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What global trade deals are really about (hint: it’s not trade) | Haley Edwards | TEDxMidAtlantic
Translator: Mirjana Čutura Reviewer: Peter van de Ven Hello, everybody. I want you all to come away from the next 10 minutes with a single counterintuitive idea, and that is that trade deals aren’t really about trade, not in any conventional sense of the word. They’re not about tariffs, they’re not about quotas, they’re not…
Real Reason Why China Wants To Expand
This episode is brought to you by Dashlane; Try Dashlane Premium free for 30 days at www.dashlane.com/infographics and never forget another password and keep all your online accounts secure! The People’s Republic of China is huge. Not only is it the world’s most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion people, it’s massive…
North Korea urges U.S. to change ‘hostile policy’ on eve of summit…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean state media called on the United States on Tuesday to “withdraw its hostile policy” towards Pyongyang or agreements made at a landmark summit in Singapore a year ago might become “a blank sheet of paper” The statement on state news agency KCNA, echoing a similar warning last week, reflected the…
Policy Points – Susan M. Collins: Shrinking U.S. current account deficit
>>The Current Account is the broadest measure of a countries interaction with the rest of the world. So, if you are running a deficit, almost importantly, that means that you are importing more goods and services than you are exporting. The Current Account also includes net income on dividends and interest payments and it’s a…
Why America Must Lead
The world is on fire. The Middle East is being torn up by war and terrorism that have forced millions of people to flee. Syria looks like the disaster of a generation. Iran seeks to dominate the region and openly declares its intention to wipe a sovereign nation off the map. While in Eastern Europe,…
US – CHINA Tension and the vicious cycle of US policy
South Korea’s Hwasong-14 missile reached 2,802km (2,802km) and flew far off 933km, landing on the east coast after 39 minutes. Observers acknowledge this as Korea’s most successful attempt. The missile is launched at an angle greater than 45 degrees, allowing it to fly higher but moving at shorter distances on the ground. From this height,…
How the US outsourced border security to Mexico
Standing at the border between Guatemala and Mexico. Up there on the bridge, there’s a normal border crossing with migration; people stamping passports, but you go down these wobbly stairs, you notice that right under the bridge these guys are trafficking people across the border, technically illegally. You can’t tell that there’s been an immigration…