Trade correspondent L.C. reports: The US Commerce Department announced on May 23rd that it was initiating an investigation as to whether automobile imports – “including SUVs, vans and light trucks, and automotive parts… threaten to impair the national security as defined in Section 232.” This was a stunning move. Congress, business, and US allies abroad […]
US-China trade war on hold, no NAFTA deal yet, allies unhappy
Trade Correspondent L.C. reports: The US-China trade talks in Washington this week led to a joint statement momentarily lifting the threat of further trade war escalation. It also managed to displease politicians, analysts, and private sector organizations from across the political spectrum and economy. But despite disagreement over many aspects of trade policy, most Americans […]
Why does atheist China have Muslim and Buddhist allies?
Why are Muslim and Buddhist countries allies of an atheist China that murders their co-religionists? Key Muslim-majority countries allied with China include Pakistan, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. Yet Chinese persecution of its Uighur Muslim population in Xinjiang is disgraceful and extreme. Key Buddhist-majority countries allied with China include Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar. But China’s persecutions […]
NAFTA deadline looms, President flips on ZTE, Congress mulls defenses
May 14th. Trade correspondent L.C. reports: NAFTA Important developments in the NAFTA renegotiation took place this week: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that he considers May 17th the final day on which the Administration can notify Congress that it has essentially finished the renegotiation and intends to sign the agreement — if the current […]
Google’s blatant bias shown in search engine comparison
Many readers have doubtless noticed bias in results returned by Google’s search engine when the topic is political. Today our editor decided to do a controlled experiment. He entered the following search string in each of the leading search engines: China “Cold War” “trade war” Founders By the very specific nature of the search string, […]
