Despite the media providing manipulative cover (narrative engineering) for the sheer hypocrisy of this effort, Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden is going to attempt to kick-off an “America First” economic plan in Michigan tomorrow…
Justin From Canada Attempts Backup Option for Trade Mistakes, Fails Miserably…
NAFTA is as precarious as a slow-spinning plate on a stick. Mexico and Canada are both taking half-hearted turns recharging the momentum – while simultaneously looking for trade options due to, well,.. the inevitable. The basic issue is a simple one; for the U.S. NAFTA has a fatal flaw. Canada and Mexico are used by […]
Abe, Trump Agree to Discuss 2-Way Trade Framework After U.S. TPP Exit…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed Friday to discuss a bilateral trade framework in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership. “We will seek a trading relationship that is free, fair and reciprocal, benefiting both of our countries,” Trump told a joint press conference after the […]
It’s Who Was Not at The White House During TPP E.O. Signing That Also Tells a Story…
Yesterday President Trump held a day of meetings with corporate business titans, CEO’s, and also skilled labor union officials. However, two men were transparently absent from both group meetings: U.S. CoC President Tom Donohue, and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka…
Trump Wins The Unions: Teamsters Praise TPP Withdrawal…
Trump Signs Executive Actions on TPP, Abortion, Federal Hiring Freeze…
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday announcing his plan to withdraw the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. The order fulfills Trump’s campaign promise to abandon the Pacific Rim trade pact early in his administration. “We’ve been talking about this for a long time,” Trump said after signing the order in […]
U.S. Dollar Is Losing Ground in Southeast Asian Countries…
The Revenge of Class and the Death of the Democratic Party…
The Democratic Party of my lifetime – the coalition of Wall St finance capital and identity-politics voters that arose during the 1980s and 90s – is dead. It has been killed, quite ironically, by the revenge of class politics – the kind once championed by the Democrats. Decades of economic misery…
It’s Alive–U.S. Trade Rep: Congress Has the Votes to Pass TPP…
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman says Congress has the votes to pass the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement if it is brought up for a vote. “If they [House and Senate leaders] bring it forward, I think we can get the votes there”…
U.S. Attempts to Shame Asia for “Caving to China”…
It is becoming clear that US influence – despite its “pivot toward Asia” – is waning across the Asia Pacific region. Washington has suffered geopolitical setbacks in virtually every nation in Asia Pacific, including…