Within hours of the imposition of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs against the world, the impact was felt by autoworkers in North America, with the announcement of thousands of layoffs by Stellantis at plants in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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Baltimore Bridge Fallout to Extend Coast-to-Coast in Cargo Shift
The bridge collapse Tuesday that shut the Port of Baltimore and closed a major highway will cause weeks or months of transportation disruptions in the Mid-Atlantic region and accelerate a shift of cargo to the US West Coast as importers and exporters try to avoid potential bottlenecks at trade gateways from Boston to Miami.
Baltimore Bridge Fallout to Extend Coast-to-Coast in Cargo Shift
Trump invites Chinese to build US auto plants
Trump invites Chinese to build US auto plants
Trump’s offer to China went unreported in virtually all media. Mainstream US media attacked the former president for using the term “bloodbath” to describe the impact of prospective Chinese imports on the American auto industry, implying that he had threatened actual violence if he was not elected. But the transcript of his remarks at a Dayton, Ohio, rally makes clear that he was referring to industry conditions.
Russia Says Ban on Russians Bringing Cars, Some Goods Into EU Is Racist
Russia Says Ban on Russians Bringing Cars, Some Goods Into EU Is Racist
The annex referred to in the advice also appears to ban the import of a host of items which could be dual use alongside more mundane items such as make-up, toothpaste, deodorants, toilet paper and mobile phones.
WTF?!
US Sanctions to Cripple Chinese Innovation Backfires
Huawei unveils its latest Mate 60 Pro smartphone powered by a 7nm processor, completely designed and manufactured in China
US Sanctions to Cripple Chinese Innovation Backfires
Related:
Chinese AI groups use cloud services to evade US chip export controls (all anonymous sources)
China’s SMIC Allegedly Violated U.S. Sanctions Selling Chips to Huawei
Big Tech Is Watching You as You Drive
After years of failed promises on transit, Silicon Valley is loading cars with new technologies to get a cut of the profits—and to collect data on us.
Big Tech Is Watching You as You Drive (archived)
The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens
A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans.
The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens
Related:
U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Personal Data, U.S. Says
MoA: U.S. Argues For More Protectionism And Subsidies
Last week Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen gave a speech on the U.S.-China economic relationship. I called it a declaration of war.
Yesterday National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held a speech on ‘Renewing American Economic Leadership’ which touched on some of the same themes as Yellen’s speech.
U.S. Argues For More Protectionism And Subsidies
BMW Further Embraces Making Basic Features A Costly Subscription Service
from the sorry-seatbelts-are-extra dept
Wed, Jan 11th 2023 05:22am – Karl BodeLast year BMW took ample heat for its plans to turn heated seats into a costly $18 per month subscription in numerous countries. As we noted at the time, BMW is already including the hardware in new cars and adjusting the sale price accordingly. So it’s effectively charging users a new, recurring fee to enable technology that already exists in the car and consumers already paid for.
BMW Further Embraces Making Basic Features A Costly Subscription Service
Surging cost of living in US drives class tensions to the breaking point
The latest inflation data published Tuesday shows that the working class confronts months of immense hardships as wages lose their value in the face of rising living costs. The ruling class’s attempt to make the working class pay for the crisis of capitalism is driving workers into struggle across the world, including in the United States, where teachers, nurses, and possibly railroad workers are launching powerful strikes.
Surging cost of living in US drives class tensions to the breaking point
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