Founders Broadsheet trade correspondent L.C. reports: The US has won a significant World Trade Organization (WTO) decision in a case filed against China for its “market price support” farm subsidies. The complaint was filed in 2016 by the Obama administration. The US alleged that about $100 billion in government subsidies to Chinese farmers exceeded China’s […]
Democrats’ Green New Deal borrows from Green Party, Club of Rome, Malthus, Marx
The Democratic Party and environmentalist movement have merged with the Green Party and adopted its program. “The Democrats Stole the Green Party’s Best Idea. The Green New Deal used to be the eco-socialist party’s signature proposal,” a columnist for The New Republic writes. But those with a longer memory than The New Republic‘s columnist note […]
President’s China trade optimism encounters skepticism
Trade correspondent L.C. writes: There was no great surprise yesterday, Feb. 24th, when President Trump tweeted that he has decided to delay the 10% to 25% hike on tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese exports to the US. The president explained: I am pleased to report that the U.S. has made substantial progress in our […]
The military-commercial nexus that keeps Maduro in power
President Trump has been handling the Venezuelan crisis skillfully and enjoying a substantial publicity boost as a consequence. Some may be wondering how Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan dictator — with his oil revenues cut off, the economy a wreck, and much of the population starving — is still managing to hold onto power. An important […]
Suspense over auto tariffs
Trade correspondent L.C. reports: Did the Commerce Department meet its February 17th deadline to deliver to the White House a report on whether automotive imports are a threat to national security? No one knows, and the White House isn’t saying. The secrecy is rankling. As the president of the American International Automobile Dealers Association said, […]
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