#Imports

Trinh

Trinhnomics

India CPI is 6.1% on higher food CPI (+7.9%) so its real yield is pretty negative. But did you know that China food CPI is even higher at +11.1%YoY &

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

Agriculture has long been one of China's preferred sectors for trade retaliation.And viral outbreaks (bird flu, swine fever) have long impacted agricultural trade as well.Looking back at the detailed trade

ThisuriWanniarachchi

ThisuriW

For anyone who has questions on why we have a turmeric crisis in Sri Lanka right now, let me present to you Exhibit A: the most recent para tarriff revisions

Trinh

Trinhnomics

Ready? Thread on the corona virus & what trade and investment has got to do with it. This is similar to trade-war but going to be WORSE b/c we're adding

Tobias Schneider

tobiaschneider

This appears pretty unsalvageable. I'm struggling to wrap my head around how they would make up for the lost capacity. The regional food and aid chain will have to be

Tony Connelly

tconnellyRTE

Breaking: @MichelBarnier has told EU ambassadors that legal action against the UK remains on the table, but will be used only at the "appropriate time" 2/ During a briefing this

Jake Dohm

JakeDohm

As we consider swinging back towards URL based package management* I think it's important to reflect on why we moved away from CDN and in the first place

Иван Ткачев

IvanTkachev1

There’s narrative that US wants to kill Nord Stream 2 b/c it wants to sell more LNG to Germany/Europe. Let’s see some data. In 2019 Russia’s share in total EU

Donal O'Kelly

DonalOKelly

Green Party members on here, please remember that the Occupied Territories Bill is about a people’s right to control the land they live in. It would be tragically ironic if

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/8Those of us concerned about the cost to the US economy of unbalanced trade have to distinguish between imports driven by differences in manufacturing productivity and imports driven by lower

Mary Shown

maryshownSBT

Got a lot of things that needed to be updated so here ya go:https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/business/marketbasket/pier-1-imports-south-bend-tgi-fridays-and-local-boutique-to-close-as-other-businesses/article_5014e0b6-9f8c-11ea-a6bc-cb

Chad P. Bown

ChadBown

1/ FACTS: It took until March 17 for Trump to finally REMOVE his own trade war tariffs on imports of masks from China. Until March 17, he didn't want imports

Hamzeh Hadad

HamzehKarkhi

“At the current rate of spending, Iraq requires an oil price of $76 per bbl to finance its current 2020 expenses.”https://twitter.com/wfp_iraq/status/1279120578851606528 “The unsustainable stimulus package introduced following the dem

Jim Fairlie @ Logie

JimFairlieLogie

My farming friends, Neil Parish amendment time the new U.K. Gov agri bill banning import of lower standard foods and welfare practice has been defeated, David Mundell, John Lamont Alistair

💧 Tim Buckley

TimBuckleyIEEFA

Indian electricity demand has dropped 21% in absolute terms since the start of March 2020. As the high marginal cost source of power, coal-fired power generation is down 28%. @RajKSinghIndia,

Nick von Westenholz

nvonwestenholz

I’ve seen a number of tweets from MPs and others regarding yesterday’s amendments to the Agriculture Bill – which sought to ensure British standards of production aren’t jeopardised by future