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, […]
US at war with WTO over Okonjo-Iweala as director-general
The weekly trade report with L.C. The World Trade Organization has been jolted by another Trump administration blow. As the WTO headlined in its report on the October 28 meeting for the next WTO director-general, “Members indicate strong preference for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as DG but US objects.” The “troika” of WTO committee chairmen leading the […]
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 […]
Pandemic Trade War or Great GAFA Tax Heist?
France can’t decide whether it wants to exemplify the reason and logic of René Descartes or the “bed-wetting” (President Charles DeGaulle’s term) of the May 1968 student rioters. The latter now seems the preference of the French government as exemplified by its unprincipled tax attack on four hugely successful US internet companies. The attack should […]
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 […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- …
- 105
- Next Page »
