Short answer: No. Medium answer: We don’t need to become isolationist but we do need to be more skeptical about … More
Tag: international trade
Trump Needs to Stick It to China
Coronavirus may or may not prove as deadly as the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. But the disease has clearly shown … More
Election 2020: Where the Coronavirus, Socialism, and Trump Collide
BRANDON J. WEICHERT | THE WEICHERT REPORT In case you missed it, there is a pandemic-level event occurring called the … More
Losing Latin America
“Washington cannot abandon Latin America. After all, the problems that afflict Latin America will inevitably ripple upward to the United States, causing grave political and economic dislocations. They already are. Imagine what happens if the United States retreats completely from the region and cedes its influence to rivals like China, Russia, and Iran – or Cuba, for that matter.”
The Greatest Trade Deal That Never Was
“Trump recognizes how unfairly our “partners” are treating us. He also exposed how insincere our trading partners were when they so readily declined his deal of true free trade. What’s more, he’s reinvigorating the image of the American president as a figure who commands–and deserves–the respect of foreign leaders, friend and foe alike.”
We Are All Globalnationalists Now
Leon Hadar writes in the Spectator, “Globalisation and nationalism are not the equivalent of positive and negative electrical charges – either one of the other – but rather the opposite ends of the spectrum along which we act as circumstances require. We are all Globalnationalists now.”
Patrick J. Buchanan: The End of the Old World Order
June 11, 2018 episode of The Laura Ingraham Show in which Patrick J. Buchanan discusses how Trump has fully destroyed the post-Cold War “New World Order.”
Trump Zig-Zags on Trade Talks With China
“One thing is clear: The White House is looking for a soft landing to its hard stances on trade with China. Perhaps China has already won this round of the trade war. But, if the White House holds strong, it just might exact the concessions it needs from China without sacrificing American national security.”
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.”
How War with Iran Strengthens Russia
In this lecture, geopolitical analyst, Brandon J. Weichert, details how the increases in volatility in the global energy market (thanks to greater tensions with Iran) will disproportionately benefit the Russian Federation, which is almost entirely dependent on the price of fossil fuels being high, in order to make Russia strong.
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