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Great Earnings after hours.
After struggling in the 90's for a while, it looks like we have finally turned the corner and start moving north very quickly.
Between Monday's pop and after hours movement, we are up $16. We are lookin' good.
Let's keep the rally going and get this back to $150 by New Years.
Baidu ADS, Each Repr (BIDU)
115.14 ? 3.44 (3.08%)
Volume: 4,423,711 @07/23/19 7:41:47 PM EDT
Bid Ask Day's Range
115.14 115.2 112.24 - 115.25
BIDU Detailed Quote
Anybody think this will make a comeback??
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Baidu Accelerates Commercial Deployment of Internet of Vehicles Solutions with New Partnerships Unveiled at CES Asia GlobeNewswire Inc. - 6/11/2019 9:05:29 AM
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Baidu ADS, Each Repr (BIDU)
116.95 ? 2.62 (2.29%)
Volume: 4,082,489 @06/18/19 4:01:23 PM EDT
Bid Ask Day's Range
116.64 117.2 115.2 - 119.14
BIDU Detailed Quote
BIDU sure has a lot of irons in the fire.
Setting up good for the future,
PART TWO-General Public Ownership
The general public holds a 17% stake in BIDU. While this size of ownership may not be enough to sway a policy decision in their favour, they can still make a collective impact on company policies.
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It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand Baidu better, we need to consider many other factors.
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The big shareholder groups in Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) have power over the company. Institutions often own shares in more established companies, while it's not unusual to see insiders own a fair bit of smaller companies. I quite like to see at least a little bit of insider ownership. As Charlie Munger said 'Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.'
With a market capitalization of US$38b, Baidu is rather large. We'd expect to see institutional investors on the register. Companies of this size are usually well known to retail investors, too. In the chart below below, we can see that institutions own shares in the company. Let's delve deeper into each type of owner, to discover more about BIDU.
See our latest analysis for Baidu
What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Baidu?
Institutional investors commonly compare their own returns to the returns of a commonly followed index. So they generally do consider buying larger companies that are included in the relevant benchmark index.
We can see that Baidu does have institutional investors; and they hold 63% of the stock. This suggests some credibility amongst professional investors. But we can't rely on that fact alone, since institutions make bad investments sometimes, just like everyone does. When multiple institutions own a stock, there's always a risk that they are in a 'crowded trade'. When such a trade goes wrong, multiple parties may compete to sell stock fast. This risk is higher in a company without a history of growth. You can see Baidu's historic earnings and revenue, below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.
Institutional investors own over 50% of the company, so together than can probably strongly influence board decisions. Hedge funds don't have many shares in Baidu. Quite a few analysts cover the stock, so you could look into forecast growth quite easily.
Insider Ownership Of Baidu
The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.
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should return 38% fibs charting , thank you
News: $BIDU Baidu Accelerates Commercial Deployment of Internet of Vehicles Solutions with New Partnerships Unveiled at CES Asia
Baidu’s DuerOS for Apollo has partnered with over 60 automotive brands and is available on more than 300 vehicle models DuerOS for Apollo ecosystem has surpassed 300 partner members SHANGHAI, China, June 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) annou...
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Hedge Funds Are Crazy About Baidu, Inc. (BIDU)
Abigail Fisher
,Insider Monkey•June 10, 2019
Amid an overall bull market, many stocks that smart money investors were collectively bullish on surged during the first quarter. Among them, Facebook and Microsoft ranked among the top 3 picks and these stocks gained 40% and 25% respectively. Our research shows that most of the stocks that smart money likes historically generate strong risk-adjusted returns. That's why we weren't surprised when hedge funds’ top 20 large-cap stock picks generated a return of 18.7% during the first 5 months of 2019 and outperformed the broader market benchmark by 6.6 percentage points.This is why following the smart money sentiment is a useful tool at identifying the next stock to invest in.
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) has experienced an increase in support from the world's most elite money managers lately. BIDU was in 53 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of the first quarter of 2019. There were 51 hedge funds in our database with BIDU positions at the end of the previous quarter. Our calculations also showed that BIDU isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
In the financial world there are a large number of tools investors have at their disposal to grade stocks. A pair of the most under-the-radar tools are hedge fund and insider trading indicators. We have shown that, historically, those who follow the top picks of the best fund managers can outperform the broader indices by a solid amount. Insider Monkey's flagship best performing hedge funds strategy returned 25.8% year to date (through May 30th) and outperformed the market even though it draws its stock picks among small-cap stocks. This strategy also outperformed the market by 40 percentage points since its inception (see the details here). That's why we believe hedge fund sentiment is a useful indicator that investors should pay attention to.
Let's take a peek at the key hedge fund action regarding Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU).
How are hedge funds trading Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU)?
At the end of the first quarter, a total of 53 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of 4% from one quarter earlier. On the other hand, there were a total of 49 hedge funds with a bullish position in BIDU a year ago. With hedge funds' capital changing hands, there exists a few noteworthy hedge fund managers who were increasing their stakes considerably (or already accumulated large positions).
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According to publicly available hedge fund and institutional investor holdings data compiled by Insider Monkey, First Pacific Advisors LLC, managed by Robert Rodriguez and Steven Romick, holds the number one position in Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU). First Pacific Advisors LLC has a $397.9 million position in the stock, comprising 3.5% of its 13F portfolio. On First Pacific Advisors LLC's heels is Fisher Asset Management, managed by Ken Fisher, which holds a $268.4 million position; 0.4% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Remaining hedge funds and institutional investors that hold long positions include John W. Rogers's Ariel Investments, Anthony Bozza's Lakewood Capital Management and John Overdeck and David Siegel's Two Sigma Advisors.
Now, some big names were leading the bulls' herd. Millennium Management, managed by Israel Englander, assembled the most outsized call position in Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU). Millennium Management had $36.5 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Leon Shaulov's Maplelane Capital also initiated a $33 million position during the quarter. The following funds were also among the new BIDU investors: David Kowitz and Sheldon Kasowitz's Indus Capital, Richard Driehaus's Driehaus Capital, and Manoneet Singh's Kavi Asset Management.
