#trade
#EU warns that #Russia aims to create new dependencies with #cheap #grain
Russian President Vladimir #Putin told African leaders last week that Russia was ready to replace Ukrainian grain exports to #Africa on both a commercial and aid basis to fulfill what he said was #Moscow's critical role in global #food #security.
So Africa has a choice to starve or buy from the evil Russian? 😵
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Ron DeSantis Slave Trade Trade School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTjxP7wRVQw
55 sec video
#deSantis #slave #trade #school #florida #reeducation
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#BUZZCOCKS - #TRADE _EST_TRANSMISSIONS ( #1993 #FULL #ALBUM)
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#America’s ‘Neoliberal’ #Consensus Might Finally Be Dead
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/opinion/neoliberal-consensus-china-trade.html
On the domestic front, the implication is clear: a recognition that the free-market policies of the past several decades have punished the American working and middle classes, particularly in politically sensitive areas of the Rust Belt. Or, in the language of the campaign trail: Trade deals need to benefit the people of Pennsylvania and Michigan rather than those of Shenzhen and Shanghai.
#Neoliberal #globalism #politics #market #economy #finance #money #poverty #capitalism #news #usa #trade
Preparing for Defeat
#ClownWorld’s pet politicians and intellectuals are beginning to change the #Narrative and prepare the public for its inevitable #defeat in #Ukraine.
The conflict between #Russia and Ukraine may not end in victory for #Kiev, and its Western backers should prepare for such an outcome, Czech President Petr Pavel has told The Guardian newspaper.
“I think we should do anything… at our disposal to encourage Ukrainians and to support them to be successful. But internally, we should also be ready for other contingencies,” said Pavel, who was in London for the coronation of King Charles III.
A lot will depend on the outcome of Ukraine’s planned spring counteroffensive, explained the Czech leader, who has a background in intelligence and served as chairman of the #NATO Military Committee between 2015 and 2018.
The outcome is not in doubt. While the game still needs to be played out, the Russians are as confident of victory now as they were in 1943, when Stalin, post-Tehran, commented: “Roosevelt has given me his firm word to open extensive actions in France in 1944. I think he will keep his word. And if he doesn’t keep his word, we are strong enough to crush Hitler and Germany on our own.”
Notice that Clown World strategist emeritus, who was among the first clowns to recognize that the neoliberal world order was in decline back in 2014, is now openly predicting a negotiated settlement brokered by the Chinese.
Former US Secretary of State #HenryKissinger has told CBS News that the conflict in Ukraine may be approaching a turning point, and that Chinese-brokered peace talks could begin by the end of 2023.
“Now that #China has entered the #negotiation, it will come to a head, I think by the end of the year,” the 99-year-old diplomat told CBS in an interview broadcast on Sunday. By that time, he continued, “we will be talking about negotiating processes and even actual negotiations.”
Kissinger drew the ire of Kiev last year when he suggested that Ukraine should accept a return to the “status quo ante,” or relinquish its territorial claims to #Crimea and grant autonomy to the #Donetsk and #Lugansk People’s Republics, in the name of peace. He has since suggested that these territories become the basis of negotiations after a ceasefire and Russian withdrawal.
I have no doubt that #Kissinger is sending a signal to #Putin that Clown World is finally willing to compromise, but I am dubious that the Russians – or the Chinese – will be short-sighted enough to settle for what is on offer, given that it is already within their grasp. Putin has openly stated that the Russian objective is not merely the #declowning of Ukraine, but of #Europe and the #West.
And there is no reason for China to encourage a settlement on the Ukraine front when peace there would permit the military forces of Clown World to concentrate on #Taiwan. Which is why I anticipate, to the contrary, the opening of a third front somewhere else in the world, most likely either a) the #MiddleEast or b) #Africa.
UPDATE: Meanwhile, the clowns in the EU are just digging themselves in deeper:
The #EuropeanUnion is seeking to tighten its economic screws on Russia by sanctioning Chinese companies that conduct #trade with #Moscow, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
They’ve clearly learned absolutely nothing from the way their anti-Russian sanctions boomeranged on them. And now they’re encouraging the biggest manufacturing country on the planet to remove itself from the shrinking “global” economy.
Watching Clown World try to throw its nonexistent weight around is disturbingly like seeing an obese 50-year-old former cheerleader strutting around in a miniskirt still thinking she’s hot.
#Poland #seizes Russian #embassy and #trade mission #funds 26 Apr, 2023
Moscow’s envoy has called the move a “flagrant violation” of the Vienna Convention
All the money in the accounts of the Russian embassy and trade office in Warsaw has been seized by the Polish prosecutor’s office, Ambassador Sergey Andreyev revealed on Wednesday.
“We received a notification from the prosecutor’s office that the funds from the Santander Bank accounts of the embassy and the trade representation were transferred to the accounts of the prosecutor’s office,” Andreyev told RIA Novosti.
