Europe
The big news from the G20 meeting that just closed in Buenos Aires is the 90-day truce in the U.S.-China trade war that has rattled financial markets and threatened global growth. The smaller news is that Trump did not pull
The Future: America vs. Eurasia
How will the future play out? Will Europe follow America’s example and sink into nationalist populism that will inevitably tear apart the European Union and open the way to Trump’s divide-and-conquer America First strategy? Will America’s trade war with China
Trump’s Hold on International Trade and Finance
The midterms handed the House to the Democrats but not the Senate, despite receiving some 12 million votes more than Republicans in Senate races. As a result, Trump’s ability to pursue his conservative agenda is largely crippled. But where he
China and South America: The Pacific Alliance
Since 2011, the South American neighbourhood has concocted a novel regionalist scheme, the Pacific Alliance (PA). Oriented towards motivating deeper trade and investment relations with Asia through intergovernmental understanding – while avoiding any sort of supranationality or requirement to (partially) give up sovereignty,
Kering: How a Global Luxury Group Becomes a Sustainability Leader
Kering, a global luxury group with an array of major brands from Gucci to Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta, some 29,000 employees and annual revenues exceeding €10 billion, has positioned itself as a world-class leader in sustainability. Under the guidance
Trump’s Trade Wars: The End of American Supremacy?
Today Trump opened another battlefront in his trade wars, with duties slammed on Chinese goods worth $34 billion. Expect China to retaliate with counter tariffs on US imports. China’s commerce minister was quick to announce: “China promised to not fire
Trade War with China: Who Wins?
We are now facing an escalating trade war between the US and China - started by the US. The question is: can the US win? And what will it cost the world? It is worth listening to Carlos Gutierrez, co-chairman at