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This is quite disappointing from Robert Kuttner (and The American Prospect) which claims to have the backs of the poor. The #trade did help pull 100s of millions of people from out of abject poverty in #China and elsewhere. #tariffs are literally turning the clock back on the poor outside the #US Why do such experts end up being such petty nationalists? Why can't they be... well... just human?
Tariffs: Maybe Not So Crazy
Trump’s tariffs are more petulance than policy, but strategic uses of tariffs can make economic sense. Look at China’s declining trade surplus with the U.S.Robert Kuttner (The American Prospect)
The Iranian protests death toll is now at least 645, with 10,721 protesters having been arrested, according to a report on Monday. thestatesignal.com/iranian-pro…
#thestatesignal #news #breakingnews #protests #iran #economy #arrest #government #usPolitics #trump #economicpressure #trade #tariffs #america #americans #law #policy #middleeast
Iranian Protests Death Toll At 645 As US Warns Americans To Leave Iran - The State Signal
IRAN - The Iranian protests death toll is now at least 645, with 10,721 protesters having been arrested, according to a report on Monday. The country has been under an internet blackout for over 100 hours as of the 16th day of the protests.The State Signal Staff (The State Signal)
energyandcleanair.org/wp/wp-co…
2019-2025 #coal capacity increased by a mere 10% and over last year #electricity from coal decreased by 3%
The #poor countries are leading the #energy transition while the #rich are essentially hawking #oil #gas and wasting money on #AI and #military
By cutting #aid #immigration #trade - the rich are explicitly hurting poor.
Elon #Musk’s #xAI Says It Can Now Stuff #AI - Generated #Product Placement Into Any #Scene of Your Favorite #Movie
see: futurism.com/future-society/ai…
In an announcement, Elon Musk’s AI company xAI unveiled a new tool called “Halftime” which “dynamically weaves AI-generated ads into the scenes you’re watching.” Instead of cutting to an ad break, Halftime manipulates the characters onscreen into deviating from the script and prominently brandishing a product of a marketer’s choice.
#halftime #ad #advertisement #marketing #consume #economy #problem #market #trade #entertainment #Hollywood #news #technology #software
Elon Musk’s xAI Says It Can Now Stuff AI-Generated Product Placement Into Any Scene of Your Favorite Movie
A new tool showed off by xAI dreams up AI-generated product placement that "weaves" into existing TV shows and movies.Frank Landymore (Futurism)
"18.8%"
China has only purchased 18.8% of the US soybean crop that Trump promised China would buy by January 1, 2026
The 12 million metric ton (mmt) goal is very unlikely to be reached.
American farmers are souring on the once hyped Chinese trade talk.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #trade #soybeans
👆 This, right here, is the best explanation why #russians have not given up, continue to have vast funds to finance the war and their attacks against #NATO members, and #Putin doesn't believe NATO is serious about defending #Europe
Too many #European countries remain slaves to imports from russian war #criminals. They continue to trade, funding extreme violence and murder by the russians in #Ukraine
hahaha ..
#Trump giving in to #China on #trade (because he had no other choice) has made the #EU even LESS likely to compromise on a #TradeDeal.
Now they're putting an #ultimatum on team Trump. Not out of necessity, but for the fun of it. (And also to further throw them off balance.)
This is going terrible for the #US side.
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#Allianz’s board says it’s time to save the #planet. They can start with their own #investments
source: thebureauinvestigates.com/stor…
The financial giant refuses to insure new oil and gas projects, but its asset management firms are still investing in #fossil #fuels
What they are saying is #climate #crisis kills #capitalism 😱
#news #economy #oil #energy #earth #future #politics #problem #humanity #trade #finance #investment #trade
Allianz’s board says it’s time to save the planet. They can start with their own investments
The financial giant refuses to insure new oil and gas projects, but its asset management firms are still investing in fossil fuelsJosephine Moulds (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)
No concessions over food safety in Japan-U.S. talks, Ishiba says
The prime minister also said that expanding LNG imports could be used as a bargaining chip.The Japan Times
#EU set to #retaliate with tariffs on $28 billion of #US goods
#world #resistance #trade #wars
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EU set to retaliate with tariffs on $28 billion of US goods
The EU is set to retaliate against Trump's tariffs with up to $28 billion in new duties on U.S. imports, including products like meat, wine, and bourbon.Newsroom Staff (The Brussels Morning Newspaper)
Much has been said about what Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs mean for the global liberal order. But what do they mean for everyday American consumers? And what could be its fiscal impact?
Today's Number Theory breaks it down.
Read on HT app: is.gd/NUmU7y
#Tariffs #Tariff #Trade #Trump #DonaldTrump #DataViz #Economy
"With new tariffs, slowing economic growth, chaos in government, and a debt ceiling crisis looming, America is being isolated in ways that most serve Vladimir Putin.
The Trump-Musk administration is, as predicted, oriented around solving problems for Vladimir Putin."
~ Dave Troy
#Trump #Musk #tariffs #LiberationDay #recession #inflation #trade #Putin
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"What makes Mr Trump’s 'Liberation Day' so dangerous is its scale. In 2024, the US ran a $1.2tn trade goods deficit. Only two months from his White House return, Mr Trump has imposed tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico, China, all steel and aluminium imports, and foreign cars and auto parts. Next up: friends in Asia, including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India and Vietnam."
~ The Guardian
#Trump #tariffs #LiberationDay #recession #inflation #trade
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The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s tariffs: a spectacle of struggle and control
Editorial: The US president wields tariffs not as a policy tool but as an instrument of pressure, rewarding loyalty and punishing defiance – even among alliesEditorial (The Guardian)
"This chart also tells you that you should ignore anyone citing the relatively mild effects of Trump’s 2017-18 tariffs as a reason not to be worried. Trump’s actions then were minor trade skirmishes, while this is all-out trade war."
The infamous Smoot-Hawley tariff played a major role, of course, in precipitating the Great Depression, worldwide economic devastation.
#Trump #tariffs #LiberationDay #recession #inflation #trade
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Paul Krugman offers a chart showing the rise in tariffs that Goldman Sachs is predicting Trump to announce today. Krugman comments:
"That bump at the left of the chart is the infamous Smoot-Hawley tariff. So if the reality is anything like this, it will be a much bigger shock to the economy than Smoot-Hawley, especially because imports as a share of the economy are three times what they were in the 1920s."
#Trump #tariffs #LiberationDay #recession #inflation #trade
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Stop Looking for Methods in the Madness
There’s no plan, secret or otherwise, behind Trump’s tariffsPaul Krugman
