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China, Russia and India at the SCO Summit: Signs of a New Global Alignment

3 Sep 2025 4 minute read 1 comment FKlivestolearn

Despite rivalries, Eurasia’s biggest powers are finding common ground as Washington doubles down on coercive trade policy.  Over the weekend, the city of Tianjin, China, played host to a significant geopolitical event: the 25th Heads of State Council...

The Death of “De Minimis”: Why Millions of Online Orders Will Now Face U.S. Customs Duties

30 Aug 2025 4 minute read 2 comments FKlivestolearn

Platforms like Shein and Temu thrived on the $800 loophole—now, every package faces duties and tighter customs checks. Starting today, a long-standing feature of U.S. trade policy—the “de minimis” exemption—comes to an end. For decades, Americans cou...

The Future of Free Markets: Is U.S. Economic Policy Turning Toward State Capitalism?

22 Aug 2025 4 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn

From AI chips to rare earths, government involvement in industry is rewriting the rules of capitalism.  The U.S Republican Party has long positioned itself as the champion of free-market capitalism, deregulation, and limited government intervention....

The Desert Phoenix: How Abu Dhabi is Rewriting the AI Playbook

15 Aug 2025 3 minute read 1 comment FKlivestolearn

With free AI tools and deep-pocketed partners, Abu Dhabi is positioning itself as a neutral tech superpower between Washington and Beijing. In today’s accelerating AI landscape, where Silicon Valley giants guard their most advanced tools behind paywa...

Nvidia Caught in the Cross-Hairs of U.S.-China Tech Tensions

14 Aug 2025 2 minute read 1 comment FKlivestolearn

How a controversial chip deal is testing corporate diplomacy in the age of geopolitical tech conflict. In a dramatic twist to global trade dynamics, Nvidia—the AI juggernaut—has reentered the Chinese market under a highly unusual arrangement with the...

The Capitalist Twist in AI’s Story: Productivity Gains, Job Losses, and Worker Strain

13 Aug 2025 3 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn

Automation promised liberation. The current economy is delivering disruption. Artificial intelligence (AI) was not born as the herald of a dystopia. On the contrary, its foundational promise was deeply utopian: by automating mundane and repetitive ta...

Cracks in the Data: Inflation-Linked Securities, Politicized Statistics, and a Sluggish U.S. Services

8 Aug 2025 4 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn

A deep dive into market fears, rising prices, and the erosion of trust in U.S. economic reporting.  In a $2 trillion corner of the U.S. financial markets—namely, inflation-linked Treasury securities—a sudden tremor has exposed the fragility that can...

How Have the Tariffs Reshaped the U.S. Economy in 2025 So Far?

4 Aug 2025 5 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn

As tariff revenues hit record highs, U.S. economic growth, labor markets, and institutional trust show worrying signs of erosion.  With fresh U.S tariffs imposed on numerous global trading partners and trade deals forged on steep new terms, the evide...

The AI Cold War Has Begun: How the U.S.-China AI Race is Fracturing Global Technology

2 Aug 2025 3 minute read 1 comment FKlivestolearn

As Beijing unveils its counter to Washington's AI strategy, the world is being nudged into rival ecosystems — again. But this time, the stakes are far higher. Just days after the United States released its long-awaited national AI strategy, China res...

From Factory Floor to Consumer Core: How China is Redefining its Economic Power?

1 Aug 2025 4 minute read 1 comment FKlivestolearn

China’s role in the global economy is changing. After decades of export-led growth, the world’s second-largest economy is being powered more by its consumers than its cargo ships.  For decades, China held the moniker of the “Factory of the World”—a t...