* First Group of Seven trade meeting held. UK steps forward as free trade champion;* China on the outs with EU as well as US;* Goals of Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan contradict each other and neglect trade growth. The March 29-April 4, 2021 roundup of major trade developments, with L.C. The Group of Seven […]
There is no climate crisis; nature dominates, not fossil fuels
by Richard Schulman Nature dominates Earth’s climate: there is no climate crisis. Human combustion of fossil fuels has powered unprecedented economic growth and prosperity. The human contribution to the warming that has taken place since the 1880s — when temperatures began recovering from the Little Ice Age (1300-1850) — has been minor and, in fact, […]
Will China’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy over its Uyghur policy backfire?
The March 22-28, 2021 roundup of major trade developments, with L.C. China’s confrontation with the US and its allies intensified this week, moving in a direction that may be difficult to steer away from. This week’s events followed and built upon last week’s tense US-China foreign ministers meeting in Alaska. The issue now in the […]
Trade opportunities thwarted by bipartisan protectionism
• Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads agree to merge, forming “first USMCA railroad network”; • HUGE proposal for Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador would provide home country jobs, relieve US border crisis; • US farmers taking big export hit from US dropping out of Trans-Pacific Partnership; • US Trade Representative Katherine Tai is […]
ARPA: corrupting the electorate with free money
by Richard Schulman Good parents try to raise their children from a state of dependency into independent adults. Bad governments, by contrast, seek to turn adults back into dependent children. Dependent on government, that is. The left has a euphemism for this desired state of dependency: the universal welfare state. Republicans are describing the recently […]
