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 […]
Western Pacific powers sign RCEP free trade pact
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 […]
Modest trade policy changes expected if Biden elected
Trade policy is likely to change if Joe Biden is confirmed as president-elect but probably not as much as free-trade advocates had been hoping. The weekly trade report with L.C. On Saturday morning, Nov. 7th, the Associated Press took it upon itself to declare Biden to be US president-elect. The AP, a left-wing news organization, […]
False scare stories fuel the Green New Deal
Green Climate Follies, part two: For decades, mainstream climate journalists have been trying to panic readers with scare stories of species extinctions; crop declines; forest fires; rising, acidified oceans; more powerful, more frequent hurricanes — all supposedly caused by human use of fossil fuels. These scare stories are now being used to promote the Green […]
Conflict with EU likely in 2nd Trump administration
“Crunch time” for multi-billion dollar US-EU aircraft and digital-service tax disputes; Japan joins US-Brazil proposed WTO reforms to curb Chinese violations; farmers now getting more income from US government than from ag sales The weekly trade report with L.C. Two important sources of US conflict with the EU bear watching. The first is the conflict […]
