https://www.scmp.com/rss/500293/feed Bryan Mercurio is an Outstanding Fellow and professor of law at Chinese University of Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com US President Donald Trump is wrong to withhold funding from the World Health Organisation. The global health body, however, has made serious mistakes since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak that have overwhelmed health systems and cost lives. This crisis has exposed the WHO as primarily a political organ of the United Nations, rather than the science-based authority most people believe it to be. Almost every statement it made and advice it provided throughout January and February has... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3080268/whos-coronavirus-response-shows-organisation-broken-fixing-it-must?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3080268/whos-coronavirus-response-shows-organisation-broken-fixing-it-must?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Apr 2020 19:00:11 +0000 China and the US are likely to reach an agreement to end their trade war soon. Both sides will characterise the deal as a suitable compromise to mitigate the current trade friction between the countries. Beijing cannot and does not want to deal with the structural imbalances in the trading relationship, but it will placate President Donald Trump by offering sweeteners in exchange for him dropping threats to impose more tariffs on Chinese imports into the US. China will offer to reduce tariffs on... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/3001729/us-china-trade-deal-will-come-it-just-will?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/3001729/us-china-trade-deal-will-come-it-just-will?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Mar 2019 17:00:08 +0000