President Biden must address climate change WITHOUT killing the fragile American economy. Here’s how.
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What China Knows About The Coronavirus That Oil Traders Don't Know – Andrew Butler of Seeking Alpha
ANDREW BUTLER | SEEKING ALPHA Summary There are predictions that global oil demand will drop by 3-million barrels per day … More
Russia Happy with Oil Prices as They Are (For Now)
BRANDON J. WEICHERT | THE WEICHERT REPORT Even before the coronavirus outbreak became a pandemic (that world health institutions refuse … More
Solving Climate Change with Taxes?
BRANDON J. WEICHERT | THE WEICHERT REPORT The argument that the Democratic Party has the “solution” to Climate Change (which … More
Be Careful: Hurting Iran Might Help Russia
The key here is for President Trump to strike a strategic balance in the Middle East: the United States cannot ignore Iran’s threat to the region. Balancing with regional powers, like Israel and Saudi Arabia, against Iran in order to contain its threat is good. But, unilaterally (and unexpectedly) slapping all oil sanctions back on Iran in a push for greater levels of hostility, as the White House did recently, creates uncertainty and instability in world energy markets. The more instability that the United States creates in the world energy market through its aggressive actions against Iran, the more likely it is that Russia will benefit.
U.S. Natural Gas Will Not Supplant Russian Natural Gas Sales to Europe
“By insisting that Europe significantly decrease its reliance on cheap Russian natural gas in favor of expensive American energy sources, Washington is exacerbating the political, economic, and social instability already afflicting Europe today.”
European Energy Politics, Nationalism, and Russia
“Nationalism, energy politics, and Russia are all fusing together. The politics of Europe (and the West) have changed forever since 2016. No matter how hard the global elite may wish it to be, things will never return to the way they previously were.”
Trump Is Right About the Iran Deal
“In all, the president has done what very few American leaders before him have been able to do: he has weighed the costs and benefits of the deal and determined that, whatever consequences may befall the world in the short term, the longer-term prospects are almost all in America’s favor. What happens next will be difficult, but ultimately, the difficult choice will have proven to be the correct one.”
China’s Western Swing to the Eastern Mediterranean
“China’s ultimate goal is to link the capital-rich region of Northern Europe–specifically Germany–with its exports. But, the immediate concern is for China to solidify his vice-grip on the Mediterranean-Adriatic-Gulf trading zone, say analysts at the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for China-American Studies.”
No, Germany is Not Our Friend
“All in all, President Trump was completely correct to call out Germany. At the same time that Angela Merkel “leads” the “free world” in a rhetorical crusade against Russia for “hacking” elections everywhere (read, giving that hooligan Donald Trump the Oval Office–which, by the way, Putin did not do that), her government and country sidles up even closer to Moscow. If they can do business with and have peaceful relations with Russia, why can’t we (and the rest of the world)? At the same time that Frau Merkel insists on bashing America’s “weak” response to Russia, it is the United States, Great Britain, and the Baltic states that disproportionately fund NATO. Even as Merkel insists upon greater, more open trade, her government engages in the exact same kind of anti-free trade actions that Trump espouses.”
THE WEICHERT REPORT 