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Trump, Tariffs and Trade Deficits
Trump, Tariffs and Trade Deficits “The Chinese are raping us” and “Canada is killing our farmers”! Such melodramatic claims from Trump resonate with many Americans, because the effects of globalization have been devastating for half the population. To his credit, Trump has been harping on trade deficit for thirty years – he was complaining about […]
White House Accuses China Of “Persistent Economic Espionage And Aggression”
White House Accuses China Of “Persistent Economic Espionage And Aggression” In what Bloomberg billed as the White House’s “latest salvo in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies”, the Trump administration released a 35-page report late last night fleshing out its national security concerns emanating from China’s theft of intellectual properties as well […]
Kass – Risk Happens Fast
Risk Happens Fast Risk happens fast – Trump trade policy whacks futures this morning We remain in a trading sardine market – not an eating sardine market Hastily crafted policy that conflates politics is dangerous in a flat and networked world The return of an untethered Orange Swan is market unfriendly … brace yourselves The […]
Here Are The Six Ways China Could Retaliate In Trade War With The U.S.
Here Are The Six Ways China Could Retaliate In Trade War With The U.S. It’s all about the trade war between the US and China this morning, and more specifically, how will Xi retaliate to Trump. For those who missed the overnight fireworks, late on Monday, President Trump asked the US Trade Representative to identify […]
India Joins the Tariff War: The Party is Just Starting!
India Joins the Tariff War: The Party is Just Starting! In response to Trump’s tariffs on steel, India will put tariffs on Harley motorcycles, lentils, and almonds. Following the well-established belief that “trade wars are easy to win”, India counters Trump tariffs, to hike duty on US bikes, almonds, apples. India has proposed to raise […]
Chrystia Freeland Fails to See the Emerging Multipolar World
Chrystia Freeland Fails to See the Emerging Multipolar World In a strange case of reversed roles Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland, tried to convince US president Donald Trump to return to his lost path of globalization and international trade agreements in an impassionate speech she gave at the Foreign Policy Forum last June […]
How America’s Wars Cut Down American Liberty
How America’s Wars Cut Down American Liberty If we forswore military intervention in other countries, we could still affect the world in a positive way through free trade. Professor Tucker argues in his Liberty Forum essay that a grand strategy, at least one that is dreamed of by experts, “is not a possibility for the United States,” […]
Goldman: If Trump Wants To Win A Trade War, The Market Has To Crash
Goldman: If Trump Wants To Win A Trade War, The Market Has To Crash Now that the Trump global trade war ceasefire is over with both allies (Canada, EU, Mexico) and adversaries (China), the hot takes are coming in, and none more exhaustive than a note by Goldman Sachs released overnight, in which economist Alec […]
“This Is A Red Line”: Beijing Warns Trump Trade Deal Is Off If US Imposes Tariffs
“This Is A Red Line”: Beijing Warns Trump Trade Deal Is Off If US Imposes Tariffs In a scathing editorial warning Trump to back off on his latest tariff threat, on Sunday China said that any trade deals between the US and China, and any progress and commitments made so far in bilateral negotiations would […]
“Just Days Left” To Avoid Trade War France Says, As G-7 Condemn Trump
“Just Days Left” To Avoid Trade War France Says, As G-7 Condemn Trump With Trump refusing to back down and slapping Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the EU, Canada and Mexico, which were enacted at midnight on June 1, the G-7 meeting taking place in Whistler, also known as Canada’s Davos, […]
Trump Started a Global Trade War Today: Canada, Mexico Responded, So Will Europe
Trump Started a Global Trade War Today: Canada, Mexico Responded, So Will Europe Trump has been itching for a global trade war ever since he took office. He just confirmed one. The U.S. will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union starting on Friday. Trump’s ill-advised Tariffs Provoked […]
China Prepares “Emergency Response Plan” Amid Escalating US Trade War
China Prepares “Emergency Response Plan” Amid Escalating US Trade War While in recent days the growing trade war between China and the US has moved off the front page of market concerns despite now daily skirmishes such as today’s anti-dumping probe launch by the US into US steel wheels which followed a Chinese 179% tariff […]
China’s “Nuclear Option” in the Trade War
China’s “Nuclear Option” in the Trade War The United States has been interested in economic relations with China since 1784, shortly after the American War for Independence. At first, this interest was purely economic, because the British refused to deal with the U.S. (for obvious reasons). So the Americans bought Chinese goods, and the Chinese […]
