President Trump's administration is set to bar Chinese passenger airlines from flying to the US starting in mid-June as geopolitical tensions continue to flare up between the two nations.

The move by the Trump administration comes in response to China refusing to allow US airlines to resume passenger service in the country. The Trump administration claimed last month that the Chinese government has made it near impossible for US carriers to operate in the country.

The new order banning all Chinese passenger airplanes from US flights is expected to take effect on June 16.

Improvements.

The Chinese government is tightening trade freedom as it turns more private enterprises into state-run businesses, which may prompt supply chains focusing on shipments to the US and Europe to accelerate moving out of China, according to a study by a private think tank commissioned by the Taiwan government.

The report indicated that in 2019, more than 150 private enterprises listed on stock markets were sold to state-owned assets supervision and administration commissions of China's state council and local governments, with their combined capitalization totaling CNY 220 billion (US$31.4 billion), indicating growing government presence in the market.

What this guys wanted? China now forming huge companies as they need such to oppose US monsters.

Taiwan's shipments of servers, for instance, shot up 210% in the year and shipments of PC peripheral devices as well as routers and switches also increased 140% and 58.1%, respectively. In the first five months of 2020, Taiwan's shipments of PCs and peripherals again surged 32.5% on year, compared to a 28.0% increase in router and switch shipments, the report cited Taiwan's customs statistics.

Taiwan is afraid, very afraid. As by taking US side they will be gradually cutting available markets and as they will try to rely on weakening power is always dangerous.

Following the recent deadly border clash between China and India, increased nationalism has been instigated among Indian citizens by certain politicians and media in India. In addition to a campaign to boycott Chinese products among Indian residents, the country's ports have reportedly put extra customs checks on cargoes from China since June 22, including massive components and parts needed by India-based producers, as well as products of Apple, Cisco and Dell. Before the clash, India announced enhanced scrutiny of foreign investments, which was regarded as a measure to prevent acquisitions by Chinese firms. The move was largely taken to serve political purposes and reflected how immature the Indian market and Indian economic strategies are. Echoing the US' decoupling efforts, India wants to receive industrial relocations from China. But it is very difficult to be realized, given its insufficient infrastructure for both hardware and software facilities.

Cutting economic links with China is not easy. And, Chinese enterprises that have investments in or intend to explore the Indian market should be very cautious of erratic nationalism, and carry out comprehensive assessment before putting their investments in the country. The same scenario also applies to foreign investments from other countries or regions if they cannot guarantee a permanent amicable relationship with India. Under such circumstances, bilateral trade between China and India is likely to drop one third on a yearly basis in 2020, and could even dive by 50 percent.

China and India have developed close economic ties in the past years, with both sides maintaining comparative advantages in certain sectors like auto manufacturing, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals. Highly dependent on Chinese supplies, many Indian industries cannot afford an irrational boycott of Chinese components. It would take India years of huge efforts to find a substitute, either by shoring up its own industries or luring investment from other countries. Although the two countries have seen expanding economic cooperation in previous years, India has also complained of its trade deficit with China. Rather than asking China to narrow the deficit, it is more critical for India to reflect on its own industrial competitiveness as global trade is related with the rule of comparative advantages.

Indian consumers prefer cost-efficient products. For instance, Chinese smartphones maintain higher comparative advantages than Indian domestic products. One Chinese smartphone, the OnePlus 8 Pro, sold out in India minutes after hitting shelves on an e-commerce platform despite nationalist boycott of Chinese products.

World War may start with a simple mistake :)

India's army reportedly spent six months watching "Chinese spy drones" violating its air space, only to find out they were actually Jupiter and Venus.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-23455128

With the Chinese Communist Party’s imposition of new security measures on Hong Kong, the risk that sensitive U.S. technology will be diverted to the People’s Liberation Army or Ministry of State Security has increased, all while undermining the territory’s autonomy. Those are risks the U.S. refuses to accept and have resulted in the revocation of Hong Kong’s special status.

Commerce Department regulations affording preferential treatment to Hong Kong over China, including the availability of export license exceptions, are suspended. Further actions to eliminate differential treatment are also being evaluated. We urge Beijing to immediately reverse course and fulfill the promises it has made to the people of Hong Kong and the world.

As China finally passed HK law we will see soon event unwind.

Independent goverment and significant difference of HK can be fully removed as soon as this fall.

High-profile activists Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Agnes Chow resigned from their political group, Demosisto, and the group itself announced its closure hours after news of the law’s passage. Hong Kong National Front, a pro-independence group, also announced its closure, but said its work would continue in Taiwan and the UK. Another pro-independence group, Studentlocalism, also said it would cease operating

Operation failed, move on.

The Federal Communication Commission has declared Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE “national security threats,” a move that will formally ban U.S. telecom companies from using federal funds to buy and install Huawei and ZTE equipment.