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Baidu Inc (BIDU)
113.01 +3.20 (+2.91%) 13:03 ET [NASDAQ]
112.94 x 200 113.03 x 100 REALTIME by (Cboe BZX)
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959.88 Price Crosses 18-40 Day Moving Average
502.67 Price Crosses 9-40 Day Moving Average
52-Week High 274.00
251.20 Price Crosses 9-18 Day Moving Average
210.13 38.2% Retracement From 52 Week High
14 Day RSI at 80% 210.08
190.40 50% Retracement From 52 Week High/Low
13-Week High 186.22
171.20 Price Crosses 40 Day Moving Average Stalls
170.67 38.2% Retracement From 52 Week Low
14 Day RSI at 70% 165.11
155.88 38.2% Retracement From 13 Week High
1-Month High 155.45
152.39 Price Crosses 9 Day Moving Average Stalls
146.51 50% Retracement From 13 Week High/Low
144.89 Price Crosses 40 Day Moving Average
137.14 38.2% Retracement From 13 Week Low
136.87 38.2% Retracement From 4 Week High
131.13 50% Retracement From 4 Week High/Low
129.14 14 Day RSI at 50%
125.39 38.2% Retracement From 4 Week Low
119.98 14-3 Day Raw Stochastic at 80%
118.52 Price Crosses 18 Day Moving Average
118.33 14-3 Day Raw Stochastic at 70%
115.04 14-3 Day Raw Stochastic at 50%
114.14 Price Crosses 18 Day Moving Average Stalls
14 Day RSI at 30% 113.72
High 113.66 High
Last 113.01 Last
111.74 14-3 Day Raw Stochastic at 30%
Pivot Point 2nd Level Resistance 111.45
Low 111.00 Low
Pivot Point 1st Resistance Point 110.63
110.23 Price Crosses 9 Day Moving Average
110.09 14-3 Day Raw Stochastic at 20%
109.90 3-10-16 Day MACD Moving Average Stalls
109.83 Pivot Point
Previous Close 109.81 Previous Close
Pivot Point 1st Support Point 109.01
108.46 3-10 Day MACD Oscillator Stalls
Pivot Point 2nd Support Point 108.21
107.22 14 Day %d Stochastic Stalls
1-Month Low 106.80
13-Week Low 106.80
52-Week Low 106.80
14 Day RSI at 20% 106.17
105.84 14 Day %k Stochastic Stalls
$BIDU TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE SOME THIS WK.
Yes, we are way oversold at this point.
if i am right 38% retracement is way overdue $BIDU
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BIDU
Baidu’s Facemoji Keyboard Rolls Out Rainbow Features for Pride Month Business Wire - 6/5/2019 9:00:00 AM
Baidu Tops China’s Smart Speaker Market and Enters Top 3 Globally in First Quarter GlobeNewswire Inc. - 5/22/2019 6:48:23 AM
Baidu ADS, Each Repr (BIDU)
114.14 ? -0.33 (-0.29%)
Volume: 4,576,573 @05/28/19 7:32:42 PM EDT
Bid Ask Day's Range
113.5 114.4 113.9249 - 115.57
BIDU Detailed Quote
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BIDU heading to 5-6 bucks in year or two - This is toast
BIDU was huge BS scam !!! hyped TURD - heading to 10 bucks
$BIDU Bears in full control, results won't matter to sentiment
Today's earnings from BABA were really good but after an initial pop it bleed into negative, BAIDU could very well act the same. The chart is ugly with a break from a bear flag on high volume and indicators all point south. There is a chance that the earnings could be great and the stock jumps, but we cant see it happen under a cloud of poor
sentiment.
They keep just selling the shit outta it
I'm hoping that $115 range is their bottom.
Bad earnings brought this down, however, the Trade War is not helping all Tech Companies in both US and China. I think it got hit pretty hard and is in oversold range at this point.
You really can't follow trends or charts with the day to day news of Tariffs, therefore, we can only hope that it starts to turn around a little and level off.
Baidu Announces First Quarter 2019 Results
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Date : 05/16/2019 @ 4:30PM
Source : PR Newswire (US)
Stock : Baidu ADS, Each Representing One Tenth Class A Ordinary Share (BIDU)
Quote : 128.31 -25.39 (-16.52%) @ 7:59PM
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BEIJING, May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) ("Baidu" or the "Company"), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019[1].
"Baidu's mobile foundation continues to strengthen with search-powered AI, and our new AI businesses are making strong progress. In March, Baidu's mobile reach expanded to 1.1 billion monthly active devices, while DuerOS voice assistant installed base reached 275 million devices and generated 2.37 billion monthly voice queries. We are leveraging Baidu AI to provide enterprise solutions to businesses and local governments, which significantly expands our total addressable market," said Robin Li, Chairman and CEO of Baidu. "Looking ahead, we are quite excited about the opportunities to significantly improve content and service discovery through in-app search and increase customer ROI with our entrance into CRM, to deepen our offering to our marketing customers."
"Baidu Q1 results were solid, with revenues reaching RMB 24.1 billion, up 15% year over year, or 21% year over year, excluding revenue from divested business, and margins were dampened by our successful CCTV New Year Eve Gala marketing campaign, which accelerated the traffic of Baidu family of apps and highlighted better in-app search user experience." said Herman Yu, CFO of Baidu. "Despite government policies to improve the market condition for SMEs, we anticipate online marketing in the near term to face a challenging environment. We will take this opportunity to improve our monetization capabilities and review our businesses for operational efficiency, while recognizing the importance to invest for sustainable long-term growth."
First Quarter 2019 Financial Highlights
(in millions, except for per ADS information, unaudited)
Consolidated
For the three-month ended March 31,
2018
2019
YOY
YOY[2]
2019
RMB
RMB
USD
Total revenues
20,907
24,123
15%
21%
3,594
Operating income (loss)
4,568
(936)
(120%)
(139)
Operating margin
22%
(4%)
(4%)
Non-GAAP operating income[3]
5,371
401
(93%)
60
Non-GAAP operating margin
26%
2%
2%
Net income (loss) attributable to Baidu
6,694
(327)
(105%)
(49)
Net margin
32%
(1%)
(1%)
Non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu
4,817
967
(80%)
144
Non-GAAP net margin
23%
4%
4%
Diluted earnings (loss) per ADS
18.68
(0.98)
(105%)
(0.15)
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS
13.69
2.77
(80%)
0.41
Management Change
Hailong Xiang, senior vice president of the search business, has tendered his resignation, and the Company has accepted Hailong's resignation and thanks him for fourteen years of service at Baidu.
The Company has promoted Dou Shen to senior vice president, overseeing Baidu's mobile business, previously known as the search business. Previously, Dou served as vice president of Baidu's mobile products, overseeing the development of Baidu App, Haokan short video app and Baidu smart mini program. Dou has served in various other roles at Baidu since joining in 2012, including web search, display advertising and the financial services group. Prior to Baidu, Dou worked in the adCenter group at Microsoft and sold Buzzlabs, a social media monitoring and analysis platform company that he co-founded, to IAC-owned CityGrid Media. Dou received a bachelor's degree in engineering from North China Electric Power University, a master's degree in engineering from Tsinghua University, and a Ph.D. in computer science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Other Highlights
Corporate
The Company's board of directors has authorized a new share repurchase program, under which the Company may repurchase up to US$1 billion of its shares, effective until July 1, 2020.
