Month: June 2019

As Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares for one of the most important meetings of his seven-year rule, he appears to have Donald Trump on the brain — even if he won’t say so directly. In conversations with other leaders ahead of his sit down tomorrow with the U.S. president on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Japan, Xi spared no opportunity to paint the U.S. as the bad guy in China’s spiralling trade conflict, while avoiding the provocative step of naming Trump personally. In remarks to African…

Poland’s consumer price inflation rose for the fifth straight month in June, data from Statistics Poland showed on Friday. The consumer price index grew 2.6 percent year-on-year in June, following a 2.4 percent increase in May. Economists expected the inflation to remain at the same rate. Inflation was largely driven by higher prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages and fuels. Food and non-alcoholic beverages prices advanced 5.7 percent and that of fuels for transport gained 3.1 percent. On a month-on-month basis, consumer prices rose 0.3 percent in June. For comments…