President Trump has instructed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to execute Round Two of tariffs on Chinese imports. The first round applied to $50 billion in products. The current round applies a 10% tariff to $200 billion (effective Sept. 24, 2018), until January 1st, 2019, when the tariff increases to 25%. The list of products […]
Will Add Another $267BN If China Retaliates…
Report: Canada Comfortable Resisting Trump by Intentionally Missing Trade Negotiation Timeline…
According to a CBC article citing a “Senior Canadian Official”, the Trudeau government is completely “comfortable” missing an October 1st deadline to join the U.S-Mexico trade alliance: …”The source who spoke to CBC News on background, due to the sensitivity of the talks, said the external political pressure “is not a good enough reason,” for […]
Shadow Government?: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Blasts John Kerry’s Intervention in Iran: “literally unprecedented”….
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a press conference today reacting to how Obama administration officials were intentionally undermining current U.S. policy. Those actions include former Secretary of State John Kerry traveling to various hostile nations, specifically Iran, and telling our adversaries to “wait out the Trump administration”. There’s a bigger, biggger picture here, that […]
Nike, NFL, and Levis Strauss Political Business Strategy – The Much Bigger Geopolitical and Trade Picture…
On its face, it just seems absurd. Why would any major corporation intentionally stake out a branding position that is adverse to their financial interests? I’ve spoken to some very excellent business actuaries on this late today; and one specific conversation finally helped to make it all make sense. During that conversation a good ally […]
Levi Strauss Teams Up with Gun Control Group…
From a Pure Economic/Financial Perspective This Branding Campaign Doesn’t Make Sense, But…
Lighthizer Submits 90-day U.S.-Mexico Trade Modification Notification to Congress…
U.S. Trade Represenative Robert Lighthizer releases a statement announcing the administration is filing a NAFTA Section 2202 trade modification “notification of intent” letter to congress: Washington, DC – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today issued the following statement regarding the status of trade negotiations with Mexico and Canada: “Today the President notified the Congress of […]
Will Revisit Next Wednesday After Poll-Testing Canadian Sentiment…
Justin from Canada Painted His Country Into a Lose/Lose Trade Corner – Rejoins Talks…
By choosing politics over fundamental trade economics Justin and Chrystia from Canada have painted themselves into an isolated position on the renegotiated North American Trade deal. Here’s the basic Canadian conundrum. The U.S. and Mexico have agreed to manufacturing origination terms; wage and labor improvements; elimination of AG subsidies and non tariff barriers; and removal […]
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