Baidu ranked 8th place on BrandZ's 2019 Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands Chart and has been ranked in the Top 10 Most Valuable Chinese Brands for nine consecutive years.
The Company released its biannual Corporate Social Responsibility Report in April 2019, which summarizes Baidu's efforts in environment, social responsibility and corporate governance. The report can be downloaded from http://csr.baidu.com/download.html.
Search and Feed
Baidu App daily active users ("DAUs") in March 2019 reached 174 million, growing 28% year over year.
Haokan DAUs in March 2019 reached 22 million, growing 768% year over year and 16% sequentially.
Baidu continues to expand its content ecosystem to provide users with native-app like experience for search and feed: 1) Baijiahao ("BJH accounts"), Baidu feed's content network, grew to 2.1 million publisher accounts in March 2019, and 2) Baidu Smart Mini Program, launched in July 2018, saw its monthly active users ("MAUs") in March 2019 reach 181 million, growing 23% sequentially.
Baidu connected 1.5 million out-of-home digital screens in 362 cities across 31 provinces to its ad partner network in March 2019, leveraging its technology and online advertising expertise to equip brands with broader reach and more options to deliver omni-marketing campaigns.
DuerOS
DuerOS voice assistant installed base reached 275 million, increasing 279% year over year, and monthly voice queries on DuerOS reached 2.37 billion, increasing 817% year over year in March 2019.
DuerOS skills store continues to push the boundary on improving user experience with over 1,100 skills in wide-ranging genres, including iQIYI, (long-form video), Huya (live video), Haokan (short video), Digital Pets (gaming), 51Talk (online education) and Tencent News Audio Edition (news).
Recently released first-party DuerOS smart devices include: 1) Xiaodu Smart Display 1S (MSRP US$49); 2) Xiaodu TV Sound Bar (MSRP US$119), which doubles as a home theater system and high definition OTT TV box; and 3) Xiaodu Smart Speaker 1S (MSRP US$22), which comes equipped with DuerOS-powered universal remote control, capable of connecting to household appliances, including air conditioners, televisions and OTT TV boxes from Samsung, Panasonic and Haier.
Chery Automobile EXEED sedans were released in April 2019, equipped with DuerOS for Apollo in-vehicle infotainment system. DuerOS for Apollo has received very positive initial user feedback.
Over 190 Baidu Smart Mini Programs and DuerOS skills are now available in the skills store of DuerOS for Apollo, including iQIYI (online video), E Designated Driving (driving services) and GeekPark (technology news). Leveraging Baidu Cloud, Baidu aims to enable app developers to provide their services on mobile, smart devices and automobile infotainment systems.
Apollo
In March 2019, Baidu began testing China's first robotaxi fleet powered by Apollo in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, to help improve traffic congestion, air pollution and road safety.
Apollo Open Platform, embraced by a developer community of 15,000, has been adopted for many innovative auto pilot scenarios, including street cleaning, goods delivery and shuttle services.
According to the inaugural Beijing Autonomous Vehicles Road Test Report for 2018 issued by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport, Apollo amassed over 10 times the test miles of the next industry player in China.
Cloud & Others
Baidu Cloud held its ABC Internet Summit in April 2019, introducing a library of AI toolkits for Baidu Cloud to empower content producers to better create, edit and analyze video content.
According to the 2H18 IDC China Public Cloud Report, Baidu Cloud, for the first time, entered the top 5 ranking for public cloud service providers in IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) and PaaS (Platform as a Service) in China.
According to the WIPO Artificial Intelligence Report for 2019 issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization, Baidu leads among companies globally in patent applications for deep learning sub-category of machine learning and is the only Chinese Internet company listed among the top 30 AI patent applicants worldwide.
Baidu IME (mobile keyboard) released an AI version in January 2019, which allows for mixed voice input in Mandarin with English and other Chinese dialects, real-time translation and augmented reality emoticons, demonstrating Baidu AI capabilities in voice, image and facial recognition. Over 60% of Baidu IME AI version users have opted for voice input.
The number of users (devices) that have used the voice assistant feature in Baidu Maps has surpassed 200 million in March 2019, over tripling over the prior year.
iQIYI
iQIYI subscribers reached 96.8 million in March 2019, adding 9.4 million members during the quarter, further strengthening its foundation to offer blockbuster original entertainment content.
In March 2019, iQIYI completed the offering of US$1.2 billion of 2.00% convertible senior notes due 2025, the proceeds from which, net of capped call fees, will be used to expand and enhance iQIYI's content offerings and strengthen its technologies, as well as for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
First Quarter 2019 Results
Total revenues reached RMB 24.1 billion ($3.59 billion), increasing 15% year over year, or 21% year over year excluding the impact of announced divestures[4]. Online marketing revenues were RMB17.7 billion ($2.63 billion), increasing 3% year over year, which was mainly due to strength in education, retail, and business services, while healthcare, online games services, and financial services sectors were less vibrant. Other revenues were RMB 6.5 billion ($963 million), increasing 73% year over year, which was mainly due to the robust growth in iQIYI membership services, cloud and other businesses.
Revenue from Baidu Core reached RMB 17.5 billion ($2.60 billion), increasing 8% year over year, or 16% year over year excluding the impact of announced divestures, while revenue from iQIYI reached RMB 7.0 billion ($1.04 billion), increasing 43% year over year.
Content costs were RMB 6.2 billion ($917 million), increasing 47% year over year, mainly due to increased investments in iQIYI content and, to a lesser extent, in content for BJH accounts, Baidu feeds' content network.
Traffic acquisition cost was RMB 3.2 billion ($474 million), increasing 41% year over year, as a result of higher TAC costs and revenues derived from online TV and offline digitalized screens.
Bandwidth costs were RMB 2.0 billion ($304 million), increasing 39% year over year, mainly due to increasing demand from feed, video and cloud.
Other cost of revenues, which includes depreciation, operational costs and share-based compensation, was RMB 3.5 billion ($515 million), increasing 75% year over year, mainly due to higher depreciation expense and the growth in sales of first-party smart devices.
Selling, general and administrative expenses were RMB 6.1 billion ($902 million), increasing 93% year over year, primarily due to increased investment in channel and promotional marketing, including the marketing campaign around the Chinese New Year, as well as an increase in personnel related expenses.
Research and development expenses were RMB 4.2 billion ($621 million), increasing 26% year over year, primarily due to an increase in personnel related expenses.
Operating loss was RMB 936 million ($139 million), compared to operating income of RMB 4.6 billion in Q1 2018. Operating income of Baidu Core was RMB 1.1 billion ($163 million), decreasing 81% year over year. Non-GAAP operating income was RMB 401 million ($60 million), decreasing 93% year over year. Non-GAAP operating income of Baidu Core was RMB 2.1 billion ($314 million), decreasing 67% year over year.
