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Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen: EUROPE GOING ITS OWN WAY: GOOD FOR AMERICA TOO?

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen: EUROPE GOING ITS OWN WAY: GOOD FOR AMERICA TOO?

October 15, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Appearances

The European nations don’t need enemies like the US does. Since geography is destiny, they see a bizarre American President and have their own economic interests beyond dependence on weapons systems. On this show international journalist Patrick Lawrence describes what…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Failed American Experiment

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Failed American Experiment

June 8, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Here comes the front edge of a new era, one in which America finally falls off its horse, its global standing properly diminished. “The American experiment” is a familiar phrase among us. When we reference it, we do so fully…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Our Post-Pandemic Future

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Our Post-Pandemic Future

April 13, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Will human civilization simply resume course or will we recognize the need for numerous far-reaching reforms? Full restoration or fundamental change: As the Covid–19 infection and fatality curves at last begin to flatten, the entire world now asks which of…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The US-China Decoupling

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The US-China Decoupling

May 28, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

The long, dense economic relationship appears to have passed its peak, writes Patrick Lawrence. President Donald Trump’s trade war with China is swiftly taking a decisive turn for the worse. Step by step, each measure prompting retaliation, a spat so…

Are China’s Hidden Liabilities Behind Moody’s Ratings Downgrade?

Are China’s Hidden Liabilities Behind Moody’s Ratings Downgrade?

May 28, 2017 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Concerns about China’s “massive debt burden” and slowing economy are causing new concerns after Moody’s Investor Services sounded a full-blown alarm this week downgrading China’s credit rating on sovereign debt from Aa3 to A1. Why would Moody’s cut China’s rating…

Trump Just Blew His Chance to Renegotiate NAFTA

Trump Just Blew His Chance to Renegotiate NAFTA

January 27, 2017 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

President Donald Trump’s determination to upend the accords that frame American trade policy are taking root. Even before Trump spiked the Trans–Pacific Partnership on Monday, the White House had signaled that the new president would renegotiate the North American Free…

Trump’s Job No. 1: Recoup the Jobs, Wages and Security Lost to Trade Deals

Trump’s Job No. 1: Recoup the Jobs, Wages and Security Lost to Trade Deals

January 6, 2017 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

President-elect Trump’s choice of Robert Lighthizer as his special trade representative, announced Tuesday afternoon, completes the first string of the new administration’s trade team. So it’s time to draw a couple of clear conclusions. Conclusion No. 1: Trump is a…

In One Week, Obama’s Ambitious Trade Pacts Are Coming Apart

In One Week, Obama’s Ambitious Trade Pacts Are Coming Apart

September 5, 2016 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Big trade deals across both oceans were supposed to be two marble monuments the Obama administration bequeaths to posterity. But as the president completes his second term, it’s more likely that he’ll leave behind a half-built and poorly carved stone…

Why Clinton’s China Policy Puts More at Risk than Trump’s

Why Clinton’s China Policy Puts More at Risk than Trump’s

July 25, 2016 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

The two confirmed presidential candidates we’ll have by the end of this week have little in common, except they’re both wealthy New Yorkers. Among the many differences between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, China policy ranks very high. How the…

How the Brexit Killed Britain’s 'Pay as You Go' Policy

How the Brexit Killed Britain’s ‘Pay as You Go’ Policy

July 4, 2016 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

There go George Osborne’s dreams. Whatever the other consequences of the June 23 Brexit vote may prove to be, Britain’s ever-embattled chancellor of the exchequer just lost his long war for deep spending cuts, reduced social services, and annual surpluses…

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