Behind the US-China Tariff Negotiations; Fixing non-tariff trade barriers is a key goal

Much of the media focus on the Trump administration’s reciprocal tariff policy has been on the progress of tariff negotiations with each US trade partner. With respect to communist China, media headlines in recent weeks have concentrated on the tit-for-tat of tariffs proposed by the US and “countered” by China

Why Should Hamas Surrender?

When the Allies occupied Germany following World War II, and the United States occupied Japan, we insisted on, and forced, the de-Nazification of Germany, and the removal of the militarists who led Japan into the war. We required a cultural change which would lead to peaceful governments, governments which would not start wars of conquest. …

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Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran?

Former Ambassador John Bolton seems to have never met a war in which he didn’t want the United States involved, but Wikipedia noted his opinions during the War in Vietnam: Bolton was a supporter of the Vietnam War, but avoided combat through a student deferment followed by enlistment in the Maryland Air National Guard. During …

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Republicans talk, Trump does; Oh, and he is much better than they are at talking!

This time around, Trump ain’t playing games. He sent military troops to the border and started rounding illegal aliens up and spitting them out of the country. He’s taken on the courts, the mayors and smarmy Gavin Newsom. Illegal border crossings hit zero in May.

China Hands Should Enthusiastically Support Trump’s Tariffs; Democratizing China was a failed promise; time for something new

Opinions about President Trump’s efforts to rebalance international trade and isolate communist China are legion. Some characterize the resulting policy shift to isolate communist China as brilliant and long overdue while others call it economic malpractice.