China, which dominates mining and production of the rare earth elements essential in high-tech manufacturing, tightened their exports to Japan in recent weeks after prime minister Sanae Takaichi commented on Japan’s response to an attack on Taiwan.
Category: 21 July 2026
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CHINA’S CAR EXPORTS TOP ONE MILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME
In June, China’s carmakers exported 1.06 million passenger vehicles, a 71.2-percent increase from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported.
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GAZA/LEBANON DEATH TOLL
Israel killed at least 72,283 Palestinians and injured 173,864 since the genocidal war started in October 2023. The death toll includes the 1,168 Palestinians who were killed since the so-called ceasefire took effect on 10 October 2025.
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CHINA’S SECOND-QUARTER GROWTH SLOWEST IN MORE THAN THREE YEARS
China’s economy expanded by 4.3 percent in this year’s second quarter, the slowest since early 2023, well under the first quarter’s 5-percent bump and below the bottom of Beijing’s 2026 forecast of “4.5 to 5 percent.”
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BRAZIL’S DIGITAL PAYMENT SYSTEM PROMPTS 25-PERCENT U.S. TARIFF
A key reason for Donald Trump’s new 25-percent tariff on Brazil’s exports to the U.S. is Pix, the country’s wildly popular digital payments system.
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U.K. BORROWING COSTS RISE ON RENEWED MIDEAST WAR
The yield on the U.K.’s ten-year bond rose briefly to 5.05 percent on 15 July as fighting intensified along the Persian Gulf.
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RENEWED PERSIAN GULF FIGHTING BRINGS OIL CRISIS CLOSER
The return to all-out war in the Mideast will cut off oil supplies from the region at a time when the world no longer has the reserves that shielded the global economy from a fuel crisis so far, oil traders are warning.
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AI REBRANDING TACTIC FALLS FLAT
Last April, Allbirds, a U.S. shoe company, decided to cash in on the AI frenzy by changing its name to Newbird AI.
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GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
America’s economic decline continues to spread beyond layoffs and into a more troubling trend: businesses shutting their doors for good.
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
America’s job market keeps flashing warning signs as layoffs spread across banking, technology, manufacturing, retail, telecommunications, healthcare, media, and education.