Note: Since retaking the Presidency, Trump has unleashed a war against globalists as part of his campaign to restore American greatness.. His major weapon in ths fight is the imposition of tariffs and a rejection of long term beliefs in free trade. Perhaps it would be well to review what I wrote about Trump and […]
As he prepares to take office, President-elect Trump threatens to use tariffs as a diplomatic weapon in dealing with foreign states and to protect American industries from foreign competition. Now comes the backlash. The free-trade advocates, Democrat and Republican, are howling. For the last hundred years the belief in free trade has had a broad […]
At the Paris Climate Accords, China and India were labeled developing economies; therefore, less stringent demands were placed on them than on the United States and Europe. Nevertheless, China pledged that it would take significant steps toward reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. President Trump did not trust them. As they rushed to build the world’s […]
The subject of free trade is much in the news these days because of President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on certain Chinese products and the Chinese retaliation. Many observers are fearful of a full-blown trade war with China and other nations, with potentially devastating effects on the American economy. In 1955 I worked for a […]
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