Total other income was RMB 900 million ($134 million), decreasing 57% year over year, mainly due to increased loss from equity method investments.
Income tax expense was RMB 294 million ($44 million), compared to RMB 1.1 billion in Q1 2018. Low income tax expense in the quarter was mainly due to lower pre-tax income generated by Baidu Core.
Net loss attributable to Baidu was RMB 327 million ($49 million), compared to net income attributable to Baidu of RMB 6.7 billion in Q1 2018. Diluted loss per ADS amounted to RMB 1 ($0.15). Net income attributable to Baidu Core was RMB 703 million ($105 million), decreasing 90% year over year. Non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu was RMB 967 million ($144 million), decreasing 80% year over year. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS amounted to RMB 3 ($0.41). Non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu Core was RMB 1.8 billion ($272 million), decreasing 66% year over year.
Adjusted EBITDA was RMB 1.8 billion ($263 million) and adjusted EBITDA margin was 7%. Adjusted EBITDA to Baidu Core was RMB 3.4 billion ($502 million) and adjusted EBITDA margin to Baidu Core was 19%.
As of March 31, 2019, cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments were RMB 143.6 billion ($21.40 billion). Excluding iQIYI, cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments were RMB 125.7 billion ($18.73 billion), as of March 31, 2019. Free cash flow was negative RMB 1.3 billion ($195 million). Excluding iQIYI, free cash flow was negative RMB 1.5 billion ($226 million).
Financial Guidance
For the second quarter of 2019, Baidu expects revenues to be between RMB 25.1 billion ($3.74 billion) and RMB 26.6 billion ($3.96 billion), representing -3% to 2% increase year over year, or 1% to 6% increase year over year, excluding revenues from announced divestures. Previously announced divestures, which were consummated in 2018, generated approximately RMB 1.0 billion revenue in Q2 2018. This forecast reflects Baidu's current and preliminary view, which is subject to substantial uncertainty.
Conference Call Information
Baidu's management will hold an earnings conference call at 9:15 PM on May 16, 2019, U.S. Eastern Time (9:15 AM on May 17, 2019, Beijing/Hong Kong Time). Dial-in details for the earnings conference call are as follows:
International:
+65 67135090
Mainland China
4006208038
US:
+1 8456750437
UK:
+44 2036214779
Hong Kong:
+852 30186771
Passcode for all regions:
1374737
A replay of the conference call may be accessed by phone at the following number until May 24, 2019:
International:
+61 2 8199 0299
Passcode:
1374737
Additionally, a live and archived webcast of this conference call will be available at http://ir.baidu.com.
About Baidu
Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese language Internet search provider. Baidu aims to make a complex world simpler through technology. Baidu's ADSs trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "BIDU." Currently, ten ADSs represent one Class A ordinary share.
Contacts
Investors Relations, Baidu, Inc.
Tel: +86-10-5992-4958
Email: ir@baidu.com
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, the outlook for the second quarter of 2019, quotations from management in this announcement, as well as Baidu's and other parties' strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. Baidu may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including but not limited to statements about Baidu's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: Baidu's growth strategies; its future business development, including development of new products and services; its ability to attract and retain users and customers; competition in the Chinese Internet search market; competition for online marketing customers; changes in the Company's revenues and certain cost or expense items as a percentage of its revenues; the outcome of ongoing, or any future, litigation or arbitration, including those relating to intellectual property rights; the expected growth of the Chinese language Internet search market and the number of Internet and broadband users in China; Chinese governmental policies relating to the Internet and Internet search providers and general economic conditions in China and elsewhere. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's annual report on Form 20-F and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Baidu does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of the press release, and Baidu undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement Baidu's consolidated financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, Baidu uses the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income (loss) attributable to Baidu, non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin and free cash flow. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
Baidu believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding its performance and liquidity by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of its recurring core business operating results, such as operating performance excluding not only non-cash charges, but also other items that are infrequent or unusual in nature. The Company believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing its performance and when planning and forecasting future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management's internal comparisons to Baidu's historical performance and liquidity. The Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency with respect to supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision making. A limitation of using these non-GAAP financial measures is that these non-GAAP measures exclude certain items that have been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant component in the Company's results of operations. These non-GAAP financial measures presented here may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Other companies may calculate similarly titled measures differently, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures to the Company's data.
Non-GAAP operating income represents operating income excluding share-based compensation expenses and amortization of intangible assets resulting from business combinations.
Non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu represents net income attributable to Baidu excluding share-based compensation expenses, amortization of intangible assets resulting from business combinations, disposal gain or loss, impairment of long-term investments, fair value change of long-term investments, adjusted for related income tax effects. Baidu's share of equity method investments for these non-GAAP reconciling items, amortization of intangible assets not on the investees' books, accretion of their redeemable noncontrolling interests, and the gain or loss associated with the issuance of shares by the investees at a price higher or lower than the carrying value per shares, adjusted for related income tax effects, are also excluded.
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS represents diluted earnings per ADS calculated based on non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu, adjusted for accretion for the redeemable noncontrolling interests. Adjusted EBITDA represents operating income excluding depreciation, amortization of intangible assets resulting from business combinations, and share-based compensation expenses. Free cash flow represents net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures.
For more information on non-GAAP financial measures, please see the tables captioned "Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest comparable GAAP measures."
[1] Unless otherwise noted, all translations from RMB to U.S. dollars are made at a rate of RMB 6.7112 to US$1.00, the effective noon buying rate as of March 29, 2019, in The City of New York for cable transfers of RMB as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Translations are provided for the convenience of the reader.
[2] Excluding revenues from divested businesses Global DU and Du Xiaoman (financial services), which were approximately RMB1.1 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2018.
[3] See the section titled "Non-GAAP Financial Measures", "Selected Information" and "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the Nearest Comparable GAAP Measures" for more information about the non-GAAP measures referred to within this announcements.
[4] In 2018, Global DU businesses and Du Xiaoman (financial services) were divested, which together generated approximately RMB 1.1 billion in revenues in Q1 2018.
