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Opposition to China goes bipartisan and international

December 7, 2020 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

Congress unanimously passes bill to de-list Chinese companies on US exchanges unless they comply with US auditing requirements. China, fearing bipartisan Trump and Biden moves to unite allies, offers South Korea and Japan a trilateral free-trade agreement, erects WTO-illegal tariffs on Australia, and threatens EU and others if they support Australia or the US. The […]

Filed Under: Trade  Tagged: Australia, CNOOC, Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, Japan, South Korea, Wall Street financial community

Will US withdraw from Government Procurement Agreement?

November 30, 2020 by Richard Schulman 1 Comment

Whether the US remains in the Government Procurement Agreement is being discussed by the Trump administration, but congressional opposition to leaving is strong. The administration would also like to form a coalition of nations to resist Chinese bullying of single nations, like Australia at present and South Korea previously. The weekly trade report with L.C. […]

Filed Under: Trade  Tagged: Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), WTO

To manage China, a bipartisan call for mending ties with allies

November 23, 2020 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

Also: the State Department’s report on this subject, the APEC and G20 summits, and the controversies over export subsidies and vaccine patents. The weekly trade report with L.C. Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee released a report calling for collaborating with allies against China. Last month Foreign Relations Committee Democrats released their own report, […]

Filed Under: China  Tagged: Digital Services Tax (DST), export credits, International Working Group on Export Credits (IWGEC), Senator Bob Menendez, Senator James Risch, vaccine patents

Green New Deal fails cost-benefit analysis

November 23, 2020 by Richard Schulman 1 Comment

The Green New Deal fails any rational cost-benefit analysis, even if atmospheric CO2 is as serious a threat as climate alarmists believe it to be. Respected commentators who are not “climate skeptics” (Nordhaus, Shellenberger, and Lomborg) agree that the GND is a wasteful expenditure of trillions of dollars better spent elsewhere. by Richard Schulman Progressives […]

Filed Under: Climate  Tagged: 2009 cap-and-trade bill (ACES), Bjorn Lomborg, Green New Deal, Michael Shellenberger, nuclear energy, William Nordhaus

Western Pacific powers sign RCEP free trade pact

November 16, 2020 by Richard Schulman 1 Comment

Conclusion of RCEP increases China’s influence as Trump administration neglects its western Pacific trade partners The weekly trade report with L.C. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was signed on November 15th. It took eight years of difficult negotiations. India opted out, but it represents a major accomplishment for the remaining 15 countries. These are […]

Filed Under: Trade  Tagged: ASEAN, RCEP

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