The weekly trade report with L.C. At market opening on Monday February 24th, world financial markets plunged on news that China coronavirus infections and deaths were becoming widespread in three new countries, Italy, South Korea, and Iran. At the Group of 20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers held on February 22-23 in Riyadh, […]
President defying Congress and WTO
The weekly trade report with L.C President Trump is defying Congress in refusing to release, as required by law, a report on whether tariffs on auto imports can be justified for national security reasons. He’s also reportedly taking steps to dismantle the post-WWII trading order by ending the Most Favored Nation (MFN) provision that is […]
Administration to punish “undervalued” currencies
The weekly trade report with L.C. The Trump administration has taken another step in a protectionist direction with the Commerce Department’s release on February 3rd of its final rule to punish “undervalued” currencies. The rule will take effect on April 6th. Other protectionist measures that are under consideration include exiting the World Trade Organization’s Government […]
Wuhan virus shows Xi dictatorship unfit to rule
by Richard Schulman Founders Broadsheet was one of the first news sources to highlight the truth that China’s Xi Jinping dictatorship is the real reason a new virus in Wuhan metastasized into a world health threat. Now that realization is becoming widespread in the West and is even beginning to be realized in China itself, […]
Split decisions on US anti-Huawei effort
UK disappoints; EU punts The weekly trade report with L.C. The US anti-Huawei effort to defend 5G networks from Chinese espionage is encountering split decisions abroad, with the UK disappointing and EU punting. This may lead to delays in a US-UK trade deal and more sparring in US-EU trade negotiations. They have made little progress […]
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