James Alexander Michie | Blogger: May 2019

Friday, 31 May 2019

China accuses US of 'economic terrorism' as trade war tensions escalate

In the center of the attacks by China and the United States on the part of the economic war that continues, China now accuses the Trump administration of committing ‘economic terrorism’ on Thursday. In this way, it has intensified its war of words with the United States amid the growing commercial tensions between both nations.

Thus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has indicated that the White House “brought huge damage to the economy of other countries and the US itself”. This was what I expressed during Thursday to the press spokesman Lu Kang in Beijing. Similarly, Lu described US trade policy as “typical economic terrorism, economic hegemonism, and economic unilateralism”.

It is important to emphasize that this statement followed equally sinister rhetoric from the Chinese state media, which issued a stern message to Washington on Wednesday: “Do not say we did not warn you”.

Facts to highlight

President Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 23. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

It should be noted that the Trump administration unveiled a plan to disburse $ 16 billion to farmers as a balm for the predictable and predicted injuries of reprisals from other nations, especially from China, against US exports in response to administration fees. The $ 16 billion do not need to be approved by Congress because not much that presidents do nowadays needs to be.

Likewise, the president expressed that the sum will be paid with the billions of dollars received by China’s treasury. Thus, it is considered that the evident sincerity of his frequently reiterated belief that exporters to the United States pay the tariffs paid by importers and consumers of the United States is more alarming than it would be just to be worthy.

It should be noted that taxpayers who pay more for imported goods covered by the administration’s fees also pay to compensate other Americans for the injuries inflicted on them in response to rates that harm taxpayers.

Considerations

Oilsands giants have been moving investments out of Canada; here, a workers' residence in Fort MacMurray stands empty.

It is important to clarify that in fact, the entries have decreased since 2013 because the interest of foreign capital in Canada has been drastically reduced. In this way, it is understood that the clear one is that not everything is as many paints it. Here’s why investment in Canada is not the happy story that Ottawa tells

There are many who have concerns about the statistics lately promoted by Ian MacKay, CEO of Invest in Canada, the federal government agency created last year by the liberals to promote the idea that Canada is a competitive place for business investment. And, last week, MacKay said in a Globe and Mail op-ed that 2018 was a stellar year for direct foreign entries to Canada, with a 60 percent increase over 2017. In comparison, he said the US direct foreign investment (FDI) inflows fell in 2018. It would appear that the US tax reform. Our condolences, President Trump.

Totally different panorama

'Giving is like a drug': Hamilton couple pledge bulk of their estate to create $100-million health research endowment

Charlie and Margaret Juravinski: “Giving is like a drug. Nothing feels better than helping others.” Courtesy McMaster University

For the couple, Charlie and his wife Margaret “Giving is like a drug”. In fact, the couple commits to the majority of their assets to create a $ 100 million endowment for health research. Thus, there is no doubt that together with Charles and Margaret Juravinski, it has been a lifetime of generosity.

In fact, according to his doctor, Charlie Juravinski is an “enigma”, an atypical case at 89 years of age, who has no business (statistically speaking) being alive, but still alive, and therefore the best medical advice.

In this way, Charlie and his wife Margaret often sit at the kitchen table discussing one of Charlie’s habits, one of which, Margaret shares enthusiastically, giving away lots of money.

Donations everywhere

This file photo taken on April 21, 2011 shows a cyclist wearing a protective face mask while riding along a dusty road, where dozens of factories process rare earths, iron and coal operate, on the outskirts of Baotou city in Inner Monglia, northwest China. Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

It is necessary to establish that China is preparing to build rare earths in a commercial war. That’s right, China is currently the world’s largest producer of rare earths and supplies approximately 80 percent of US imports.

It is already well known for some time that the United States and China have been in a commercial war. There have been various attacks by part and part and equally, it is necessary to emphasize that they have been really significant. In fact, due to the measures taken, there have been many companies that have been affected.

Now, it has become known that Beijing is preparing to use its domain of rare earths to counterattack in its trade war with Washington. Also, during Wednesday a series of reports of Chinese media, including an editorial in the flagship newspaper of the ruling Communist Party, raised the possibility that the government reduces exports of products that are critical in the sectors of defense, energy, electronics, and automobiles. Thus, China is the world’s largest producer of rare earths and supplies about 80 percent of US imports.

The tension grows and grows

Bill Buckner throws the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park on April 8, 2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

Bill Buckner was a professional baseball gardener and first baseman who played in the Major Leagues (MLB) for 22 seasons, from 1969 to 1990. During his career, he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Chicago Cubs, the Boston Red Sox, the California Angels, and the Kansas City Royals.

