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“These Numbers Are Ugly” – WTO Forecasts Collapse In World Trade, Recovery For 2021
“These Numbers Are Ugly” – WTO Forecasts Collapse In World Trade, Recovery For 2021 The World Trade Organization (WTO) published a new report on Wednesday that is truly apocalyptic, and crushes all hopes that a V-shaped recovery would be seen this year (similar to what Morgan Stanley said last week): “World trade is expected to fall by between 13% and […]
The Trilateral Commission: Using Crisis As An Opportunity To Reform
The Trilateral Commission: Using Crisis As An Opportunity To Reform A couple of years ago I posted an article that gave a brief overview of the Trilateral Commission, quoting directly from numerous former members of the institution and how their overarching goal was for the integration of nation states at the expense of self determination. It was […]
Project Fear Goes To ’11’: Brexit Could Lead To Thousands Of Deaths, Mass Hunger
Project Fear Goes To ’11’: Brexit Could Lead To Thousands Of Deaths, Mass Hunger If you listen to the government tell it, a post-“hard” Brexit Britain will inevitably resemble the post-apocalyptic Australia from “Mad Max”: A post-apocalyptic hellscape where Britons will be forced to battle it out “Thunderdome”-style for access to scare essentials like food, […]
“It Will Be A Cold War”: APEC Summit Ends In Unprecedented Chaos After Dramatic US-China Showdown
“It Will Be A Cold War”: APEC Summit Ends In Unprecedented Chaos After Dramatic US-China Showdown One day after vice president Mike Pence and China’s president Xi Jinping clashed after exchanging sharply worded barbs in a showdown between the two superpowers, on Sunday the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit ended in unprecedented chaos and disarray, […]
Global Stocks, Futures Slide As China Shatters Trade Calm
Global Stocks, Futures Slide As China Shatters Trade Calm Just when it seemed that the tenuous trade ceasefire between the US and China could result in more stable market sentiment, European stocks dropped -0.5% to session lows led by mining and autos, with S&P futures sliding as volume surged, joining Asia in the red after […]
Will World Trade Collapse After America Withdraws From WTO? Don’t Bet on It!
Will World Trade Collapse After America Withdraws From WTO? Don’t Bet on It! With Trump slapping tariffs right, left and center on friends and foes alike, and threatening to withdraw America from WTO, concerns about declining global trade have heightened. Trading nations like China and Japan are wary and worried about the prospects for world […]
Russia Joins Global Trade War – Imposes Tariffs On US Energy, Mining Imports
Russia Joins Global Trade War – Imposes Tariffs On US Energy, Mining Imports Whether this is a coordinated response is unclear – and certainly on a much smaller scale – but Bloomberg reports that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree this morning imposing higher tariffs on U.S. products in retaliation for U.S. duties on metals […]
Then They Came for the Globalists
Then They Came for the Globalists Photo by Francisco Osorio | CC BY 2.0 Thank God for the corporate media. If it wasn’t for them, and the ADL, I’d have probably never discovered that I’m a Nazi. Apparently, I’ve been one for quite some time … which is weird, as I had no idea. Here […]
“It Could Reshape The Global Trading System For Decades” – US Rejects China’s Bid “Market Economy” Status
“It Could Reshape The Global Trading System For Decades” – US Rejects China’s Bid “Market Economy” Status The US has filed a legal submission to the WTO as a third party, intervening in a case that China has brought against the European Union. The US rejects China’s argument that under the 2001 agreement, which confirmed […]
Trade negotiations are not necessary
Trade negotiations are not necessary From today’s Open Europe news summary: WTO CHIEF WARNS OF “COMPLEX AND DRAWN-OUT” TRADE NEGOTIATIONS AFTER BREXIT Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General of the WTO, has warned that it could take Britain decades to disentangle its trading relations with the EU and negotiate new ties with the rest of the world after Brexit. […]
Behind Brazil’s ‘Regime Change’
Behind Brazil’s ‘Regime Change’ Government “corruption” – trumpeted by international media and exploited by U.S.-funded NGOs – is a favorite weapon for discrediting and removing populist leaders, as is now occurring in Brazil, explains Dan Steinbock. While international media focuses on Brazil’s mass demonstrations against corruption, efforts behind the façade precipitate regime change, restoration of a pre-Lula order, and […]
Global Trade (Still) In Freefall: Imports Collapse At Largest Three US Ports
Global Trade (Still) In Freefall: Imports Collapse At Largest Three US Ports We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: global growth and trade are grinding to a halt. Back in September, we flagged comments from WTO chief economist Robert Koopman who warned that after a “burst of globalization”, we are now “at a point of […]
The TPP, Monsanto, Rockefeller, Trilateral Commission, Brzezinski
The TPP, Monsanto, Rockefeller, Trilateral Commission, Brzezinski All hands on deck for global, economic, corporate dictatorship There are dots to connect here. They’re real, and they’re spectacular. Let me begin with a brief exchange from a 1978 interview, conducted by reporter Jeremiah Novak. He was speaking with two American members of the Trilateral Commission […]
