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📌 U.S.-China Trade Tensions and Trump’s Achilles’ Heel ― A Stock Market Driven Power Struggle --- Part I. The Trade War Rekindled ― A New Wave of Tension In October 2025, global financial markets once again found themselves engulfed in turmoil. Just months earlier, investors had been clinging to the belief that the boom in AI and new industries might offset concerns about an economic slowdown. But by mid-October, rising tensions between the U.S. and China abruptly shattered that fragile optimism, throwing markets back into a state of volatility and fear. On October 15, Wall Street closed mixed. At first glance, index movements seemed modest, but a closer look at intraday swings told a different story. Investors had to simultaneously digest three escalating risks: the re-ignition of the U.S.-China trade war, mounting fears of a prolonged government shutdown in Washington, and the shockwaves from China’s rare earth export controls. Together, these overlapping pressures fuele...

Part 1. What Is APEC — The Cooperation Forum That Moves the Axis of the Global Economy The APEC Leaders’ Meeting in Gyeongju in 2025 will bring together leaders from 21 economies that account for 60% of global GDP to discuss AI cooperation and responses to demographic change. It also compares the significance of Korea’s proposals with overseas cases. 1. Context of Birth and Growth APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) is not merely an international gathering; it is a product that reflects the transformation of the global economic order after the Cold War. Until the late 1980s, the center of the world economy was still concentrated in Europe and North America. But as the late 1980s arrived, high growth in Asian economies became pronounced. Japan emerged as the world’s second-largest economy, and the so-called “Four Asian Tigers”—Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore—rapidly expanded their influence in global trade through industrialization and export-driven strategies. ...