In this arena, economic tools are employed to escalate conflict horizontally

Commercial weapons deployed by US, China involve different tactics

Despite tariffs and Covid-19, China’s exports to US back to pre-trade war levels

Persistent deficit can lead to more indirect taxes, higher petroleum levies

Public Finance Management Act
fails to regulate supplementary budgets

Tolerance of tax loopholes is decreasing in corona-hit EU states

Integrated plan by big nations for fiscal support of emerging economies missing

Ultimate challenge is to turn agreement into action and results

After earlier limiting rare-earth supply, Beijing suddenly jacked up quotas to record high

There is no written deal that indicates negotiations can be quite long