Baidu, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In millions except for share information)
December 31,
March 31,
March 31,
2018
2019
2019
RMB
RMB
USD
Audited
Unaudited
Unaudited
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
27,638
32,390
4,826
Restricted cash
2,189
2,177
324
Short-term investments
111,626
109,062
16,251
Accounts receivable, net
6,015
5,875
875
Amounts due from related parties
785
1,333
199
Other assets, current
6,841
7,015
1,045
Total current assets
155,094
157,852
23,520
Non-current assets:
Fixed assets, net
17,903
19,652
2,928
Intangible assets, net
9,181
8,898
1,326
Goodwill
18,536
19,096
2,845
Long-term investments, net
80,454
80,685
12,022
Amounts due from related parties
4,297
4,350
648
Deferred tax assets, net
2,324
2,293
342
Other assets, non-current
9,777
16,130
2,404
Total non-current assets
142,472
151,104
22,515
Total assets
297,566
308,956
46,035
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Short-term loans
3,046
3,586
534
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
35,381
33,848
5,044
Customer advances and deposits
7,338
7,059
1,052
Deferred revenue
1,883
1,774
264
Deferred income
523
511
76
Long-term loans, current portion
84
79
12
Notes payable, current portion
6,871
6,708
1,000
Amounts due to related parties
1,727
1,663
248
Other current liabilities
-
2,016
300
Total current liabilities
56,853
57,244
8,530
Non-current liabilities:
Deferred income
54
31
5
Deferred revenue
1,309
1,156
172
Amounts due to related parties
4,360
4,396
655
Long-term loans
7,456
7,304
1,088
Notes payable
42,735
41,707
6,215
Convertible senior notes
4,712
11,553
1,721
Deferred tax liabilities
4,099
4,155
619
Other non-current liabilities
236
4,070
606
Total non-current liabilities
64,961
74,372
11,081
Total liabilities
121,814
131,616
19,611
Redeemable noncontrolling interests
716
922
137
Equity
Class A Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.00005 per share, 825,000,000 shares authorized, and 27,733,692 shares and 27,800,277 shares issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019
-
-
-
Class B Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.00005 per share, 35,400,000 shares authorized, and 7,201,254 shares and 7,201,254 shares issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019
-
-
-
Additional paid-in capital
33,441
34,740
5,176
Retained earnings
129,246
128,903
19,207
Accumulated other comprehensive income
210
185
28
Total Baidu shareholders' equity
162,897
163,828
24,411
Noncontrolling interests
12,139
12,590
1,876
Total equity
175,036
176,418
26,287
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests, and equity
297,566
308,956
46,035
Baidu, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(In millions except for share, per share (or ADS) information)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
December 31,
March 31,
March 31,
2018
2018
2019
2019
RMB
RMB
RMB
USD(2)
Unaudited
Unaudited
Unaudited
Unaudited
Revenues:
Online marketing services
17,169
21,197
17,657
2,631
Others
3,738
5,998
6,466
963
Total revenues
20,907
27,195
24,123
3,594
Operating costs and expenses:
Content costs
4,194
7,344
6,157
917
Traffic acquisition costs
2,256
3,375
3,183
474
Bandwidth costs
1,472
1,775
2,040
304
Others
1,981
3,117
3,459
515
Cost of revenues(1)
9,903
15,611
14,839
2,210
Selling, general and administrative(1)
3,142
5,943
6,054
902
Research and development(1)
3,294
4,529
4,166
621
Total operating costs and expenses
16,339
26,083
25,059
3,733
Operating income (loss)
4,568
1,112
(936)
(139)
Other income:
Interest income
821
1,490
1,072
160
Interest expense
(352)
(574)
(693)
(103)
Foreign exchange loss, net
(48)
(50)
(313)
(47)
Loss from equity method investments
(177)
(390)
(860)
(128)
Other income (loss), net
1,856
(536)
1,694
252
Total other income (loss)
2,100
(60)
900
134
Income (loss) before income taxes
6,668
1,052
(36)
(5)
Income taxes
1,120
484
294
44
Net income (loss)
5,548
568
(330)
(49)
Less: net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
(1,146)
(1,513)
(3)
-
Net income (loss) attributable to Baidu
6,694
2,081
(327)
(49)
Earnings (loss) per ADS (1 Class A ordinary share equals 10 ADSs):
-Basic
18.86
5.96
(0.98)
(0.15)
-Diluted
18.68
5.93
(0.98)
(0.15)
Earnings (loss) per share for Class A and Class B ordinary shares:
-Basic
188.60
59.55
(9.81)
(1.46)
-Diluted
186.76
59.32
(9.81)
(1.46)
Weighted average number of Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding:
Basic
34,838,392
34,909,960
34,966,643
34,966,643
Diluted
35,180,950
35,044,338
34,966,643
34,966,643
(1) Includes share-based compensation expenses as follows:
Cost of revenues
35
71
66
10
Selling, general and administrative
291
587
516
77
Research and development
452
884
626
93
Total share-based compensation expenses
778
1,542
1,208
180
(2) All translations from RMB to U.S. dollars are made at a rate of RMB6.7112 to US$1.00, the effective noon buying rate as of March 29, 2019, in The City of New York for cable transfers of RMB as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Baidu, Inc.
Selected Information
(In millions except for per ADS information, unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 (RMB)
Three Months Ended December 31, 2018 (RMB)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 (RMB)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 (USD)
Baidu Core
iQIYI
Elim & adj(3)
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Baidu Core
iQIYI
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Baidu Core
iQIYI
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Baidu Core
iQIYI
Elim & adj(3)
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Total revenues
16,127
4,877
(97)
20,907
20,520
7,028
(353)
27,195
17,450
6,990
(317)
24,123
2,600
1,042
(48)
3,594
YOY
8%
43%
15%
YOY excluding revenue from divested businesses(1)
16%
21%
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues (2)
5,131
4,848
(76)
9,903
7,374
8,524
(287)
15,611
7,849
7,277
(287)
14,839
1,169
1,085
(44)
2,210
Selling, general and administrative (2)
2,464
704
(26)
3,142
4,790
1,221
(68)
5,943
4,940
1,141
(27)
6,054
736
170
(4)
902
Research and development (2)
2,908
387
(1)
3,294
3,923
608
(2)
4,529
3,570
598
(2)
4,166
532
89
-
621
Total operating costs and expenses
10,503
5,939
(103)
16,339
16,087
10,353
(357)
26,083
16,359
9,016
(316)
25,059
2,437
1,344
(48)
3,733
YOY
Cost of revenues
53%
50%
50%
Selling, general and administrative
100%
62%
93%
Research and development
23%
55%
26%
Total operating costs and expenses
56%
52%
53%
Operating income (loss)
5,624
(1,062)
6
4,568
4,433
(3,325)
4
1,112
1,091
(2,026)
(1)
(936)
163
(302)
-
(139)
Operating margin
35%
(22%)
22%
22%
(47%)
4%
6%
(29%)
(4%)
6%
(29%)
(4%)
YoY
(81%)
91%
(120%)
Total other income (loss)
1,434
666
-
2,100
(30)
(35)
5
(60)
689
211
-
900
102
32
-
134
Less: income taxes
1,119
1
-
1,120
405
79
-
484
287
7
-
294
43
1
-
44
Less: net income (loss) attributable to NCI
(1,149)
(1)
4
(1,146)
(52)
38
(1,499)
(4)
(1,513)
790
(8)
(785)
(4)
(3)
117
(1)
(116)
(4)
-
Net income attributable to Baidu
7,088
(396)
2
6,694
4,050
(3,477)
1,508
2,081
703
(1,814)
784
(327)
105
(270)
116
(49)
Net margin
44%
(8%)
32%
20%
(49%)
8%
4%
(26%)
(1%)
4%
(26%)
(1%)
YoY
(90%)
358%
(105%)
Diluted earnings (loss) per ADS
18.68
5.93
(0.98)
(0.15)
Other Key Metrics:
Non-GAAP operating income (loss)
6,370
(1,005)
5,371
5,788
(3,045)
2,747
2,110
(1,708)
401
314
(254)
60
Non-GAAP operating margin
39%
(21%)
26%
28%
(43%)
10%
12%
(24%)
2%
12%
(24%)
2%
YoY
(67%)
70%
(93%)
Non-GAAP net income (loss) to Baidu
5,315
(500)
4,817
6,513
(3,196)
4,703
1,824
(1,508)
967
272
(225)
144
Non-GAAP net margin
33%
(10%)
23%
32%
(45%)
17%
10%
(22%)
4%
10%
(22%)
4%
YoY
(66%)
202%
(80%)
Adjusted EBITDA
7,061
(941)
6,126
6,870
(2,952)
3,922
3,372
(1,601)
1,770
502
(239)
263
Adjusted EBITDA margin
44%
(19%)
29%
33%
(42%)
14%
19%
(23%)
7%
19%
(23%)
7%
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS
13.69
13.42
2.77
0.41
(1) Excluding revenues from divested businesses Global DU and Du Xiaoman (financial services), which were approximately RMB1.1 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2018.
