Biden trade policy is shaping up to be variant of Trump’s failed protectionism: Buy American, domestic-content rules, screw allies (Canada first), a cheap dollar, Section 301 tariffs, government subsidies to the favored, and no TPP — but without the abundant, reliable, inexpensive, domestically-produced energy of the Trump administration. The weekly trade report with L.C. Biden […]
USMCA puts US under UN
The Weekly Trade Report – by L.C. The USMCA may move soon to a vote on the Senate floor, but the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) writes that “North American trade policy is too important to rush.” Congressional leaders leading the stampede are behaving like “timeshare salesmen…in trying to create a sense of scarcity and urgency […]
Democrats’ Green New Deal borrows from Green Party, Club of Rome, Malthus, Marx
The Democratic Party and environmentalist movement have merged with the Green Party and adopted its program. “The Democrats Stole the Green Party’s Best Idea. The Green New Deal used to be the eco-socialist party’s signature proposal,” a columnist for The New Republic writes. But those with a longer memory than The New Republic‘s columnist note […]
Summer heat brings out global warming enthusiasts, their Russian allies, and carbon tax Republicans
Summer heat waves predictably bring out swarms of insects, global warming enthusiasts, and their Russian allies. They are now being joined by Republican advocates for a carbon tax. The Green Republicans are marching counter to a major deregulatory move by the Trump administration: “The Environmental Protection Agency and Transportation Department released a plan…to ax the […]
