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☆ Hinrich Foundation on apparent second assassination attempt on Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailApparent second assassination attempt on Donald Trump 'unusual and alarming': Hinrich FoundationDeborah Elms, head of trade policy at Hinrich Foundation, says "in general, you tend to have a 'rally around the flag' phenomenon that takes place whenever there is some kind of crisis, and we'll have to see whether that takes place."

Persons: Donald Trump, Hinrich, Deborah Elms Organizations: Foundation

☆ Photos show the lavish interiors of The Elms, a Rhode Island mansion built for a coal millionaire in the Gilded Age
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-02 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The Elms was built in 1901 for Gilded Age coal tycoon Edward Julius Berwind and his wife, Sarah Herminie Berwind. He and Sarah Berwind did not have any children. After his wife's death, Edward Berwind enlisted his sister, Julia Berwind, to act as the hostess at his homes in Newport and New York City. He died in 1936, and Julia Berwind spent summers at The Elms until her death in 1961. The following year, the Preservation Society of Newport County purchased The Elms and continues to maintain the property as a museum.

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☆ IMF upgrades UK growth forecast in another boost to new Labour government
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

LONDON — The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday lifted its 2024 growth outlook for the U.K. to 0.7% from 0.5%, providing a further boost to the country's new government. Looking ahead, the Washington, D.C.-based IMF reiterated its forecast for 1.5% U.K. growth in 2025 in the July update of its World Economic Outlook. Investment bank Goldman Sachs earlier this month nudged its 2025 forecast for the U.K. economy 0.1 percentage point higher, to 1.6%. Other economies given a 2024 growth upgrade by the IMF on Tuesday included the euro zone, which it lifted by 0.1 percentage point to 0.9%, Spain, up 0.5 percentage point to 2.4%, and China, up 0.4 percentage point to 5%. It lowered its forecast for the U.S. economy by 0.1 percentage point to 2.6%.

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☆ Data doesn't show oversupply of Chinese goods across the board: Hinrich Foundation
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailData doesn't show oversupply of Chinese goods across the board: Hinrich FoundationDeborah Elms, head of trade policy at the Hinrich Foundation, says that applies only to certain sectors such as green technology, and discusses Indonesia's planned tariffs on Chinese goods.

Persons: Hinrich, Deborah Elms Organizations: Foundation

☆ Biden's push for more Chinese steel tariffs is a political decision, not an economic one: Analyst
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBiden's push for more Chinese steel tariffs is a political decision, not an economic one: AnalystDeborah Elms, head of trade policy at the Hinrich Foundation, discusses U.S. President Joe Biden's push to triple tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum.

Persons: Deborah Elms, Joe Biden's Organizations: Foundation

☆ Trump will probably kill IPEF on Day 1 of presidency: Deborah Elms
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTrump will probably kill IPEF on Day 1 of his presidency: Hinrich FoundationDeborah Elms, head of trade policy at Hinrich Foundation, says as former U.S. President Donald Trump already killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership on the first day of his presidency, "I suspect he will do something similar for IPEF" if he becomes president again.

Persons: IPEF, Hinrich, Deborah Elms, Donald Trump Organizations: Trump, Foundation, Pacific

☆ There is 'no real alternative' to China when it comes to trade: Asia Trade Centre
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThere is 'no real alternative' to China when it comes to trade: Asia Trade CentreDeborah Elms of the Asia Trade Centre explains why countries like India and Vietnam fail to present viable supply chain alternatives to China.

Persons: Deborah Elms Organizations: Asia Trade, Deborah, Asia Trade Centre Locations: China, India, Vietnam

☆ Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu Gaien redevelopment plan sparks protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Emiko Jozuka | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Last month the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), a UNESCO advisory body, issued a “heritage alert” for Jingu Gaien. Nishikawa believes that the commercial nature of the redevelopment “breaks the promise” of keeping the Jingu Gaien as a public space. Protesters gather for a demonstration at Meiji Jingu Gaien on September 15, 2023. Work commenced at the Meiji Jingu Gaien site in March. “They need to go back to the drawing board and use a much more democratic process to decide the future of Jingu Gaien.”

