Thursday, 28 March , 2024

WTO

Rethinking trade policy and protectionism in the Trump era

What kind of trade policy will the United States have under President Donald Trump? This is a hot issue, as Trump has made unorthodox pronouncements on trade issues during and after the election campaign. If he acts on even some of the positions he took, it will create a sea change in trade policy in the US and possibly the world.

Brazil – Parliamentary Coup – and the ‘Progressive Media’

What happened in Brazil is just the most horrifying and flagrant illegal foreign-led parliamentary coup that has happened in Latin America since a similar coup, also foreign-led, deposed José Mujica of Uruguay in June 2009.

TISA: New Trade Deal Could Be Even Greater Threat to Public...

Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) could lock in privatisation and increase ability of big business to call the shots on health, education and...

Brexit, Globalization and the Bankruptcy of the Globalist “Left”

By Takis Fotopoulos 1.The historical background of Brexit The June referendum on whether Britain will remain a member of the EU or not is in fact...

BRICS face brewing external capitalist crisis and Growing Internal Strife

by Patrick Bond Last week, listening to activists and allied academics at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Mumbai’s Tata Institute for Social Sciences...

BRICS and the Fiction of “De-Dollarization”

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky   The financial media as well as segments of the alternative media are pointing to a possible weakening of the US dollar as...