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American Soil Is Being Globalized: Nearly 30 Million Acres Of U.S. Farmland Is Now Owned By Foreigners
American Soil Is Being Globalized: Nearly 30 Million Acres Of U.S. Farmland Is Now Owned By Foreigners All across America, U.S. farmland is being gobbled up by foreign interests. So when we refer to “the heartland of America”, the truth is that vast stretches of that “heartland” is now owned by foreigners, and most Americans […]
Beijing “Seriously Considering” Rare-Earth Export Ban
Beijing “Seriously Considering” Rare-Earth Export Ban Following what was a mostly quiet holiday weekend for trade-war-related rhetoric (other than a dollop of trade-deal optimism offer by President Trump, little was said by either side), Beijing has started the holiday-shortened week by reiterating threats to embrace what we have described as a ‘nuclear’ option: restricting exports of rare earth […]
“A Big Wake Up Call”: Chinese Bond Market Roiled By First Ever Bank Failure
“A Big Wake Up Call”: Chinese Bond Market Roiled By First Ever Bank Failure Late last Friday, we reported that several hours after the market close, China’s financial regulator and central bank made a shocking announcement: for the first time in nearly 30 year, China would take control of a bank, in this case the troubled inner […]
Rumors of War
Rumors of War The race to economic collapse is an international competition sparking threats and tensions summoning the specter of war. The imploding center of this collapse is that of industrial technocracy based on fossil fuels. All the nations will go through it on differing schedules. It has been playing out slowly, painfully, and deceptively […]
The road to modern wars
The road to modern wars President Trump pursues a policy combining military threat with economic warfare and his aim is to restore American hegemony especially in view of the rising contender: China. Beijing has been acquiring technological knowledge and started expanding beyond the borders, having easier access to Central Asia and the Pacific than Americans. […]
Shielding the World From US Chaos Is No Easy Task
Shielding the World From US Chaos Is No Easy Task Donald Trump’s foreign policy relies heavily on putting to use to the tools available to the Empire: economic terrorism, threats of war, diplomatic pressure, trade wars, etc. But in resorting to tried-and-true imperialism, it is isolating itself internationally from traditional allies and raising tensions on the global chessboard to an unprecedented […]
Commerce Department Targets China With Proposed Tariffs On ‘Currency Manipulators’
Commerce Department Targets China With Proposed Tariffs On ‘Currency Manipulators’ A lot has happened since then-candidate Trump said he would label China a currency manipulator on ‘day one’ should he make it to the Oval Office. So far, at least, the pledge to hold Beijing accountable for manipulating its currency wouldn’t fall into the ‘promises kept’ column. But […]
We Finally Know Where The Scandalous Ozone-Destroying Chemicals Are Really Coming From
We Finally Know Where The Scandalous Ozone-Destroying Chemicals Are Really Coming From It’s been exactly one year since US scientists reported a mysterious surge in ozone-destroying chemicals, known as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Banned in 1987 under the globally signed Montreal Protocol, there was only one explanation: somewhere out there, in an unknown location, someone must have gone rogue, setting […]
Could China dump its US Treasuries to fight the trade war? A contrarian view is emerging in Beijing
Could China dump its US Treasuries to fight the trade war? A contrarian view is emerging in Beijing As trade war escalates, market talk is emerging that Beijing will use monetary weapons to retaliate as ‘last resort’ China’s US Treasury holdings in March dropped by US$10.4 billion while foreign exchange reserves rose to highest level […]
The Boycott Begins: Chinese Company Orders Employees To “Stop Using American Products, Eating At KFC”
The Boycott Begins: Chinese Company Orders Employees To “Stop Using American Products, Eating At KFC” In a harbinger of what’s to come as the US-China trade war gets worse by the day, a Chinese company has told all of its employees to boycott American products and halt international travels to the U.S., reported The Epoch Times. […]
99 Lead Balloons… Are About To Come Crashing Down
99 Lead Balloons… Are About To Come Crashing Down ‘Lead balloon.’ That graphic description of public failure apparently dates from the US in 1924, and ironically was itself such a poorly-received idiom that it didn’t appear in the American press again until 1947. A few decades later, and the phrase was so well known that a […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 21st 2019
Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 21st 2019 “He knew everything about literature, except how to enjoy it…” Waves of negative news headlines battering markets. Might have to wear a hat.. Huawei – Trade War Threat Level Rises The Huawei embargo raises the trade war threat from undeclared to imminent shooting match. While it’s not quite […]
China’s Nuclear Option to Sell US Treasurys, Report 19 May
China’s Nuclear Option to Sell US Treasurys, Report 19 May There is a drumbeat pounding on a monetary issue, which is now rising into a crescendo. The issue is: China might sell its holdings of Treasury bonds—well over $1 trillion—and crash the Treasury bond market. Since the interest rate is inverse to the bond price, […]
Xi Sends Trump A Message: Rare-Earth Export Ban Is Coming
Xi Sends Trump A Message: Rare-Earth Export Ban Is Coming Back in April of 2018, when the trade war with China was still in its early stages, we explained that among the five “nuclear” options Beijing has to retaliate against the US, one was the block of rare-earth exports to the US, potentially crippling countless US supply […]
