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The Biggest Risk In Today’s Oil Markets
The Biggest Risk In Today’s Oil Markets The oil market is “tightening up,” but the Trump administration could still spoil oil prices if its aggressive trade war against China drags down economic growth. The U.S. stepped up the trade conflict with China on Monday when the Trump administration announced $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese […]
What happened to crude oil production after the first peak in 2005?
What happened to crude oil production after the first peak in 2005? The IEA (in Paris) proudly announced in its latest September 2018 Monthly Oil Market Report that global supplies (of liquids) have reached 100 mb/d in August, an impressive figure. What matters, however, is crude oil production, something the IEA does not show in […]
British govt report suggests US is currently winning trade war with China
British govt report suggests US is currently winning trade war with China Source: Graphic by Mohamed Hassan Published by INSURGE intelligence, a crowdfundedinvestigative journalism platform for people and planet. Support us to report where others fear to tread. China has already declared its intent to retaliate against US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese […]
Canadians Who Smoke Marijuana Legally Could Face Lifetime Ban From Entering the US
Canadians Who Smoke Marijuana Legally Could Face Lifetime Ban From Entering the US The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has announced that they will continue their fight in the losing battle of cannabis prohibition by banning Canadian cannabis users and workers from entering the United States. Customs official Todd Owen told Politico that they […]
China Retaliates: Beijing To Levy $60BN In Tariffs On US Goods Effective Sept 24
China Retaliates: Beijing To Levy $60BN In Tariffs On US Goods Effective Sept 24 Just as Donald Trump was further threats aimed at Beijing after he launched another $200BN in tariffs targeting Chinese imports, and warning that “there will be great and fast economic retaliation against China if our farmers, ranchers and/or industrial workers are […]
Trump Slams China For Meddling In US Elections “By Attacking Farmers & Industrial Workers”
Trump Slams China For Meddling In US Elections “By Attacking Farmers & Industrial Workers” Having ordered the unleashing of the next round of tariffs (to hit next Monday) on China, President Trump has taken to Twitter to explain what he feels China is trying to do. His first shot across the bow claims that China […]
US Energy Secretary Visits Moscow: Threats and Accusations Used as Foreign-Policy Tools
US Energy Secretary Visits Moscow: Threats and Accusations Used as Foreign-Policy Tools US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry visited Moscow Sept. 11-13 to hold talks with Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov and Energy Minister Alexander Novak. After discussing a wide range of problems, the parties agreed to restart the dormant US-Russia Energy Working […]
USA Declares it is not Subject to International Law
USA Declares it is not Subject to International Law The United States is on a major confrontational course with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The White House National Security Adviser, John Bolton, threatened entry bans and other sanctions against court judges and prosecutors if they dare to try to prosecute any US citizens […]
Trump Unwisely Escalates Trade War: Expect a “Rare Earth” Response From China
Trump Unwisely Escalates Trade War: Expect a “Rare Earth” Response From China Trump’s imposed more tariffs on China. If China retaliates, Trump will respond with tariffs on all imports from China A threatened, Trump Hits China with Tariffs on $200 Billion in Goods, Escalating Trade War. President Trump, emboldened by America’s economic strength and China’s […]
Trump Slaps Tariffs On $200BN In China Imports; Will Add Another $267BN If China Retaliates
Trump Slaps Tariffs On $200BN In China Imports; Will Add Another $267BN If China Retaliates With traders waiting with bated breath for hours, moments ago the White House announced that it has imposed tariffs on approximately $200 billion worth of imports from China, effective September 24. The tariffs will start at 10% until the end […]
What Can Cause the Next Mortgage Crisis in the US?
What Can Cause the Next Mortgage Crisis in the US? The soothingly low mortgage delinquency rate is a deceptive indicator: the New York Fed weighs in. Mortgage delinquencies at all commercial banks in the US inched down to 3.14% in the second quarter, the lowest since Q2 2007, according to the Federal Reserve. But after […]
American Fascism
American Fascism Photo Source Alan Turkus | CC BY 2.0 From Whence ‘We’ Came Fascism is a loaded topic for Americans. The term is usually put forward as oppositional, as the flip side of representative democracy, e.g. authoritarian. Left unaddressed is whose interests’ American representative democracy represents. Twenty years of research by political scientist Thomas […]
China May Skip Trade Talks, Cripple US Supply Chains After New Trump Tariffs
China May Skip Trade Talks, Cripple US Supply Chains After New Trump Tariffs When discussing yesterday’s WSJ report that the Trump admin may slap the new, $200BN round of tariffs on Chinese imports as soon as tomorrow, we said that such an escalation would likely derail talks with top Chinese officials, currently scheduled in Washington […]
Trump To Announce $200 Billion In New China Tariffs As Soon As Monday
Trump To Announce $200 Billion In New China Tariffs As Soon As Monday In the latest installment of the story that just won’t go away, the WSJ reported on Saturday that – as Bloomberg reported first yesterday – the Trump administration plans to announce new tariffs on up to $200 billion in Chinese goods as […]
