Tag Archives: USChina

Tensions between the U.S. and China are likely only to worsen under the Biden administration, according to Raymond James Managing Director Ed Mills. “This kind of relationship is going down a path of great confrontation,” said Mills, who is also the financial services firm’s Washington policy analyst. “I think we are going to see an increase in the conversation about the decoupling and more conversations about ‘Are we going into another Cold War between these two economies?'” Mills… Source link

Mike Colyer leads one of North America’s biggest crypto mining companies, Foundry. Owned by Digital Currency Group (CoinDesk’s parent company), the startup emerged in 2019 and has quickly come to exemplify a trend: the comeback of U.S. crypto mining after years of living in the shadows of China’s greater hash power.  We caught up with Colyer for a preview of his thoughts on the China vs. U.S. rivalry in bitcoin mining, institutional adoption and the controversial concept of “clean… Source link

Reports of anti-Asian incidents that happened in the U.S. over the past year nearly doubled in March alone, as ongoing bigotry and increased awareness brought a flood of testimony, according to data released by advocacy group Stop AAPI Hate this month.  The surge in anti-Asian harassment during the coronavirus pandemic has coincided with a massive shift in negative U.S. sentiment toward China. A Gallup poll conducted in February found that 45% of Americans consider China the nation’s… Source link

Electric vehicles were the story of the year throughout 2020, but a battle in the EV industry could bust the market wide open in 2021. While Tesla was the one grabbing headlines in the United States, with over 700% gains in 2020… A Chinese competitor most folks have never heard of was already showing up Elon Musk’s EV juggernaut. Nio, “the Chinese Tesla,” has rolled out over 75,000 electric vehicles to date. And with their ET7 electric car boasting a record range of 621 miles on one… Source link