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White House Considering Reducing or Increasing Tariffs on China
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 10, 2022 | News Roundup
President Joe Biden is examining a range of options for what to do with the current tariffs on China, according to Reuters. For months, the administration has considered cutting tariffs on Beijing to relieve inflation in the US, but has alternatively thought about additional penalties as China carries out military drills in the waters surrounding Taiwan.
US, UK Ban Russian Energy as Ukraine Invasion Sparks Trade War
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Mar 8, 2022 | News Roundup
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order banning imports of Russian energy, a move matched by UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss soon after – both aiming to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. During a Tuesday press briefing, Biden said his new...
How Trump’s China Trade War Failed
by Brad Polumbo | Oct 31, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
President Trump was elected on an anti-trade agenda in 2016, and promised that tariffs and protectionist measures could restore the US manufacturing sector. After winning the White House, the president imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of...
News Roundup 1/8/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 8, 2020 | News Roundup
Iran responds to the assassination of Soleimani by launching several missiles at Iraqi bases housing US soldiers. There have been no reports of US casualties and some reports of Iraqi casualties. After the attack, Tweets by Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad...
bitcoin is Dead: Part 3
by Phil Gibson | Jan 7, 2020 | Blog
Click here for Part 2 For the audio version, check out my podcast A Boy Named Pseu where you can download it on all podcast platforms. (read starts at 8:54) Read full piece here. If bitcoin is dead, then the President didn’t tweet about it Governments have officially...
Poll: Americans Are Always Wrong About the Most Important Things
by Scott Horton | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog
The Hill: A large majority of voters — 84 percent — are concerned about the prospect of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons, according to a Hill-HarrisX poll released on Monday. That's more than those who expressed concern over other foreign policy issues, including North...
Ron Paul on Fed Interest Rate Cut
by Norman Singleton | Aug 2, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul issued the following statement regarding the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it will be reducing interest rates for the first time in a decade: “The Federal Reserve’s reduction of its benchmark interest rate from 2.25% to 2%...
6/10/19 Doug Bandow on the Threats of War in Europe and Asia
by Scott Horton | Jun 10, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Doug Bandow about North Korea, China, Russia, and the rest of eastern Europe. Bandow holds out hope for the negotiations with North Korea, but fears the dangerous rhetoric coming from neoconservatives about America's relationship with China. They are...
5/31/19 Mike Swanson on Trump’s Trade War and the Current Bubble
by Scott Horton | Jun 4, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Mike Swanson joins Scott to talk about President Trump's latest tariff announcement against Mexico. Trump and his team may think these trade policies are good for the economy, says Swanson, but they may also just be using the trade war as a way to shift blame...
You Can’t Separate The People’s War From The Government’s
by Zack Sorenson | May 23, 2019 | Blog
I'm reading about Chinese consumers switching away from Apple because of nationalism and the trade war. Then, rumors that the trade war is hurting the Chinese economy more than they admit. So, here's what's happening: regular folks are having a tough time. And when...
War with China, Iran or Venezuela?
by Kyle Anzalone | May 10, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #347, I discuss the reckless actions the US is taking against China, Iran, and Venezuela. Trump new tariffs could restart the trade war with China. He is also increasing challenges to Chinese territorial claims in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea....
Trump’s Trade Wars Destroy Our Freedom
by Jacob Hornberger | Apr 29, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Given President Trump’s trade wars against China and other countries, the natural tendency is to focus on Chinese and American producers and consumers as the victims of Trump’s destructive trade folly. Keep in mind that in every trade, both sides benefit by improving...
Will the Trade War End in a Rural Bloodbath?
by Scott Horton | Mar 27, 2019 | Blog
Check out this great article at the Mises Institute about the real consequences of Trump's trade war for American farmers that are already coming due.
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Black History Month?
If a Martian social scientist were to visit America, he surely would assume that Black History Month had been concocted by racists. And he'd be right -- for a racist qua racist need not bear ill will toward a particular group. What makes someone a racist is the very...
ESG in Canada
When I talk about ESG it isn’t out of concern for the corporations being regulated, it is out of concern as to how it affects the common man. While many dismiss my concern as a “conspiracy theory” cutting people off from their money and financial institutions is in...
ESG on The Courtenay Turner Podcast
My friend Courtenay Turner invited me on her podcast to get deep into ESG and why it matters.
Reminder: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Almost Started a World War Based on a Lie
On November 15th, the Associated Press reported that "A senior U.S. intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people". Since Poland is a member of the North American Treaty Organization, that would mean that America along...
Christopher Hitchens Lied About the Cause of Terrorism
"The suicide murder community is almost perfectly faith based." - Christopher Hitchens On Real Time With Bill Maher, Hitchens claims that because an Islamist in the 1800's used the Koran to justify atrocities, it means that today the issue with Al-Qaeda is due to the...
War is a Euphemism for Mass Murder
To kill one man is to be guilty of a capital crime, to kill ten men is to increase the guilt tenfold, to kill a hundred men is to increase it a hundredfold. This the rulers of the earth all recognize, and yet when it comes to the greatest crime — waging war on another...
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