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Shuli Ren

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent needs to summon up all the investors he can find.

Whose idea is Trump’s big, absurd ‘revenge’ tax?

Section 899 gives the White House new power to levy up to 20 per cent on foreigners with American investments, which could mean punishing US bondholders.

December 2024

Protesters stage a rally to demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. The signs read “Punish.”

Yoon’s actions remind investors of all they dislike about South Korea

After briefly declaring martial law this week, the South Korean President can kiss goodbye to his plan to boost the nation’s notoriously depressed stock market.

May 2024

China has decided that the state owned developers will survive.

China’s housing mess has finally reached Xi Jinping

The president is stepping in to help the country’s beleaguered developers. But only the state-owned players who are critical to his power base.

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