America is entering a new 'economic supercycle'

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No one's going to sound an alarm, blast out a text message, or shoot you an email about it, but the US economy is undergoing a historic shift. We are leaving one long period of expansion — what economists refer to as a "supercycle" — and entering a very different one.

Xi Jinping just fired his giant money cannon at the wrong target

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Sure, Wall Street. Go ahead. Ride the dragon.

America's tech battle with China is about to get ugly

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China's push to develop its AI industry could usher in a dystopian era of division unlike any we have ever seen before.

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For technology to change the global balance of power, it needn't be new. It must simply be known.

Tariffs on China could end up making inflation worse and hurting US economic growth, S&P Global says

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US President Joe Biden (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 14, 2022.

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America generates 40 million tons of plastic waste a year — and it can't be recycled

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Americans produce 40 million tons of plastic waste each year. And it has to go somewhere.

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The different ways Biden and Trump will shape US trade policy with China, according to a foreign-policy analyst

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Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.

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China's economic plans make a trade war likely whether Biden or Trump wins the presidency

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With both Biden and Trump expected to keep pushing against China, one rising theory is that Beijing can at least hope Trump's unpredictability gives it opportunities on the world stage.

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China's master plan to crush Elon Musk

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China's EV ascendance has sparked a fight that is forcing American companies to rethink their whole strategy.

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China's rapidly dwindling future will shape the world for decades to come

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2024 is the year of the incredible shrinking China.

It’s official: The era of China’s global dominance is over

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China has reached the end of its economic boom. What comes next should worry every American business — and the rest of the world.

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We've reached the end of an era for the Chinese economy.

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