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PEIC Panelists to Address Perspectives on Workforce Challenges & Opportunities Facing Power Electronics Industry
Sep 11, 2017As part of the Special Session program at the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo (ECCE 2017) in Cincinnati, OH (1–5 October), the Power Electronics Industry Collaborative (PEIC) – a national, industry-focused member-based ...
Tags: semiconductor, supply chain
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China Is Facing Growth Deceleration
Dec 12, 2016A slowdown in China is the greatest threat to the global economy, Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff told BBC in a curious interview in late September. "The [Chinese] economy is slowing down much more than the official figures show." As the ...
Tags: Chinese economy, global economy
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Taiwan's Wooden Furniture Sector Struggling, But Undaunted
Oct 12, 2016Persistent makers in Taiwan’s wooden furniture sector adopt different strategies to survive a severe recession caused by insiders continuously migrating. Taiwan's wooden furniture manufacturers experienced a golden age back in the ...
Tags: wooden furniture
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How Should China Cope with US Interest Rate Rise?
Jun 7, 2016A May 25 Bloomberg report said that Chinese officials plan to ask their American counterparts during the upcoming eighth round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue about the chance of a Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate ...
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China Not The Cause of Global Economic Crisis
Jan 22, 2016The world's stock markets are spiralling downwards. The U.S. equity market fell 10 percent last month. Investor terminology calls this a "correction" not a crash. But prospects don't look good. Big investors, banks and financial ...
Tags: Economic Crisis, investment banks
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What Does The China-Britain Rapport Mean?
Nov 4, 2015Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a four-day state visit to Britain from Oct 20 to 23, during which the two countries signed cooperation agreements worth a combined 40 billion pounds, including Chinese investment in a British nuclear power ...
Tags: China-Britain Rapport, closer ties
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Gao Hucheng: Grasp the World Situation and Promote the Level of Opening—Understanding of Studying and Implementing Important Speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping
Oct 22, 2015On January 15, 2015, the journal Qiushi published a signed article by Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng, titled “Grasp the World Situation and Promote the Level of Opening—Understanding of Studying and Implementing Important ...
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Kerry Group to Establish Health and Nutrition Institute for Nutritional Development
Oct 21, 2015Ireland-based Kerry Group is establishing Health and Nutrition Institute that aims to provide insight into the science and policy of health, taste, nutrition, and general wellness. The institute, which is supported by Scientific Advisory ...
Tags: Kerry Group, Nutrition Institute, Nutritional Development
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiation Completed
Oct 15, 2015On October 4, 2015, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries announced conclusion of their negotiations. The summary of the TPP Agreement is as follows: Disclaimer: The Following Summary of the Trans-Pacific ...
Tags: goods, services, trad, investment
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China, US to See New Relationship After Xi's Visit
Sep 21, 2015A heated debate on how the United States should react to China's rise is going on in the United States. The main dispute is whether the long-established approach to China should be abandoned. In the past 30 years, the United States has ...
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Li Keqiang's Home Truths About Chinese Economy
Sep 21, 2015The 9th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, a World Economic Forum conference hosted each year in China. It has come to be known as the “Summer Davos,” opened on Wednesday in the city of Dalian. It has become customary for the ...
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Do Australia's Supply Chains Face a Looming Crisis?
Aug 27, 201548% of supply chain managers in Australia say they are inadequately trained, according to respondents of a global survey of professionals. Supply chain managers increasingly focus on protecting vulnerable people further down the chain ...
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China Seeks to Turn Solar Power Into a Reality
Aug 2, 2015Renewable energy statistics, viewed in isolation, sketch a misleading picture of wind and solar energy growth in China. According to the Energy Information Agency, China's total installed wind and solar electricity capacity was 7% in ...
Tags: Renewable energy, Solar Power
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A Clear Policy to Cultivate Cotton and The Low Liquidity in Factories
Jan 5, 2015The Prime Minster of Egypt, Ibrahim Mehleb, recently held meetings to discuss the issues of the cotton and textile industry, and announced that the Egyptian Government has decided to support the revival of the textile sector, Daily News ...
Tags: Cotton Textile, textile industry, Textile
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Economists Downwardly Revised Their World Trade Growth Estimate for 2015 to 4 Percent
Oct 8, 2014Economists at the World Trade Organization (WTO) have downwardly revised their world trade growth estimate for 2015 to 4 percent from the previous estimate of 5.3 percent. For 2014 also, the WTO has reduced its world trade growth ...
Tags: world trade growth, GDP growth
