Friday, August 23, 2019

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 23, 2019

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Joseph W. Sullivan, The Atlantic: Every American Should Hope Trump Prevails Against China

Working on economic policy at the White House, I came to understand that the stakes of the confrontation are far higher than those of trade alone.

I spent much of the past two years on the staff of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, thinking about U.S. trade policy toward China. Many people, including me, were focused on the economics of this issue. Many still are.

The blow-by-blow of the bout between the world’s two economic heavyweights is easy to follow. The world’s stock markets gyrate in response to the trade news of the day; the U.S. dollar falls versus the Chinese yuan, and the president responds. Each new piece of macroeconomic data is interrogated until it mumbles something about tariffs. Even the Federal Reserve has weighed in.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 23, 2019

Here are the reasons for Trump's economic war with China -- Dominic Rushe, The Guardian

The Iran nuclear deal is dead – leaders at next week’s G7 summit should accept that once and for all -- Majid Rafizadeh, The Independent

After 45 years, G-7 endures despite the Trump tweets -- David McHugh, AP

Trump or Europe — Boris Johnson's G-7 balancing act -- Rob Mudge, DW

Le Brexit breakthrough? Europe says 'Nein', 'non', 'no' -- Guy Faulconbridge, Richard Lough and Andreas Rinke, Reuters

Emmanuel Macron could be Boris Johnson’s Brexit saviour -- John Keiger, The Spectator

Omar al-Bashir on trial: Will justice be delivered? -- Linah Alsaafin, Al Jazeera

From ‘No First Use’ to ‘No, First Use?’ -- Ankit Panda, The Diplomat

What is Russia hiding after 'Skyfall' radioactive blast? -- Mikhail Bushuev & Julia Lasica, DW

Russia's closed cities hold the secrets to global nuclear disasters you've never heard of -- Lauren Beldi, ABC News Online

Molotov-Ribbentrop: why is Moscow trying to justify Nazi pact? -- Andrew Roth, The Guardian

The world's smallest republic goes to the polls today — what's at stake? -- Richard Ewart and Max Walden, ABC News Online

Trump’s Greenland Gambit Might Be Crazy—But It Could Also Be the Future -- Joshua Keating, Politico

Trump Finds Unlikely Ally in Greenland Aspirations: Iran -- Paul D. Shinkman, US News and World Report

It Isn’t Too Late to Save the Brazilian Rainforest -- Robert Muggah, Foreign Policy

Amazon rainforest fire: Five things you need to know -- Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo, ABC News Online

The Amazon is burning: What you need to know -- David Child, Al Jazeera

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

And we all know that Putin is hoping too. He cannot want 2bn Chinese next door looking at this vast empty, rich Russian space. The last thing Putin wants is to be #3. Number 2, ok perhaps, but number 3.. ouch.. under him. So yeah, he's rooting for USA not only for culturally and ethnical reasons, and religious reasons (don't forget, China is a no-Christians-wanted zone).. so we all know what's going on and China better realize they are -completely- and -utterly- surrounded.
Question is if they are dumb enough to not realize what Russians tried to do in the mid of the last century. Mother Russia may not be very well known to start wars, but they had something else in mind back then. Read history ;)

Mike Feldhake said...

Spot on analysis, and yes, I think this is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. Also, why not just put China in Check and buy the Corn and Soy Beans!? We can hand them out to countries in need, or make more ethanol!

Anonymous said...

Great article!

Anonymous said...

What does the New York Times publish?


Douche Zest


They must have a far out, whacked out readership.


Anonymous said...

“What the NYTimes does is take your story, spice it up with a dash of *douche zest* and then a million people read it,”

Oct. 13, 2010


So NYT readers like douche.

Wow!