Saturday, June 27, 2026

Tag: trade

How Russia is upending the West’s attempt to control technology with...

Russia’s challenge to prevailing IP and copyright norms is central to its pursuit of technological sovereignty. Global fragmentation and Western divisions have given Moscow space to test the system’s limits without fully abandoning it.

Here’s how the World Community of Nations can force Israel to...

World organizations have declared that Israel is the criminal country of the world. And, therefore, trade with it must be curtailed, and it must happen soon.

Supreme Court blocks Trump’s ’emergency’ tariffs

The Court ruled that the IEEPA does not grant the president authority to levy tariffs, as that power belongs exclusively to Congress under the Constitution.

Trump’s Pacific pivot

Trump's plan: negotiate with China today, fight a war with it tomorrow.

Trump’s tariff tsunami

The better-prepared industries and countries put up their own protective walls. The rest take out their lifejackets and hope for the best.

Trade must be part of solution to plastic pollution, Global Trade...

The report confirmed that while trade in plastic surpassed $1.1 trillion 75 percent of the plastic produced becomes waste and ends up in the world’s oceans and ecosystems.

What America misunderstands about China’s trade resolve

The message is clear: Beijing is prepared to play hardball.

Biden administration plans to set new tariffs on imports from China...

Biden said the new tariffs are about "fair competition" after his aides determined that "imports of Chinese products made from aluminum and steel" were "selling the metals at prices that were falsely low to deplete the market share."

Mexico’s stand against GMO corn sparks US trade dispute

Mexico's firm stance on banning genetically modified (GM) corn imports, a policy that has prompted the United States to escalate the matter to a dispute settlement panel under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Where are the world’s water stresses?

Around the world, significant issues are negatively impacting water security. While the situation appears dire, cooperation initiatives show some signs of relief.

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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture

The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."

Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future

Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.

Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta 

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

Addicted to war?

War Fever, Trump-Style.

Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool

The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.