EU Spells out $4 Billion Trade Tarrifs on the US
EU hits US with $4 billion tariffs, hoping Biden will be more positive in dealing with ties The European Union will impose tariffs on imports of $4 billion in US goods from Tuesday, while hoping that president-elect Joe Biden will foster a sharp improvement in transatlantic ties. The bloc will Continue Reading
COVID-19 AND LOCKDOWN WORLD REACTION
Around the world sample of reaction to COVID-19 There’s been an uptick of rhetoric blaming someone for the coronavirus outbreak. Specifically, China and the Chinese people. Instead of using neutral and scientific language like “coronavirus” and “Covid-19,” people are posting online about the “Chinese virus,” “Chinese coronavirus,” “Wuhan virus,” or Continue Reading
Bill Maher on Recession, Donald Trump and endangered species
Comedian Bill Maher explained in a recent TV show that his calls for another economic recession would jeopardize President Trump’s chances at reelection in 2020 and he described as “very worth” to end Trump policies. Speaking with journalists Betsy Woodruff and Carl Hulse, and also political consultant Rick Wilson; Maher Continue Reading
“Active Measures”–the Trump/Putin Connection
Active Measures is a 2018 documentary film by director Jack Bryan. It is the first major documentary to address the allegations of “collusion” between the Trump campaign and agents of the Russian state. Owen Gleiberman, chief film critic for Variety writes of it : “…Active Measures names the names and Continue Reading
Scrap Digital Tax, or no Free Trade Deal
The US will not negotiate a free trade deal with the UK unless a new digital services tax is dropped, according to a newspaper report – Source: Sky News The measure, which was proposed in 2018 by then chancellor Philip Hammond in response to fears that technology giants were not Continue Reading
Sir Kim Darroch Resigns amid Boris non-support
Politically and news wise it’s been an interesting month. News has been focused on Brexit, naturally, whilst we have witnessed the whittling down of candidates for new Prime Minister (Boris Johnson is the likely one in the polls to win with only the Conservative Party members and MPs decision to Continue Reading
