Many readers have doubtless noticed bias in results returned by Google’s search engine when the topic is political. Today our editor decided to do a controlled experiment. He entered the following search string in each of the leading search engines: China “Cold War” “trade war” Founders By the very specific nature of the search string, […]
First trade talks with China fail; Cold War the new reality
Failure of first round of US-China trade talks May 8th, based principally on L.C.’s weekly trade reporting. The good news is that the two sides agreed to continue talking. The bad news is that there was no indication from the May 3rd-4th meeting that any potential landing zones, compromises, or concessions were even discussed. Before […]
What to do about China as an existential threat to the US and other free nations?
China within a matter of years will pose an existential military threat to the United States. At 1.34 billion inhabitants, it is four times larger in population than the US with its 311 million. Once a nation industrializes, a greater population means greater wealth and power rather than just too many hungry mouths to feed. […]
US rejoining TPP to counter China is desirable but won’t be easy
Trade correspondent L.C.’s weekly report follows President Trump re-stated this week his interest in taking a second shot at joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (now called the Comprehensive & Progressive TPP). One of his first acts as President was to withdraw from the TPP negotiations. The administration’s new rationale for joining the TPP is that it represents […]
China retaliates against US with tariffs hitting Midwest farmers
Founders Broadsheet trade correspondent L.C. reports: Late Sunday April 1st, China announced that effective immediately it will be imposing tariffs of 25% on eight US exports, including pork, and 15% on one hundred and twenty other US exports, including fruits. This is China’s response to President Trump’s Section 232 (defense-related) steel and aluminum tariffs announced […]
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