by Charles Hugh-Smith Trade is only one manifestation of much deeper economic insecurities and imbalances. China’s enormous successes–raising hundreds of millions out of poverty, landing a rover on the dark side of the moon, etc.–are well known. Less appreciated is China’s …
by Michael Snyder The long-term trends that are gutting the U.S. economy continue to get even worse. As you will see below, our goods trade deficit with the rest of the world hit a brand new record high in 2018, and …
by Andy Xie The markets are celebrating the pending agreement between China and the United States to end the trade war. This follows the US Federal Reserve signalling a pause in raising interest rates. The euphoria is bringing the bulls out …
The opposite – they point to a significant trade disagreement! https://t.co/bUMkHB4kqS — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) March 5, 2019
RT, Released on 3/1/19 Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major …
TradersChoice.net, Released on 3/1/19 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several …
via CNBC: The U.S. trade deficit in goods rose 12.8 percent in December, according to an advanced estimate from the Census Bureau. The move comes amid trade hostilities between the U.S. and China, and a White House effort to narrow …
by Spencer P Morrison, NEE From Ben Shapiro is Wrong on Tariffs: Ben Shapiro released a viral video in which he “debunked tariffs” in three minutes. I suggest watching the video before proceeding. Shapiro begins by saying that President Trump does not support tariffs …
by Spencer P Morrison, NEE From Ending Conservative Hypocrisy: The EU’s foundations were laid with the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952, a trade agreement that harmonized supply chains of said critical resources. Not only would it be …
President #Trump and Xi Jinping are trying to make a US China trade deal, while Trump heads to North Korea to meet Kim Jong-Un. And if it doesn’t work, the US will hit China with a 25% tariff on 200 …
by WARREN MOSLER Can’t be making Tariff Man happy: Highlights The effects of cross-border trade actions have been difficult to pinpoint in the national economic data but outlines may be appearing in goods trade. The nation’s goods deficit swelled to a …
by Tom Luongo Over the weekend, fifteen minutes before U.S. equity futures markets opened, President Trump extended the trade talks between the U.S. and China. No one should be shocked by this. Because China isn’t the main problem. We are. Why? …
Trump is continually making the point that the stock market is up, NASDAQ is up and the economy is doing fantastic, he is using all the [DS] [CB] weapons against them and stopping the [DS][CB] from bringing the country into …
From Birch Gold Group Trade wars are like a cutthroat game of chess. With each move, trade tensions build even further. But the “winner” is usually no one. The U.S.-China trade war started reaching the boiling point last year, with “tit for …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqqUIUBUAuc With the U.S. and China coming back to the trade table to talk, we’ve got Peter Schiff from EuroPacific Capital to get some thoughts on what this could mean! Housing is a big market, but are domestic and international …
U.S. businesses have been pulling shipments forward ahead of expected tariff increases and China’s Lunar New Year holiday, when the nation’s factories shut down for several weeks. That stacked-up inventory is straining logistics capacity around the neighboring ports of Los …
via Reuters: A quarterly leading indicator of world merchandise trade slumped to its lowest reading in nine years on Tuesday, which should put policymakers on guard for a sharper slowdown if trade tensions continue, the World Trade Organization said on Tuesday. …
via scmp: As part of China’s reform and opening up initiative, the state had generally retreated from the market and economy in the period from 1978 to 2008, But since then, the state has made a comeback and altered the …
via @chigrl: https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-02-15/u-s-china-trade-talks-side-by-side-comparison-of-statements?__twitter_impression=true
TradersChoice.net, Released on 2/13/19 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several …
by Spencer P Morrison, NEE Steve Hanke recently set out to prove “why President Trump’s trade message and protectionist policies are rubbish” in a Forbes article. Instead, the Johns Hopkins University economist exposed himself as a word-mincing, logic-twisting sophist—just like every other intellectual …
China’s economy is in “long-term decline” and growth from 2020 will be increasingly dependent on foreign capital, according to Morgan Stanley. This year, the current account shortfall could be 0.3 percent of its GDP, and slip further to 0.6 percent …
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors This Valentine’s Day might best be remembered for two things in particular. One, for the first time in 153 years, candy lovers won’t be able to pick up a box of Sweethearts, those …
from Zero Hedge With the possibility of a meeting between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart looking increasingly uncertain, a US delegation arrived in Beijing on Monday for another round of trade talks after meetings late last month failed to produce …
Sean Higgins for the Washington Examiner reports, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that the Trump administration had “a lot of work left to do” to beat a looming March 1 deadline to reach a trade deal with China. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgUVXIphYsc …
Portfolio Wealth Global, Released on 2/9/19
If you think QE4 will raise world trade I think you should think it twice. CBs are panicking because there is no way out. Overcapacity which they have created on ZIRP and QE after 2008 needs to unload as market …
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/08/the-us-and-china-dont-even-have-a-trade-deal-draft-yet-as-deadline-approaches.html The Wall Street Journal says the two sides have not even drafted an accord specifying the matters they agree and disagree on. The report comes just a day after White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said there is a …
from Jason Hartman’s Creating Wealth Jason Hartman takes today’s episode to look at inflation, the trade war, and how the economy lags behind things like these. To help him with that dissection he brings in one of the new additions to …
