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In debate, Harris signaled a sharper break with Trump administration over China
In debate, Harris signaled a sharper break with Trump administration over China
Responding to Pence’s comments, Senator Harris highlighted the fact that the United States had a team of experts on the ground in China to monitor disease outbreaks that had been withdrawn by the Trump administration. She’s right: Upon coming into office, the administration reduced the number of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and National Institutes of Health staff in China and shut down the National Science Foundation office in Beijing. As Jennifer Huang Bouey, an epidemiologist and Georgetown University professor has explained, “five years earlier, CDC and NIH officials would have been on the ground in Wuhan.”
America’s 5 Stages of Grief Over China’s Rise
Whenever people face a huge loss in life — like a sudden divorce or death of a family member — they go through five stages of grief. These stages are…
America’s 5 Stages of Grief Over China’s Rise
Hundreds of US companies join Tesla to challenge Trump’s trade war tariffs – media
How Successful Were Trump’s Tariffs?
How Successful Were Trump’s Tariffs?
**Job Creation: On average, Trump’s tariffs destroyed jobs. But there were some winners and losers notably steel. The cost of the “winners” was $800,000 to $900,000 per job created. More jobs were lost elsewhere.
**Negotiation Leverage: Nonexistent. Trump resorts to threats so often on the flimsiest of grounds creates mistrust.
**Improve Security: No. Antagonizing allies never improves security.
Important WTO decision – U.S. Violated Trade Rules With Tariffs on China, WTO Says
Important WTO decision – U.S. Violated Trade Rules With Tariffs on China, WTO Says
The WTO dispute settlement procedure may decide correctly, but try to enforce it!
See my 2016 report to the UN Human Rights Council on WTO law and practice, and WTO’s latest ruling as reported in Bloomberg.
Alfred de Zayas.
Trump Pledges Tax Credits, Tariffs to Redirect Jobs From China
Trump Pledges Tax Credits, Tariffs to Redirect Jobs From China
President Donald Trump said he’ll punish American companies that move jobs abroad and reward firms with tax breaks for shifting work from China to the U.S., proposals aimed at hastening the decoupling of the world’s largest economies.
Pompeo’s anti-China rally questioned by some Europeans
Pompeo’s anti-China rally questioned by some Europeans
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New U.S. tariffs show again why it is an unreliable partner for Europe
After a breakdown in trade negotiations over a longstanding dispute pertaining to subsidies for the European aviation manufacturer Airbus, the Trump administration is now weighing new tariffs of 3.1 billion U.S. dollars on EU and British exports into the United States, coming on top of the levies imposed by the White House on Europe last summer. Exports which are set to be targeted include olives, coffee, chocolate, beer, gin, trucks and machinery.
Full text of Xi’s remarks at Extraordinary G20 Leaders’ Summit
Full text of Xi’s remarks at Extraordinary G20 Leaders’ Summit
BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday delivered a speech titled “Working Together to Defeat the COVID-19 Outbreak” at the Extraordinary G20 Leaders’ Summit via video link in Beijing.
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