Marshall Auerback: Donald Trump Understands the Nexus Between Trade and Immigration
By linking immigration and trade, however crudely, Trump has exposed the broader paradox and inherent contradictions which lurk between the two.
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Senators Try to Scuttle Syngenta/ChemChina Merger, in a Harbinger for U.S. Posture Toward Chinese Investment
This is a big week for the future of American industry. Chinese Premier Xi Jinping will meet one-on-one with President Obama on the sidelines of a summit in Washington. The Chinese will apparently use the meeting to make a new offer on a bilateral investment treaty that would pave the way for more foreign direct […]
Read more...Reducing Carbon Emissions Won’t Halt Economic Growth
The big obstacle to reducing carbon emissions isn’t economic costs, but inertia and the impact on powerfully placed special interests.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Desperate “Dumb Money” from China Now Chasing Unicorns
The influx of money from China is increasingly going into bubbly markets and sectors.
Read more...Ilargi: China – A 5-Year Plan And 50 Million Jobs Lost
Why China will be unable to escape the loss of millions of jobs.
Read more...China Continues to Focus on Growth, Not Reform
Growth remains a top priority in China, but how will the central government achieve it?
Read more...China’s Vulnerable External Balance Sheet
A look at the risks of China’s external debt.
Read more...The China Delusion
Why the path forward for China is fraught from both an economic and political standpoint.
Read more...Michael Hudson Discusses the New Global Financial Cold War
Michael Hudson discusses his paper, The IMF Changes Its Rules To Isolate China and Russia, and how jockeying among the big power players is becoming more visible and higher stakes.
Read more...Eurobanks: The Probable Point of Failure as Systemic Stress Rises
Why Eurobanks are the most likely fracture point if current economic stresses continue.
Read more...Chinese Communists and Wacko U.S. Right Want to Save Us from Girlie Men
Real men are evidently an endangered species,. Chinese communists and the American Enterprise Institute are in the vanguard of trying to fix that.
Read more...Capital Bleeds from Emerging Asia
2015 was a terrible year for emerging markets, not just in terms of trade in goods and services, but also capital exit.
Read more...Chinese Slowdown and the World Economy
China’s slowdown started years ago, not last year. And the impact on the US is likely to be lower than news reports would lead you to believe.
Read more...Ilargi: Square Holes and Currency Pegs
The difficultly of maintaining currency pegs, most important the renminbi and riyal versus the dollar, will put even more stress on financial markets.
Read more...US Oil Futures Plunge by Nearly 7%, to $26.55 a Barrel; Stocks Swoon
Oil has ratcheted down again and stocks are getting hammered.
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