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☆ Invasive species cost the world $423 billion every year and are causing environmental chaos, UN report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Scroll through the gallery to see more of the planet's most problematic invasive species. Sarefo / Wikimedia Commons In pictures: Invasive species around the world Prev Next‘Prevention, prevention, prevention’Along with invasive species, other key drivers of biodiversity loss include destruction of land and sea habitats, exploitation of organisms, climate change and pollution. As well as flammable invasive plants sparking and spreading wildfires, climate change is enabling invasive species to move north – even to remote areas such as high mountains, deserts and frozen tundra. Preventing the arrival of new species into new regions is the best way to manage threats from invasive species, according to the report. For invasive species that have already taken hold, eradication has been a useful tool, especially on islands, according to the report.

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☆ Can China Export Its Way Out of Its Economic Slump?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Keith Bradsher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Thailand and other Southeast Asian nations exported their way out of economic trouble after the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and 1998. Ireland and Spain did the same after the global banking collapse in 2008 and 2009. Yet China could invite political blowback from countries worried that a flood of exports could erode their own economies, costing workers their jobs and companies their market share. And China’s close partnership with Russia, a country now reviled across much of Europe for its invasion of Ukraine, has caused alarm in Europe about the continent’s reliance on China. But there is also a practical challenge for China: Its trade surplus in manufactured goods is so large — equal to a 10th of the entire Chinese economy, by Mr. Setser’s calculations — that it may be hard to expand it further.

Persons: Deborah Elms Organizations: Asian Trade Center Locations: Thailand, Ireland, Spain, Greece, China, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Southeast Asia, Singapore

☆ Trade deals like CPTPP can help address a polycrisis, Asian Trade Centre says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTrade deals like CPTPP can help address a polycrisis, Asian Trade Centre saysDeborah Elms of the Asian Trade Centre says one way to resolve a polycrisis is using trade agreements like the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership "as a key measure to lower risk and increase certainty about regulatory and rules changes at the drop of a hat," among other things.

☆ Britain to join Indo-Pacific trade bloc in biggest trade deal since Brexit
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Sumathi Bala | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Justin Tallis | AFP | Getty ImagesBritain struck a historic trade deal to join a vast Indo-Pacific trade bloc after nearly two years of intense negotiations. The U.K. said this was the country's largest post-Brexit trade deal and makes it the first European nation to join the CPTPP, since it came into force in 2018. watch nowNatalie Black, the U.K.'s trade commissioner for Asia Pacific, called it a "progressive deal" for Britain. Deborah Elms, executive director of the Asian Trade Centre, said it's very hard to calculate these trade figures, especially based on existing trade flows. watch nowThe trade flows are always "under what you actually are likely to see in the reality as businesses recognize the benefits and start to use a trade agreement like the CPTPP," she added.

☆ Most firms haven't moved their supply chains away from China, says Asian Trade Centre
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMost firms haven't moved their supply chains away from China, says Asian Trade CentreDeborah Elms of the Asian Trade Centre says the challenge for companies is that most of the alternatives are much more expensive and take much longer to yield results.

☆ Here's the exclusive pitch deck workplace-coaching startup 10KC used to raise $56 million to match employees with mentors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Founded in 2014, 10KC is a mentorship startup that matches employees based on their profiles. For Dave Wilkin, a cofounder and the CEO of 10KC, mentorship has been one of the foundations of his professional career. 10KC removes bias from networks and relationships, which is incredibly important for hybrid and decentralized work," Wilkin said. Now, Wilkin and Garcea have raised a $56 million growth-equity round for the first time, which Five Elms Capital led. Check out the 14-slide redacted pitch deck that 10KC used to raise $56 million in growth funding from Five Elms Capital:

☆ The world's largest trade deal could be signed in 2020 — and the US isn't in it
▼ + stars: | 2019-11-12 | by ( Yen Nee Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Manan Vatsyayana | AFP | Getty ImagesAfter more than six years of negotiations, more than a dozen countries in Asia Pacific are now aiming to sign what would be the world's largest trade agreement in 2020. All 16 countries started negotiating RCEP in 2013, when talks for another major trade pact — the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP — were underway. Given China's absence in the then U.S.-led TPP, which was slated to be the world's largest trade deal, many observers considered RCEP a way for Beijing to counter American influence in the region. The final text with details of the trade agreement will go through legal reviews before being signed and released. Deborah Elms, executive director at consultancy Asian Trade Centre, told Reuters that would help Asian producers to sell more of their products to the rest of the region.

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