Founders Broadsheet trade correspondent L.C. writes: In a decision with major implications for the Trump administration’s Section 232 national security tariffs on aluminum and steel, a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel ruled for Russia against the Ukraine on April 5th. The case was brought against Russia for restricting the transit through Russia of […]
A Chinese-Russian “Heartland” leads a Dictators’ Internationale
Ghost of Halford John Mackinder, meet your modern followers, the Dictators’ Internationale: Springtime for Strongmen: The world’s authoritarians are on the march — and the West helped pave the way. The year 2018 was springtime for strongmen everywhere. It was the year Xi Jinping put an end to collective leadership in China, made himself president […]
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 […]
China is gaining on the United States. What is the US doing about it?
This very concerned strategic assessment — “China is gaining on the United States. What are the US doing about it?” — was written by an American Enterprise Institute (AEI) analyst after the Trump administration’s first National Defense Strategy was released by Secretary of Defense Mattis — but before the sequester was set aside and increased […]
Transpacific Partnership now live — minus US. Trump on protectionist drive?
Weekly trade report by L.C. Late breaking item! As we went to press, Canada’s Prime Minister Trudean announced that Canada had accepted joining the Transpacific Partnership (TPP-11). It’s now live — without the U.S. This is a major world trade development that will put much pressure on the US, especially its crucial agriculture sector. Yesterday […]
