Trade
Trump’s Big, Bad, Destructive, and Unpeaceful Imperialism
It may seem laughable to hear Trump lusting after Canada and Greenland, but his vision of U.S. domination indicates we need to take him...
Trump launches trade war against Canada, Mexico and China
China Has Edge Over US on Much More Than AI Models
Jan 28, 2025
The shock release of a new Chinese AI known as DeepSeek that’s...
How Trump coerced Colombia to accept deportees by threatening US tariff...
US President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on imports from Colombia after Bogota initially refused deportation flights.
By Sarah Shamim
27 Jan 2025
The United States and Colombia pulled...
Trump’s tariff threats could destabilize the global economy
Trump's protectionist policies threaten to radically unbalance the balance of payments and exchange rates throughout the world, preventing countries from earning the dollars needed...
Brics, the Johannesburg Declaration
Johannesburg II Declaration. BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development and Inclusive Multilateralism, Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa, 23 August 2023
Preamble
1. We,...
US Chip War Version 2: Decoupling from China or Declaring War?
Prabir Purkayastha
October 23, 2022
THE US has gambled big in its latest, across-the-board sanctions on Chinese companies in the semiconductor industry, believing it can kneecap...
The Dollar Devours the Euro
By Michael Hudson
Apr 7, 2022
It is now clear that today’s escalation of the New Cold War was planned over a year ago. America’s plan...
Who armed Ukraine and decided to expand NATO? Prof John Mearsheimer
Apr. 8, 2022
Professor John Mearsheimer, Distinguished Service Professor in Political Science and Co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of...
Double standard: Germany exporting banned pesticides
By Susan Haffmans
Sep 27, 2019
Germany is a powerful player in global pesticide markets. Home to Bayer CropScience, this single European country is responsible for...
Russian Invasion, US Sanctions Leave Global Trade in Tatters
Shipping companies are abandoning Russia, and the crisis has caused wheat and oil prices to sky rocket
by Dave DeCamp
Posted on March 4,...