Despite major election losses, the Biden administration keeps neglecting US farmers and industry — and strategic allies Japan and UK — in order to pursue expensive welfare entitlements and Net Zero climate programs sought by the Democratic Party left. The November 8th, 2021 trade report with L.C. There is a split over China policy within […]
US, UK, and EU suspend Airbus-Boeing tariff wars
The US Trade Representative office releases its Annual Report and Agenda; WTO gets off to unpromising start despite efforts of its new Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; US Chamber of Commerce criticizes her vaccine proposal; Russia intelligence spreads disinformation on Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. US may raise Chinese censorship as an unfair trade issue The March 1-7, […]
UK to apply for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) membership
Also featured: US-UK trade treaty in early discusssion, Biden endorses the Jones Act, Raimondo confirmation runs into China problems, Biden’s Buy American plans face obstacles, EU to try to resolve WTO Appelate Body crisis The weekly trade report with L.C. As expected, the United Kingdom will formally ask to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on […]
Two Euro countries favor China’s Huawei over Western security
Two countries in Europe and the European Union (EU) — Germany and Italy — have agreed to build their telecommunications infrastructure around Huawei equipment. This gear is ultimately controlled by the intelligence and military services of mainland China’s Communist dictatorship. The company is already notorious in the West for its industrial spying, lying, and violation […]
Strategic materials war with China, US free trade negotiations with allies
Trade correspondent L.C. reports: The White House formally notified Congress on October 16th that it intends to begin free trade negotiations with three important allied trading partners: Japan, the EU, and the UK. Allied solidarity is crucial as China rushes to lock up strategic raw materials worldwide while resisting US efforts to reform its state-dominated […]
