Germany talks a good game on climate change and environmental policies, but unfortunately it appears to be mostly quatsch, as the country’s actions are far more matching its words, according to the European Council on Foreign Relations, which delivers a polite but damning overview of […]
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Trump tariffs are HURTING – not helping – U.S. steelmakers
There’s sublime irony and then there’s just shooting yourself in the damn foot. The impact of the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on foreign steel comes closer to the second category, considering that they are directly harming the very U.S. […]
Women dying needlessly from heart attacks due to disparities in diagnosis, treatment
Thousands of British women are dying needlessly from heart attacks because women often receive a different standard of care than men, according to a new report from the British Heart Foundation. The difference seems to be due to the mistaken belief, still prevalent among […]
Central banks need to tell everyone to suck it up
While monetary policy has an important role to play in combating economic downturns, central banks have assumed an outsized importance at the expense of other policy options, writes Dr. Michael Ivanovitch in a commentary for CNBC, arguing that central bankers need to […]
Beware Chinese Bearing Wicked Fast Streaming 5G
By Dan McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor With China’s October 1 celebrations of the 70thAnniversary of the Communist Party’s rise to power just hours away, make time for this Gordon Chang must-read, from the Gatestone Institute: Huawei Wants the World’s Next Trojan Horse to Be Chinese. […]
British business confidence going down the tubes
Political chaos is rarely good for business, and the febrile atmosphere prevailing in Parliament as the UK prepares to (maybe) exit the EU on October 31 is no exception. With massive uncertainty hanging over the country about Brexit, including what form it will […]
Trump takes the keys back from California on auto standards
By Mike Palicz, Americans for Tax Reform President Obama’s special waiver allowing California to set and enforce its own greenhouse-gas regulations for cars beyond federal standards has been a complete disaster. California’s waiver from the federal fuel economy rules, the so-called Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, kneecaps […]
Feds are overreaching on water rules (again)
The Federal government appears to be cracking down on agricultural water use as well as alleged pollution from ordinary agricultural activities, making it harder for farmers to cultivate or irrigate their land — and it also seems the feds are overreaching with the new […]
Kremlins In the System: Russia is betting big on AI
A few years after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that whoever leads in artificial intelligence will “dominate the world,” Russia appears to be making a bid to do just that, with the creation of a formidable research apparatus drawing on leading technical experts from […]
U.S.-Japan trade deal is a good start, at best
The U.S. and Japan signed a new trade deal on September 25, which certainly counts as good news in today’s fraught trade and diplomatic environment, more often characterized by tariffs and spurious reasoning. However the first phase of the U.S.-Japan deal is at […]