The US Trade Representative office releases its Annual Report and Agenda; WTO gets off to unpromising start despite efforts of its new Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; US Chamber of Commerce criticizes her vaccine proposal; Russia intelligence spreads disinformation on Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. US may raise Chinese censorship as an unfair trade issue The March 1-7, […]
Protectionist USTR-designate Tai gets bipartisan pass
Bipartisan softballs are lodged at President Biden’s protectionist USTR-designate Katherine Tai during her confirmation hearings. A Biden executive order will launch a 100-day US supply chain review. The administration’s refusal to follow up on a US-UK free trade agreement begun by the Trump administration smells of petty partisanship and contradicts the present administration’s claim that […]
New trade policies proposed by EU, in US, and at WTO
The EU curries favor with Russia and China while taking an independent stance toward the US. The US debates decoupling from China. The WTO has a new leader who hopes to resuscitate the WTO. The Feb. 15-21, 2021 roundup of major trade developments, with L.C. The 164 member nations of the World Trade Organization just […]
The Feb. 1-7, 2021 roundup of major trade developments
* Biden admin endorses WTO majority choice for Director-General.* Aluminum tariffs reinstated on UAE.* Court of International Trade upholds Section 232 steel tariffs.* Semiconductors in spotlight.* Beijing attempts to dominate world technology standards.* AMLO turns statist,* Biden abuses Canada.* EU proposes tariff settlement with US, joint trade policy commission. with Founders Broadsheet trade columnist L.C. […]
The false science behind the Biden green program
Little further warming will occur at present levels of atmospheric CO2, even if present levels were to double from 400 ppm to 800 ppm. by Richard Schulman The green program behind President Biden’s post-inaugural flood of executive orders is unscientific and deficient in economic and geostrategic common sense. The major media have endeavored to conceal […]
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