(2) Includes share-based compensation as follows:
Cost of revenues
25
10
35
43
28
71
30
36
66
5
5
10
Selling, general and administrative
266
25
291
435
152
587
338
178
516
50
27
77
Research and development
440
12
452
843
41
884
584
42
626
87
6
93
Total share-based compensation
731
47
778
1,321
221
1,542
952
256
1,208
142
38
180
(3) Relates to intersegment eliminations and adjustments
(4) Relates to the net loss attributable to iQIYI noncontrolling interests
Baidu, Inc.
Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the Nearest Comparable GAAP Measures
(In millions except for ADS and per ADS information, unaudited)
Three Months Ended
Three Months Ended
Three Months Ended
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2018 (RMB)
December 31, 2018 (RMB)
March 31, 2019 (RMB)
March 31, 2019 (USD)
Baidu Core
iQIYI
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Baidu Core
iQIYI
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Baidu Core
iQIYI
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Baidu Core
iQIYI
Baidu, Inc.
Operating income (loss)
5,624
(1,062)
4,568
4,433
(3,325)
1,112
1,091
(2,026)
(936)
163
(302)
(139)
Add: Share-based compensation expenses
731
47
778
1,321
221
1,542
952
256
1,208
142
38
180
Add: Amortization of intangible assets(1)
15
10
25
34
59
93
67
62
129
9
10
19
Non-GAAP operating income (loss)
6,370
(1,005)
5,371
5,788
(3,045)
2,747
2,110
(1,708)
401
314
(254)
60
Add: Depreciation of fixed assets
691
64
755
1,082
93
1,175
1,262
107
1,369
188
15
203
Adjusted EBITDA
7,061
(941)
6,126
6,870
(2,952)
3,922
3,372
(1,601)
1,770
502
(239)
263
Net income (loss) attributable to
7,088
(396)
6,694
4,050
(3,477)
2,081
703
(1,814)
(327)
105
(270)
(49)
Add: Share-based compensation expenses
731
47
778
1,319
221
1,444
947
256
1,092
141
38
162
Add: Amortization of intangible assets(1), net of tax
11
8
19
19
47
46
27
49
54
4
7
8
Add: Disposal loss (gain), net of tax
489
-
489
282
-
282
(31)
1
(30)
(5)
-
(4)
Add: Impairment of long-term investments, net of tax
83
-
83
185
-
185
279
-
279
42
-
42
Add: Fair value change of long-term investments, net of tax
(3,353)
(159)
(3,512)
16
13
23
(1,058)
-
(1,058)
(158)
-
(158)
Add: Reconciling items on equity method investments, net of tax(2)
266
-
266
642
-
642
957
-
957
143
-
143
Non-GAAP net income (loss) attributable to
5,315
(500)
4,817
6,513
(3,196)
4,703
1,824
(1,508)
967
272
(225)
144
Diluted earnings (loss) per ADS
18.68
5.93
(0.98)
(0.15)
Add: Accretion of the redeemable noncontrolling interests
0.35
0.01
0.05
0.01
Add: Non-GAAP adjustments to earnings per ADS
(5.34)
7.48
3.70
0.55
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS
13.69
13.42
2.77
0.41
Net cash provided by operating activities
7,340
1,207
8,547
8,409
528
8,937
1,282
379
1,661
191
56
247
Less: Capital expenditures
(1,895)
(75)
(1,970)
(2,900)
(178)
(3,078)
(2,801)
(172)
(2,973)
(417)
(25)
(442)
Free cash flow
5,445
1,132
6,577
5,509
350
5,859
(1,519)
207
(1,312)
(226)
31
(195)
(1) This represents amortization of intangible assets resulting from business combinations.
(2) This represents Baidu's share of equity method investments for other non-GAAP reconciling items, amortization of intangible assets not on the investee's books, accretion of their redeemable noncontrolling interests, and the gain or loss associated with the issuance of shares by the investees at a price higher or lower than the carrying value per shares, adjusted for related income tax effects.
(3) Non-GAAP measures are adjusted retroactively to exclude: 1) amortization of intangible assets resulting from business combinations ; and 2) share-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets not on the investees' books, resulting from equity method pick up; and 3) fair value change of the investees' long-term investments, net of tax, as follows:
Non-GAAP operating income, previously reported
6,355
(1,015)
5,346
5,754
(3,104)
2,654
2,043
(1,770)
272
305
(264)
41
Add: Amortization of intangible assets(1)
15
10
25
34
59
93
67
62
129
9
10
19
Non-GAAP operating income, revised
6,370
(1,005)
5,371
5,788
(3,045)
2,747
2,110
(1,708)
401
314
(254)
60
Non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu, previously reported
5,091
(508)
4,585
6,458
(3,243)
4,621
1,524
(1,557)
640
227
(232)
95
Add: Adjustments relating to equity-method investments, net of tax
213
-
213
36
-
36
273
-
273
41
-
41
Add: Amortization of intangible assets(1), net of tax
11
8
19
19
47
46
27
49
54
4
7
8
Non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu, revised
5,315
(500)
4,817
6,513
(3,196)
4,703
1,824
(1,508)
967
272
(225)
144
Adjusted EBITDA, previously reported
7,072
(939)
6,139
6,887
(2,877)
3,970
3,387
(1,526)
1,820
505
(227)
271
Less: Adjustments to amortization of intangible assets
(11)
(2)
(13)
(17)
(75)
(48)
(15)
(75)
(50)
(3)
(12)
(8)
Adjusted EBITDA, revised
7,061
(941)
6,126
6,870
(2,952)
3,922
3,372
(1,601)
1,770
502
(239)
263
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The Mystery of Just How Much U.S. Pork Is Going to China
By Michael Hirtzer
May 18, 2019, 4:20 PM MST
Traders seek to track sales as Swine Fever hits China hard
But inconsistent federal reporting may skew pork pricing
U.S. pork exporters are getting quite a boost as a massive outbreak of African swine fever decimates hog herds in China. But just how big that boost may be is a bit of a mystery.
