What happened: America has long used sanctions to coerce adversaries, but Iran and China can wield powerful economic weapons too
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What happened: America has long used sanctions to coerce adversaries, but Iran and China can wield powerful economic weapons too
What to watch next: movement around dominance, economic.
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America has long used sanctions to coerce adversaries, but Iran and China can wield powerful economic weapons too
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Hao Zhou, economist at Guotai Haitong Securities, says strong export momentum is helping China’s economy start 2026 on solid footing and is bolstering investor confidence in the country’s “go global” story. He speaks with David Ingles and Yvonne Man on Bloomberg's The China Show. (Source: Bloomberg)
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The Department of Defense is preparing to ask lawmakers for additional funding following the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran. It’s far from clear whether there’s enough support in Congress to pass a supplemental funding bill for the Pentagon, as the vast majority of Democrats decry the White House’
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Confidence among chief executive officers of large US companies grew in the first quarter despite global uncertainty and the war in Iran driving up energy prices and rattling markets.
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Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has finalised his coalition partners and tapped allies for cabinet posts, but the spillover from the war in the Middle East is already diluting the economic momentum his new government hopes to take into office. Anutin’s in-tray was already bulging with
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President Putin pits himself as a potential mediator but that's not an easy sell, writes the BBC's Russia editor.
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The era of US dominance in economic warfare is overAmerica has long used sanctions to coerce adversaries, but Iran and China can wield powerful economic weapons too
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Guotai Haitong’s Zhou on China’s Economic OutlookHao Zhou, economist at Guotai Haitong Securities, says strong export momentum is helping China’s economy start 2026 on solid footing and is bolstering investor confidence in the country’s “go global” story. He speaks with David Ingles and Yvonne Man on Bloomberg's The China Show. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg · report
Economic Shocks Loom As Iran War EscalatesThe Department of Defense is preparing to ask lawmakers for additional funding following the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran. It’s far from clear whether there’s enough support in Congress to pass a supplemental funding bill for the Pentagon, as the vast majority of Democrats decry the White House’
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CEOs Gain Confidence in US Economic Outlook Despite Iran WarConfidence among chief executive officers of large US companies grew in the first quarter despite global uncertainty and the war in Iran driving up energy prices and rattling markets.
Hao Zhou, economist at Guotai Haitong Securities, says strong export momentum is helping China’s economy start 2026 on solid footing and is bolstering investor confidence in the country’s “go global” story. He speaks with David Ingles and Yvonne Man on Bloomberg's The China Show. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Department of Defense is preparing to ask lawmakers for additional funding following the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran. It’s far from clear whether there’s enough support in Congress to pass a supplemental funding bill for the Pentagon, as the vast majority of Democrats decry the White House’
Confidence among chief executive officers of large US companies grew in the first quarter despite global uncertainty and the war in Iran driving up energy prices and rattling markets.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has finalised his coalition partners and tapped allies for cabinet posts, but the spillover from the war in the Middle East is already diluting the economic momentum his new government hopes to take into office. Anutin’s in-tray was already bulging with
President Putin pits himself as a potential mediator but that's not an easy sell, writes the BBC's Russia editor.
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Hao Zhou, economist at Guotai Haitong Securities, says strong export momentum is helping China’s economy start 2026 on solid footing and is bolstering investor confidence in the country’s “go global” story. He speaks with David Ingles and Yvonne Man on Bloomberg's The China Show. (Source: Bloomberg)
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