The release of the Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, on bail will not make the ongoing trade negotiations any smoother.
Meng Wanzhou was arrested over fraud charges for misrepresenting a Huawei subsidiary, Skycom, as a separate entity to bypass the sanctions that United States imposed on Iran between 2009 and 2014
With the Chinese researcher He Jiankui announcing the world’s first genetically modified babies, the scientific community is outraged with the prematurity and secrecy of his dangerous experiment. Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about why scientists are angry and what this experiment could mean for the future.
(Read more: World’s First Gene Edited Twin Babies: How Ethical is This? )
Instead of seeking to alter the “free-trade regime” to address the grievances of American workers, Trump, singling out China as the enemy, has declared an economic war which will hurt workers in the US, China and in the developing world
The tense exchanges between secretary of state Pompeo and Chinese officials, as well as stronger relations between China, the Koreas and Russia all indicate declining US influence in the region
Measures aimed at protecting US industry have affected small companies across sectors