Santander Bank then informed the embassy that it had “ceased cooperation” with the Russian government and closed the accounts, Andreyev added. There were “significant amounts” of both US dollars and Polish zlotys in both accounts, according to the diplomat.
Andreyev called the incident “a flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations,” the 1961 treaty governing the rights and responsibilities of diplomats.
The Polish authorities had previously frozen the embassy account, citing suspicions that it might be involved in “money laundering or terrorism.” When this prevented the embassy from paying the lease on a recreational facility near Warsaw, the Polish authorities terminated the lease and seized the property in November 2022.
Another property, a residence on 100 Sobieski Street, was seized last spring. Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski said at the time it should be handed to refugees from Ukraine. The Polish foreign ministry said the building was “illegally owned” by the embassy as it was not being used for diplomatic or consular purposes. The embassy’s explanation, that the building was unfit for occupancy as it needed repairs, was ignored.
Poland has also sought to confiscate the embassy-operated school in Warsaw, citing the same pretext. The Russian Foreign Ministry has protested both seizures as a flagrant violation of international law.
Many EU and NATO countries have expelled dozens of Russian diplomats after the Ukraine conflict escalated in February 2022, but most did not go so far as to sever relations with Moscow. The US and its allies have insisted they are not actually involved in the conflict, even while they sent Kiev over $100 billion worth of weapons and financial aid.
https://www.rt.com/news/575396-poland-russian-embassy-accounts/ See less
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#Pentagon Sees Chinese 'Spy Cranes' At US Ports As "Trojan Horse"
Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/pentagon-sees-chinese-spy-cranes-us-ports-trojan-horse
According to national #security and Pentagon officials, the ship-to-shore cranes, produced by #China's #ZPMC, are equipped with advanced sensors capable of detecting and monitoring #shipping containers, raising alarms that #Beijing could gather #intelligence about the materials being transported to or from the US ports or #military bases.
"Cranes can be the new #Huawei," Bill Evanina, a former top US #counterintelligence official, told WSJ.
#news #spy #Transport #trade #paranoia #dod #usa #problem #Trojan #defense #technology #equipment #sensor
#Globalization is almost dead. Free #trade is almost dead.
source: https://nitter.pussthecat.org/kevinsxu/status/1602018649010630657
source: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/TSMC-founder-Morris-Chang-says-globalization-almost-dead
#TSMC #Taiwan #economy #world #politics #problem #future #humanity #news
US bans sale of #Huawei, #ZTE #tech amid #security fears
source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63764450
Because the #ban is not retroactive, the firms listed can continue to sell products previously approved for sale in the US.
So it's just a matter of escalating the #trade #war, because if the products were really dangerous, they would have all been banned.
#politics #technology #china #usa #economy #news #problem #spy
In some remote parts of #Colombia, #cash does not circulate, so farmers buy their products by paying with grams of #cocaine base paste. A personal coke is worth 1.3 grams, a beer is worth 1.2 grams and a fish is worth 4.9 grams.
#economy #money #currency #finance #problem #politics #poverty #news #trade
#Ukraine #grain #ships stuck in #Istanbul #traffic jam
source: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221012-ukraine-grain-ships-stuck-in-istanbul-traffic-jam
Some vessels spend days at anchor for a procedure that officials said they were trying to speed up, amid growing desperation among some crews to get through.
Big Tech accused of shady #lobbying in #EU #Parliament
Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/big-tech-companies-face-potential-eu-lobbying-ban/
The MEPs asked for an #investigation into #Google, #Facebook's parent company #Meta and #Amazon, as well as large lobbying groups including #tech #trade association the #Computer & Communications #Industry Association (CCIA) and advertisers' group IAB #Europe. Three other lobbies representing small and medium-sized companies — SME Connect, Allied for #Startups and Connected Commerce Council — are also targeted by the complaints.
#corruption #cybercrime #lobby #lobbyism #politics #fail #news
Used #Solar Panels Are Powering the Developing #World
Across the developing world, homeowners, farmers, and businesses are turning to cheap, secondhand solar to fill power gaps left by governments and utilities. To meet that demand, businesses ranging from individual sellers on Facebook Marketplace to specialized brokerages are getting into the trade. Earlier this month, Marubeni Corp., one of Japan’s largest trading houses, announced that it’s establishing a blockchain-based market for such panels. Collectively, these businesses will likely play a crucial role in bringing renewable energy to the world’s emerging markets — and keeping #high-tech #waste out of the #trash.
#economy #trade #business #energy #Africa #news #environment
10 Post-Apocalyptic Currencies More Valuable Than #Gold
source: https://www.toptenz.net/10-post-apocalyptic-currencies-more-valuable-than-gold.php
#apocalypse #endtime #Armageddon #currency #trade #future #wealth #news #knowledge
