Trade War! Boeing vs Bombardier, US vs Canada & UK

Will Delta really fly Bombardier CS100s? Of Canada has trade "friends" like the US, who needs enemies... When it comes to capital-...

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Canada's Plan to Keep NAFTA Alive and Kicking

The Yanqui villain is on the left. The Canadian [C] and Mexican [R] protagonists seek to defuse his worst tendencies. The commencement of th...

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Blockaded Qatar Takes Saudi, UAE to WTO

Of course Qatar knows the WTO. The current [ ? ] WTO negotiations were initiated in the capital of Doha. I am fascinated with the blockade ...

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After Trump Killed TPP, is Japan-EU FTA Imminent?

EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida may have an FTA soon. Given its recent efforts to join t...

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Pointless Trip? UK Trade Minister Seeks FTA in US

Why send a Brexiteer (code word for isolationist) to negotiate a bilateral FTA with Trump's America? Things are smacking of desperation ...

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Trump Supposedly [Hearts] an FTA...With Europe

Most nations have an inferiority complex relative to Germany. Why should the US be any different? Has the maximally unpredictable Donald Tru...

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See? Even Trump Recognizes Ex-Im Bank's Worth

Back in business thanks to Trump...of all people. When you think of a person of no conviction, the name "Donald Trump" comes to mi...

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British Rat: EU Wants to Exclude UK From Trade Negos

So the UK is hellbent on implementing its death wish of going it alone in the international trade arena. So be it. Not only will the UK be f...

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America the Protectionist: Mnuchin at "G-19" (Without US)

He adds nothing: physically present, mentally absent Treasury Secretary Mnuchin. I almost forgot to post about this one: at the just-conclud...

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Pro-, Anti-Trade Voices Duke It Out at White House

Death by economic insanity: Maybe the lunatic fringe will be sidelined on trade, at least, at the White House. It was always going to end up...

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PRC Hits S Korea Economically Over ABM System

China's communists are getting back at South Korea economically over the deployment of a THAAD system. We are constantly reminded of th...

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Without U(S): Canada, EU & Mantle of Global Leadership

Fancy that; some people still believe in liberal ideals like concluding free trade agreements. First off, against all odds, the Canada-EU Co...

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Hey Trump, Japanese Buy Foreign Cars (Just Not US Ones)

Japanese failing to buy hulking left-hand drive American gas guzzlers = protectionism according to the imbecile Trump. Close links between ...

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Did Trump Finish Off Asian Export-Led Development?

Is it really a whole new world? If there's any such thing as a premature call, then it's probably to label Asian export-led developm...

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Trump & Sending World Trade Back to the 1930s

The infantile Trump time travels back to the Great Depression and wishes things now are the way they were then. Sales of dystopian novels ha...

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Fightback: Mexico's Options in a 'Post-NAFTA' Age

It's time to get it on? And so what was perhaps inevitable has finally broken out: Mexican President Pena Nieto's fruitless efforts ...

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Trump & Autos: Koreans Suck Up, Germans Don't

BMW seemingly says, "Yo Trump, remember our yuuuge Spartanburg, South Carolina plant?"  I just wanted to update you on this mildl...

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