Trade correspondent L.C. reports: The President’s threat to impose Section 232 (national security) tariffs on automotive imports moved to the front of the trade agenda this week. His main target seems to be imported German cars, but Japan and South Korea are worried they might also be hit. New auto tariffs are widely opposed by […]
Euro Parliament advises against US-EU trade deal
Trade correspondent L.C. reports: Hope for a US-EU trade deal received another blow, this time from the European Parliament. On March 14th, a resolution for giving the EU’s executive – the European Commission – a mandate for pursuing the negotiations failed. Opposition to the mandate came largely from the Parliament’s leftist members. The resolution would […]
How could Trump best M.A.G.A in 2020?
Now that would be really disruptive. President Trump would declare that he had succeeded in making America great again just as he had promised in 2016. Unemployment is negligible, incomes rising, long-festering wars concluded, good judges appointed, and bad regulations removed. His loyal vice president, Mike Pence, will continue making America great again in 2021-2024 […]
President Trump continues “Stick it to the allies” approach
Founders Broadsheet trade correspondent L.C. reports: President Trump is continuing to pursue his “Stick it to the allies” trade policies in parallel with US-China negotiations, despite signs that these conflicts with allies are undermining US strategic interests in Europe and Asia. The president has turned his back on allies who share his interest in curbing […]
A Chinese-Russian “Heartland” leads a Dictators’ Internationale
Ghost of Halford John Mackinder, meet your modern followers, the Dictators’ Internationale: Springtime for Strongmen: The world’s authoritarians are on the march — and the West helped pave the way. The year 2018 was springtime for strongmen everywhere. It was the year Xi Jinping put an end to collective leadership in China, made himself president […]