Two different U.S. agencies report on pork exports in different ways covering different time periods, and the findings can offer widely disparate results, analysts say. At the same time, a push by China’s buyers toward whole or half carcasses, rather than the individual cuts the data traditionally focuses on, may be skewing the findings.
“There’s been confusion in the industry on whether the data includes whole carcasses or not,’’ said Rich Nelson, chief strategist of brokerage Allendale Inc in Illinois, by phone. “This is a slightly incomplete data set we’re looking at each week, and there’s a delay in getting the full picture.’’
Pork Product
When counting all the parts, China has been a major pork market for U.S. exports
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports weekly on pork exports while the Commerce Department reports on a monthly basis. A recent comparison of the data showed a significant gap, said Brett Stuart, founding partner of Denver-based analytics firm Global AgriTrends.
Only 58% of the pork recorded monthly was reflected in the weekly data, he said. And when the China data is separated out, only 27% of exports were captured weekly.
“One of the problems is enforcement," Stuart said in a telephone interview. "USDA hasn’t really enforced the requirements.”
So far this year, China has purchased 163,825 metric tons of U.S. pork, up more than 700% from the same period in 2018, according to the USDA’s weekly data. In an emailed statement, the USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service said it “is reviewing the export sales reporting requirements for pork and will provide clarification as soon as possible.”
The newest debate focuses on whether China is booking carcass orders of U.S. pork that aren’t adequately reflected in either report. “There are people concerned that the actual bookings and shipments are not being reported,’’ Stuart said. “With that not being in the news, prices could be artificially lower.”
Indeed, China’s largest-ever purchase of U.S. pork prompted a price surge last month while its cancellation of a smaller sale this week caused prices to drop.
— With assistance by Lydia Mulvany
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-18/trump-isolated-on-iran-as-world-sees-confusion-in-u-s-strategy
Nuclear Deal
One senior Western official disagreed with the notion that the U.S. is alone on Iran, saying that the message relayed to Pompeo was that Europe agrees with the U.S. on most of its grievances but that escalation should be avoided at all costs. The official said European capitals are leaning heavily on Tehran to de-escalate.
Looming over U.S.-European ties is continuing frustration over Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear agreement that most nations say was helping to keep Tehran’s nuclear ambitions in check. Frustrated with the effectiveness of U.S. sanctions, Iranian officials this month gave European partners 60 days to deliver on promises of economic benefits from staying in the accord, or risk them disavowing some of its key provisions.
As Middle East tensions mounted, Trump began signaling that he’s open to talks. On Wednesday Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar told Bloomberg News that Tehran would be willing negotiate if the U.S. goes back to the 2015 deal. But Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has ruled out talks for now, saying “negotiations are like a poison as long as the U.S. remains the same way it is.”
In trying to reel in talk of imminent conflict, Trump suggested that uncertainty over U.S. intentions was part of his plan, saying on Twitter that “With all of the Fake and Made Up News out there, Iran can have no idea what is actually going on!” He later called any Iranian confusion “a good thing.”
That approach prompted a rebuke by Iran’s Zarif, who likes referring to Netanyahu and U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton as part of a “B-team” fomenting war.
“With the #B_Team doing one thing & @realDonaldTrump saying another thing, it is apparently the U.S. that ‘doesn’t know what to think,”’ Zarif wrote on Twitter.
— With assistance by Golnar Motevalli, and Alyza Sebenius
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-18/trump-isolated-on-iran-as-world-sees-confusion-in-u-s-strategy
Trump Isolated on Iran as World Sees Confusion in U.S. Strategy
By David Wainer
May 18, 2019, 1:00 AM MST
White House says it’s waiting for a phone call from Tehran
Diplomats see no sign of back channel to help ease tensions
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-17/on-huawei-and-autos-trump-aligns-trade-with-security-doctrines
U.S. allies have rallied to Donald Trump’s side on many of his signature foreign policy initiatives, from North Korea to Venezuela. But as tensions surged this week over Iran, it became clear the American president was going it alone.
Efforts to ramp up the U.S. military presence in the Middle East -- expediting the deployment of a carrier battle group and sending a Patriot anti-missile battery and bomber squadron -- generated as much alarm among allies as did U.S. claims of escalating threats from Iran. Scattered statements of support for the U.S. were folded in with concern over uncertainty about where Trump’s strategy was headed.
“We don’t have the faintest idea what is going to happen because it doesn’t seem the U.S. actually knows,” said Tomas Valasek, director of Carnegie Europe and a former Slovak envoy to NATO. “Trump doesn’t seem to know what he wants.”
By week’s end, the president who repeatedly criticized the Obama administration for “telegraphing” its military intentions was openly trying to dial back tensions, saying he hopes there isn’t a conflict and repeating his interest in having direct talks with the leaders in Tehran. White House officials briefing reporters on Friday say they ’re “sitting by the phone” waiting for Iranian officials to call.
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Waiting for a call -- outreach that would be politically difficult for Iranian leaders to make under U.S. sanctions and denunciations -- highlights a critical gap in relations between Tehran and Washington: the apparent lack of a diplomatic back channel.
Even at the peak of U.S.-North Korea tensions, there was a line of communication available through the United Nations to try to ease tensions. Middle East and European diplomats say they don’t believe any back channel now exists, though one official said Russia could be used as a go-between to de-escalate tensions.
Read a QuickTake on why the U.S.-Iran conflict is coming to a head
Amid worries of war in the Persian Gulf, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was being welcomed on a trip to Asia that included stops in China, India and Japan. India is due to make a decision on future purchases of Iranian oil after ongoing elections conclude. In Tokyo, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated his government’s support for the nuclear deal with Iran that Trump quit last year.
In his first two years in office, Trump generated more support on other foreign policy hot spots even if it was sometimes reluctant. His tightening of sanctions on North Korea in 2017 won backing at the UN from Russia and China. His move this year to recognize Venezuela’s National Assembly leader Juan Guaido as the country’s president has been supported by more than 50 nations.
