By Rhod Mackenzie
The tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump have hurt the economies fellow G7 members and not those of the BRICS. The economic growth of Germany,Japan and the UK have been hard hit but the tarrifs have not impacted those of the leading BRICS members China and India.
Japa...
By Rhod Mackenzie
It appears that a rather unusual; alliance has taken place betweem the Japanese-Chinese and its against the US and their introduction of tarfifs, which is a clear signe that things have changed significantly.
However, it is important to note that Donald Trump's global economic...
It appears there is panic in the membership of the G7 over the election of Donald Trump as US President and his threat to impose sanctions on imports from all countries even so called alies.
It appears that the disintegration of the global economic system is accelerating. Now Great Britain and Ja...
Its been reported by Bloomberg that China is threatening Japan with economic sanctions in the event that Japan introduces new restrictions on the export of equipment for the production of semiconductors. So what will be the potential response from Beijing.
In July of this year, the Japanese gover...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 projects are significant for the Japanese energy sector, and the government intends to continue participating in them. This information is based on the Japanese Foreign Ministry's annual diplomatic report, known as the 'Blue Book'.
Regarding oil an...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Japan's GDP fell by 0.4% in Q4 of last year, contrary to the 1.4% growth forecasted by economists polled by Reuters. The data update reveals that the GDP of Japan decreased by 3.3% in annual terms in Q3 of 2023, indicating a technical recession on the Japanese Islands. In the thi...