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Trump tariffs freeze investments, split Republicans, hurt allies, boost China

March 5, 2018 by Richard Schulman 1 Comment

President Trump announced 25% steel tariffs and 10% aluminum tariffs in the name of military security. The tariff announcement will freeze US investments, split Republicans, hurt US allies (especially Canada), and boost the influence of China as an economic, diplomatic, and military power. The Trump tariffs, however, have near unanimous Democratic Party support. A U.S. […]

Filed Under: Trade  Tagged: Canada, China, Chrystia Freeland, Gary Cohn, tariffs, World Trade Organization (WTO)

US, European, Japanese markets down sharply after tariff announcement

March 2, 2018 by Richard Schulman 1 Comment

Rob Porter, Staff Secretary to the President until forced to resign. Porter kept protectionists at bay.

President Trump in an impromptu press meeting at lunchtime yesterday announced that he was imposing 25% tariffs on all imports of steel and 10% tariffs on aluminum. The US stock market promptly fell over 2%. In conjunction with two days of previous market drops this erased all the stock market gains of 2018. This Friday morning […]

Filed Under: Trade  Tagged: Newt Gingrich, Peter Navarro, tariffs

Norway, Trudeau, Italian elections, Netanyahu’s plight, trade decisions on hold

February 26, 2018 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

Men’s downhill silver medal winner Kjetil Jansrud, left, with his compatriot Aksel Lund Svindal, who took gold

We cover today the Italian elections, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu under fire, the suspenseful US trade situation, and for levity, Norway’s Olympic triumphs and Prime Minister Trudeau’s hitherto unsuspected talents at make-believe. What’s with those Norwegians? We liked this Politico piece on why the Norwegians cleaned up so many medals in the Winter Olympics. On a […]

Filed Under: Trade  Tagged: Benjamin Netanyahu, Commerce Department, flat tax, Forza Italia, Justin Trudeau, Lega Nord, Norway, Peter Navarro, Silvio Berlusconi, Winter Olympics

Republicans, Trump cave on guns; Mueller plagiarizes Russian journalists

February 23, 2018 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

Senator Rubio, Governor Scott, and President Trump don't think these eighteen, nineteen, and twenty-year-old Marines are old enough to buy a rifle or gun, just to die fighting for their country

Today we cover four headline issues: (1) gun laws post-Parkland shootings (“Republicans, Trump cave on guns”); (2) two health reports; (3) the latest in the Russian collusion narrative (“Mueller plagiarizes Russian journalists”); and (4) pipeline cooperation between frequent enemies Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Gun laws post-Parkland shootings Despite the advice of the Wall Street Journal‘s mainstay […]

Filed Under: guns  Tagged: aerobics and cognition, Afghanistan, gun laws, India, Marco Rubio, Pakistan, Rick Scott, transgender, Turkmenistan

School schootings, SpaceX reactions, trade war threat

February 20, 2018 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

Gun control through children's crusade

Three important developments clamor for discussion since our previous issue: the policy recommendations, foolish and sound, in the wake of the Parkland, FL school shootings; the delayed reactions to the successful flight of the SpaceX Falcon rocket; and the trade war threat of the Commerce Department’s recommendation for steel and aluminum tariffs and import quotas. […]

Filed Under: Trade  Tagged: "assault rifles", Commerce Department, gun control, Section 232, SpaceX

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