trade war

The departure of the China hawk might clear the way for a trade-and-technology deal
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Eric MARGOLIS
According to the great military thinker, Maj. Gen. J.F.C. Fuller, ‘the object of war is not victory. It is to achieve political goals.’
Too bad President Donald Trump does not read books. He has started economic wars against China, Russia, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela without any clear strategic objective beyond inflating his ego as the world’s premier warlord and punishing them for disobedience.

We agree that the Fed should not bail out the Trump administration - but that's because we don't think it should bail out any administration.

Jason Butler is the newest candidate Blue America has endorsed. He's running for a North Carolina seat (NC-02) that is about half suburban and half rural. The incumbent, George Holding, is just a good-for-nothing corporate shill and Trump rubber-stamp and enabler.

China has already won the critical engagement in the conflict between Washington and Beijing
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As the United States and China escalate the past year’s trade dispute into full-scale economic war, the decisive fact in the conflict has gone entirely unmentioned: China has already won the critical engagement in the conflict.
It did so when Washington cajoled and threatened its allies to boycott Huawei’s rollout of 5G broadband, and suffered the most humiliating rebuff in this writer’s memory.

Authored by Paul Craig Roberts:

He says he's "The Chosen One" and maybe he is-- but not God's Chosen One, Putin's and Franklin Graham'sImmediately after Trump occupied the White House Elizabeth Mica warned that "What we know about malignant narcissists is that they psychologically decompensate once they achieve the ultimate position of power.

Trade war with US, Hong Kong protests showing no signs of slowing – is China on the verge of a collapse? If the collapse does come, what next? Are America’s fingerprints on the protests, as China claims?

There’s been panic this month over tariffs, currency, and the ‘inverted yield curve.’ Here’s what it really means.
Christopher WHALEN
Is the U.S. economy headed for another recession? The short answer is no.

China has evolved from producing food and toys to creating sophisticated AI machinery and 5G phone networks. Here a Chinese chocolate factory. Photo: Reese Erlich-by Reese Erlich@ReeseErlichChina is coming after us! Time to steel ourselves for battle against the human-rights-violating, currency-manipulating, job-grabbing, intellectual-property-stealing, missile-launching evil doers. Or so Washington, D.C.