AstraZeneca trial halted & decoupling on the horizon?

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine trial has been put on hold due to an illness in one patient, but medical experts are still assuaging those concerns. Plus, as the United States and China continue to ramp up their tech tussle, South Korea has joined the scuffle as Samsung sides with the US in the fight for 5G. The transpacific tensions have raised the issue of economic decoupling between the world’s two largest economies. We take a look at the state of relations between the two giants and what the future could have in store.