Remember, FCC and over goverment agancies are just servants of the largest US corporations.

Apple lately fight hard to stay afloat using all methods possible, legal, shady and totally criminal.

It was Apple who was main sponsor for banning main Chinese smartphone manufacturers from selling widely and in retail on US market,

Boris Johnson is poised to begin phasing out the use of Huawei technology in Britain’s 5G network as soon as this year, in a major about-turn, The Telegraph can disclose.

GCHQ is understood to have revised its previous assurance that the risks posed by the Chinese technology giant can be safely managed.

A report due to be presented to the Prime Minister this week is expected to conclude that new US sanctions on Huawei will force the company to use untrusted technology that could make the risk impossible to control.

Hot war coming soon, I see no other reason to do this now.

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced that in order to remain in the country for the fall 2020 semester, international students must take in-person classes at their schools. Students who remain in the US but take entirely online courses may face “immigration consequences including, but not limited to, the initiation of removal proceedings.”

Expect soft removal of most Chinese students in the fall.

EU also exploited US

Don’t forget we’re in competition with China, and with many other countries throughout the world. We’re in tremendous economic competition, including Europe, which has never treated us well. The European Union was formed in order to take advantage of the United States. They formed, and they take advantage of the United States. And I know that, and they know I know that, but other Presidents had no idea.

The relationship is very good, they just don’t treat us very well on trade. They are — they have been very unfair to us over many, many decades. And we’re doing that. It’s very easy to solve. I was all set to solve it actually, and then we got hit with the plague.

Trump clearly have good source for all this thought, and even solution is same in his head:

Huawei begins counterattack, files patent infringement against Verizon, HP and Cisco

With the US cracking down hard on Huawei and pressurizing the company on multiple fronts, it seems that the smartphone vendor has started to fight back and is targetting multiple brands like HP, Verizon, and even Cisco with patent infringement.

A few recent changes in the US Government’s FRAND agreements (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) have enabled Huawei to sue the aforementioned companies. In other words, the amendments have made it easier for Huawei to target these companies. The Chinese tech giant’s response to the US sanctions against starts from patent infringement claims Verizon for its own technology and products that it had acquired from Cisco and Hewlett-Packard.

At the moment, Huawei is demanding royalty payments for hundreds of patents. Notably, sources claimed that this event might also be leveraged by the Chinese company to compel court discovery on Verizon’s and its suppliers’ confidential information. In simplers terms, Huawei would be able to gain in-depth access to its competitor’s products and technology.

The turn of events was unexpected, to say the least, as the US Government, in particular, did not consider that Huwaei would turn the US patent law against American companies. Additionally, this could also lead to further harm to local companies in the near future as well. So stay tuned as we will be providing more updates on the matter.

De-dollarization: faster than expected

A global trend toward 'de-dollarization' has already begun. The last piece of 'load-bearing wall' of the 'US Empire State Building' has cracked, in other words.

Global policies for 'de-dollarization' include sharply reducing US debt holdings, dropping US dollar's status as an anchor currency, increasing non-dollar bulk commodity trade, growing the reserve of non-dollar currencies, and ramping up gold's hedge against the dollar.

From the perspective of US debt, 22 consecutive months from April 2018 to March 2020 saw global central banks reduce their US debt holdings... In March, yields on both one-month and three-month Treasury bills were negative, while the yield for the 10-year Treasury hit below 1 percent for the first time, according to media reports. This exemplifies global anticipations of a weaker US economy.

In recent years, many G20 members, such as China, France, Germany, and Russia, have reduced their utilization of the US dollars in trade deals. According SWIFT, in May, the share of US dollars in the international payment market was 40.88 percent, a drop from 44.1 percent in March.

The share of the US dollar in total foreign exchange reserves of all IMF member countries has fallen from 72 percent in 2000 to 61.99 percent at the end of the first quarter in 2020

To offset risks brought by US dollars, the US share in global gold reserves fell from 23.64 percent at the end of June 2019 to 15.5 percent at the end of June 2020. This reflects countries' weakening of trust in the US dollar. It is conceivable that the US sanctioning against China due to the country's national security legislation for Hong Kong will further accelerate most countries' 'de-dollarization' programs

Since the 21st century began, many doubters of 'de-dollarization' have been holding that global 'de-dollarization' is still in its infancy... But the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have triggered a faster 'de-dollarization' progress.

India could become a major production base for iPhone following a recent shakeup in Apple's supply chain in the form of Taiwan-based Wistron selling two of its China plants to Chinese maker Luxshare.

Apple can be main casuality this fall. I hope China will find enough courige to fully block Apple manufacturing facilities and throw company out of China. At least Apple developers had been told to prepare for unusual times and unusual solution with sleepless nights this fall.