Read More About the U.S.-Iran Conflict
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On Iran, however, analysts point to just two nations seen as enthusiastic about the rising tensions: Israel and Saudi Arabia, both longtime enemies of the Islamic Republic.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel stands “against Iranian aggression,” while Prince Khalid Bin Salman, the vice minister for defense and brother of Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, said that drone attacks on a Saudi pipeline this week were “terrorist acts, ordered by the regime in Tehran, and carried out by the Houthis.” A Saudi newspaper on Thursday called for “surgical” U.S. strikes in retaliation against alleged threats from Iran, which has denied the charges.
Muted Support
Beyond those two nations, however, allied support has been muted.
Before he was publicly rebuked by U.S. and British officials, the U.K.’s top general in the American-led Operation Inherent Resolve, Chris Ghika, told reporters on Tuesday that there was no increased threat from Iran-backed forces in Iraq and Syria. And Spain this week withdrew a frigate that was part of an American-led combat fleet near the Persian Gulf waters.
Asked for comment, a senior Trump administration official said that allies have long joined the U.S. in condemning Iranian terrorism.
Some U.S. allies do see a rising threat from Iran, as the country’s leaders struggle to address accelerating inflation and a loss of export markets under U.S. sanctions. Three days after Secretary of State Michael Pompeo made a hastily arranged visit to see European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Twitter that “we share the same assessment of the heightened threat posed by Iran.”
But Hunt also said this week that the British government is “very worried about the risk of a conflict happening by accident with an escalation that is unintended,” warning against putting “Iran back on the path to re-nuclearization.” Germany’s deputy foreign minister called American actions a “distressful example of U.S. unilateralism.”
Brian Hook, Pompeo’s envoy for Iran, has insisted frequently that the U.S. isn’t isolated from its allies on Iran. “We agree on much more than we disagree,” he said Monday. “That continues to be the case. We share the same threat assessment.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-18/trump-isolated-on-iran-as-world-sees-confusion-in-u-s-strategy
Japan Trip
The auto tariffs are opposed by both domestic and international car companies. If imposed, they would likely blow up trade negotiations launched with the EU and Japan, which Trump is due to visit later this month.
Members of Congress from both parties also argue the president is abusing powers delegated to him by Congress to pursue a protectionist agenda. A group of steel importers are lobbying the Supreme Court to hear their constitutional challenge to Trump’s use of Section 232 with other business groups starting to join the fight.
The invocation of national security is designed to exploit a loophole in global trading rules that allows countries to restrict trade in times of war. It also has caused a brewing fight between the U.S. and other members at the World Trade Organization that is expected to escalate in the coming months.
Until the Trump administration the U.S. regularly lobbied other governments to adopt a narrow view of national security with regards to trade for fear that if everyone invoked the exemption it would render global rules useless.
U.S. officials used that message with counterparts in Beijing for years, said Jude Blanchette, a China expert at the Crumpton Group, a Washington consultancy. China has long invoked national security to justify censorship of the internet and limit access by foreign firms to industries it deems strategic.
“The U.S. now thinks in a maximalist way about national security,’’ Blanchette said. The Huawei escalation in recent days is just one reason why a recent breakdown in talks between the U.S. and China seemed unlikely to be resolved any time soon, he added.
The Trump administration has from its early days rejected trade orthodoxy, insisting it is finally addressing global economic injustices that have hurt the U.S. for too long.
In a speech to students at Harvard University last month, White House adviser Peter Navarro said Trump was rejecting “conventional fossilized wisdom’’ to take on China’s “deviant economic model’’ and other trade cheats such as Germany, which Trump has nominated as a target for auto restrictions.
“America should be comforted by having a president who wakes up every day thinking about how to grow the economy faster and create jobs for Americans while protecting national security,’’ Navarro said.
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President Donald Trump is taking his trade wars into a new realm likely to both extend them and make them harder to resolve.
With his crackdown on Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co. and a new directive targeting European and Japanese carmakers, his administration is displaying its penchant to invoke U.S. national security in the broadest way possible. In doing so Trump is exploiting a loophole in global trading rules and doing what his predecessors spent years urging China and others not to at the risk of opening a protectionist Pandora’s box.
The administration’s willingness to bend the rules on national-security grounds is evident in a proclamation Trump issued on Friday that labeled imported cars a threat to U.S. national security and called for reducing imports. It also delays the imposition of auto tariffs for 180 days while U.S. officials negotiate with the EU and Japan to reduce their exports of automobiles and parts to the U.S.
Broad Definition
The proclamation invokes a broad justification of national security that trade experts say could be applied to almost any product imported into the U.S., arguing that the growing foreign competition from foreign automakers has hurt America’s ability to innovate.
The hit to sales of American-owned carmakers caused by competition from imported cars, it says, undermines domestic producers’ ability to invest in research and development “necessary for long-term automotive technological superiority.’’
“The lag in R&D expenditures by American-owned producers is weakening innovation and, accordingly, threatening to impair our national security,’’ the document says.
“That’s huge,’’ said Douglas Irwin, a trade historian at Dartmouth College. “That’s a very interesting train of logic that hasn’t been heard before and can justify stopping imports of anything.’’
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-17/on-huawei-and-autos-trump-aligns-trade-with-security-doctrines
The autos move is aimed largely at long-time allies in the EU and Japan. But with its emphasis on technological superiority it is not that different from the justifications the Trump administration is using in its trade war against China and the battle over key technologies embodied in its attack on Huawei.
In a diplomatic campaign that has stretched from Australia to Europe, U.S. officials have for months urged allies not to buy Huawei’s 5G equipment for new networks because of spying fears.
This week Trump issued an executive order that could effectively ban Huawei and Chinese sister firm ZTE Corp. from the U.S. market. The Commerce Department also placed Huawei on a blacklist that means U.S. suppliers will need licenses to sell the company components.
Bill Reinsch, who as undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration headed the bureau responsible for both the Huawei and auto investigations, said the cases marked very different extremes of the Trump administration’s national security-driven trade policy.
Read More: U.S. Places Huawei and Scores of Affiliates on Export Blacklist
While U.S. intelligence officials have pushed for a crackdown on Huawei for years based partly on what they claim are its links to the People’s Liberation Army, it is hard to find anyone outside the administration who believes imported cars pose a threat.
The sort of argument the administration is making about cars and research spending is one experts have made for decades about more sensitive industries such as semiconductors, Reinsch said. No one has ever seriously argued it should apply to cars, he said.
Behind both the Huawei and auto cases lies the argument that U.S. national security depends on the nation’s economic security that Trump has advanced since becoming president and employed to impose steel and aluminum tariffs last year. Trump invoked the same statute used to justify the metals tariffs -- Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 -- to order an investigation into imported cars last year.
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