Why America Is Acting This Way on Trade: A Globotics Shock, a Failed Social Policy, and Middle-Class Fury
An attempt to divine the political roots of Trump’s trade and tariff policies.
Read more...Category Archives: China
Trump Tariffs Run Over Already-Desperate Car Industry; Higher Prices, Job Cuts, and Supplier Closures Baked In
The tariff situation has developed not necessarily to the advantage of the car industry.
Read more...Trade War Just Crashed Crude. Demand Might Be Next
Are the tariffs more likely to change patterns in the global oil market than really kill oil demand?
Read more...As Global Conflicts Rage, Has Neoliberalism Already Won?
If we look at the “Great Game” through the lens of internecine strife of the global neoliberal elite, does it matter who wins?
Read more...Trump’s Desire to ‘Un-Unite’ Russia and China Is Unlikely to Work – In Fact, It Could Well Backfire
The oh-so-clever US intends to drive a wedge between China and Russia, after having been mean to Russia and still mean to China.
Read more...The Middle East Logistics Wars
The US pursues the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor while attempting to kill other logistics corridors involving China, Iran, and Russia.
Read more...Why Is the Trump Administration So Obsessed with Shipping Lanes?
The case that it’s about preparing for conflict with China.
Read more...The Empire Rebrands: Foreign Policy Under Trump 2.0
The woke imperium is dead. Long live the American AI “post-democratic” empire.
Read more...US Secondary Sanctions “Have Seriously Damaged” Russia-China Bilateral Cooperation
Russian experts say US secondary sanctions are damaging Russia-China commerce. But their solutions don’t seem to be close to implementation.
Read more...America First Deepens World Stagnation
Quelle surprise! America First is another leg down in the developing-country-unfriendly policies the Collective West has pursued.
Read more...Minority Reports: How Endowment Effect Would Make Ukraine Mineral Deal as a Tar Baby; Brian Berletic on US Preserving USAID Regime Change Capabilities; John Helmer on Shambolic US Conduct of Ukraine Negotiations
Challenging mainstream and prevailing independent media views on Trump’s plans for Russia and Ukraine and the US role in the world.
Read more...The Recent Weakness in the German Manufacturing Sector
A look at the fallen state of German manufacturing seems to understate the implications of the conditions it describes.
Read more...BRICS, Boers, and Preparing for Conflict With China in South Africa: Examining the US Pressure Campaign
In addition to Greenland and the Panama Canal, Washington is doubling down on efforts to “dominate” naval theaters in a conflict with China.
Read more...Trump’s No-Prisoners Approach to Iran-China Oil Crackdown
The US plans further sanctions on intermediaries like tankers and broker that facilitate Iran oil sales to China. Will they work?
Read more...Who Is Driving the Global Privatization of Domestic Infrastructure?
An otherwise informative post about the extent and hazards of infrastructure sales misses who the real bad actors are.
Read more...