Trade correspondent L.C. reports on the unraveling of the G7 summit. When the annual Group of Seven Summit (G7) in Charlevoix (Quebec) on June 8th-9th ended, President Trump decided to oppose allies rather than concert with them measures against China. This raises questions about all aspects of US trade policy going forward: The escalating moves […]
Promising Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s research and the diabetes link
A promising development toward the prevention and cure of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease has been published in the past week. We briefly review this development below. Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease: the insulin clue The causation of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) has stumped medical researchers for decades. The dominant causal factor was assumed to be the amyloid […]
President Trump refutes “big bark, little bite” predictions; angers allies
Trade correspondent L.C. reports: US trade policy announced over the past week has answered the key trade question of the past sixteen months of whether President Trump is “big-bark–little-bite” and would ultimately back off from acting on his protectionist trade policy preferences and his peculiar understanding of how the trading economy works: No. Mexico, Canada, […]
Congress, business, allies protest Administration’s security rationale for tariffs on auto imports
Trade correspondent L.C. reports: The US Commerce Department announced on May 23rd that it was initiating an investigation as to whether automobile imports – “including SUVs, vans and light trucks, and automotive parts… threaten to impair the national security as defined in Section 232.” This was a stunning move. Congress, business, and US allies abroad […]
US-China trade war on hold, no NAFTA deal yet, allies unhappy
Trade Correspondent L.C. reports: The US-China trade talks in Washington this week led to a joint statement momentarily lifting the threat of further trade war escalation. It also managed to displease politicians, analysts, and private sector organizations from across the political spectrum and economy. But despite disagreement over many aspects of trade policy, most Americans […]
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