Summary: Monday’s post looked at how China’s Belt and Roads Initiative was spurring growth in the less developed areas of Asia and Africa — and linking those nations more tightly to China. Here Stratfor looks at how the B&R initiative links to Europe, the end of its new Silk Road. China uses the EU’s weakness as an …
Stratfor explains how China’s Belt and Roads Initiative might reshape Europe Read More »
Summary: US borrows trillions to wage war in foreign lands. China helps build other nations’ transportation infrastructure to connect them for mutual trade. Which program will work better? Their secret advantage over America is seen in every day’s news headlines. This is how great nations rise, reported by the NYT: “Behind China’s $1 Trillion Plan to Shake …
China builds a new world in which *it* is the great power Read More »
Summary: Stratfor looks at trade, one of the great engines of prosperity in the post-WWII world. Amidst all America’s whining about the unfairness of trade, many industries rely on the great array of treaties to facilitate free trade — such as farming. Will Trump’s ignorance wreck this, or will this be another of his faux …
Stratfor: will Trump end free trade in food, & wreck US farmers? Read More »
Summary: Trump and other opponents of free trade make many bold claims about its harmful effects. Here Ed Dolan looks at the facts to see if they agree with Trump. That is nice to know before Trump attacks the global trade system, a pillar of the world order that has brought unprecedented prosperity to the world. …
A powerful defense of free trade by Ed Dolan, before Trump attacks it Read More »
Summary: Trump’s big promises won him the Presidency, much as Obama’s promises of “hope and change”. Here is a second article by Stratfor looking at Trump’s ability to do better than Obama at delivering on them. Will Trump fail gracefully, like Obama, or catastrophically? A Trade War That Cannot Be Won Stratfor, 11 January 2017. …
Stratfor: Trump risks a trade war with China that cannot be won Read More »
