The publication of the Chinese growth numbers of the 2nd quarter confirms the strength of the economic rebound of the country, even if the comparisons are difficult to interpret. The Covid-19 pandemic hurt it as soon as in 2020 1st quarter and the fall of the economic activity has been extremely brutal before progressively rebounding and allowing China being the only one among major world economies to be able to show off a 2.3% growth in 2020. During 2021 1st quarter and 2nd quarter, GDP increased by 18.3% and 7.9% year-on-year. So this slowing is only apparent ...

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We remember the metaphor about soccer: it is a game you play between two teams with eleven players where, at the end, it is always Germany which wins. It has a little lost its actuality but the principle is still there and could be applied to economy. The world is permanently confronted with crisis, but whatever is the cause, at the end, it is always China to blame. The country has been at the center of the discussions inside the G7, the NATO and the meeting between the American president and his European counterparts this week. The regime lack of ...

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The covid-19 pandemic and the impacts of the virus mutation have heavily affected the world economy. But they have not been the only ones to constitute a threat. The tensions between the two biggest economic powers, the United States and China, to the point it has been said there was a new “cold war”, have worried and the questions we can rightfully ask about the intentions of the new American president are still there. His predecessor had wanted to affirm his desire for power. In his slogan “America first” there was both the priority given to the satisfaction of American ...

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