My comments on Trump’s 50% EU and 25% Apple tariff moment youtu.be/UnHVr66OMoo
I think we are learning something rather different. That large structural surplus economies, by imposing -ve welfare consequences on own population, force deficits and welfare losses on other countries. Which is why so many are raising ‘trade defence measures’ against the same surplus country.
A lot of things here for Bluesky-ers to think about… open.substack.com/pub/noahpini...
Bbg’s Natthew Brooker on the UK Treasury and finance sectir interesrs naivete and weak acumen in setting the Lab Govt’s china policy www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Through the looking glass folks, abs ridiculous - Woman wins £30,000 compensation for being compared to Darth Vader
The problem here is you’re not comparing like with like.
There must be other reasons why such a high % of people are claiming out of work benefits when we have more of less full employment. It’s an anomaly which requires explanation.
Trump says China trade tslks in Switz ‘total reset’. No stranger to hyperbole, him, but total reset is precisely what’s going on in world trade and much related to it, as I explain here: youtube.com/watch?v=7gEk...
YouTube video by DW News
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Progressives discovered a seemingly invincible weapon. One day it stopped working.
Thanks to Deutsche Welle for an extended interview on the US China trade war -> embargo -> de-escalation for now and strategically , what it all means youtube.com/watch?v=-4PO...
Labour’s economic engagement policy is mired in misconceptions about the nature of the Communist system.
While the U.S. and China jostle, too many politicians and commentators have naively concluded the answer to trade more with the biggest mercantilist that only wants to export more to them. Dumb. Talk of cosying up to China is a dangerous fantasy
www.thetimes.com/article/018b...