It should be noted that Buckner came to the majors as a Dodgers outfielder and played in a World Series for the team before being traded to the Cubs before the 1977 season. Later the Cubs moved him from the gardens to first base, where he would play the rest of his career. He had his greatest success with the Cubs, winning a batting title in 1980, and likewise represented the Cubs in the All-Star Game the following season. After fighting with the administration of the Cubs for the loss of playing time, he was traded to the Red Sox in the middle of the 1984 season.

During the 1985 season, Buckner emerged as the Red Sox’s unconditional first baseman, starting the 162 games and set the Major League record for first baseman’s assists in a season with 184. He started 153 games in 1986, but the end of the season was affected by leg injuries and had problems during the playoffs.

An error for which he is still remembered

Christie Blatchford: Retired soldier who helped bring back Kandahar memorial is furious, too, about its fate

Part of the memorial to Canadians killed on the Afghan mission, at Kandahar Airfield. W.E. Storey Collection

Ed Storey retired soldier who helped recover the Kandahar memorial is also furious at his fates. Likewise, Storey is worried. Did the restorers do it well? He cannot go to the memorial to see. ‘I’m retired’, he said.

According to the retired soldier who led the effort to collect souvenirs and historical material from the Afghanistan mission, Ed Storey, the recent inauguration of the memorial to the Kandahar battlefield in secret, in a secure site of the Department of National Defense that is closed to the public, it was not an aberration or supervision. In fact, it ensures that much of the material has been dispersed to units, is stored or has vanished at least from their point of view.

It should be noted that former Warrant Officer Ed Storey was the war chronicler of the headquarters of the Expeditionary Force Command of Canada. In this way, he has expressed, “Our whole ethos is we (the government) talk the talk, but we really do not spend any money. It’s just lip service”.

Important facts

Boeing Faces SEC Investigation Into Its 737 Max Disclosures

Notably, Boeing currently faces the SEC probe in disclosures about 737 Max Troubles. Thus, the SEC investigates whether the company shared enough with investors.

It should be noted that the US Securities and Exchange Commission UU He is investigating whether Boeing Co. correctly revealed the problems related to the 737 Max line plane. This according to people familiar with the issue, as regulators intensify their control of the company after two fatal crashes. That being the case, officials in the SEC’s compliance division are examining whether Boeing adequately communicated with shareholders about the material problems with the plane, said the people who asked not to be named because the investigation is not public.

Likewise, people are also reviewing the aircraft manufacturer’s accounting to make sure that their financial statements adequately reflect possible problems.

Investigations in progress

The Federal Reserve building in Washington. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)

It is important to note that for January of 1986, Ronald Reagan entered a meeting of his economic advisory council and relieved inflation. Previously I used to pay $ 50 for a suit, however, now, $ 50 will hardly be cleaned. As a culprit, Reagan identified the idea of a fiduciary currency, a currency that is not backed by gold or other merchandise, and that, therefore, can be printed at will, in unlimited quantities.

As a result, a question arises: Is it possible for simple human beings to decide how much money should be spent? Likewise, the way the president saw things, the remedy for inflation was to return to a simpler time, when money was gold and mortals could not manipulate it. That being the case, if Reagan’s nostalgia for the gold standard was curious, the survival of this sentiment in 2019 is even more disconcerting. From the point of view of the 1980s, the irresponsible response of the Federal Reserve to the stagflation of the Ford and Carter years was still a recent memory. However, it is necessary to emphasize that from today’s perspective, in contrast, the Fed has a remarkably good track record in delivering price stability. Despite this, the absence of disease has not prevented the successor of Reagan yearning for a cure.

Candidate almost confirmed

Protected industries: Why more than a third of the Canadian economy is walled from competition

A Fraser Institute study highlights several industries where protectionism is exacerbated, chief among them air transportation, telecommunication and broadcasting. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

A new report has emerged from the Fraser Institute which shows that approximately 35 percent of Canada’s economy is protected from foreign competition. In fact, it has been said that industries are protected.

According to the report, from maple syrup to milk producers, telecommunications companies and taxi companies, Canadian companies “are walled from competition”, which has caused a delay in trade, investment, and innovation in the country and has left consumers with fewer options. Also according to the study

Thus, according to the new study conducted by the Fraser Institute, it is estimated that 35 percent of Canada’s economy is protected from foreign competition, through rules, government intervention and various interprovincial requirements. Likewise, the study classifies the level of protectionism in Canada against other developed nations. While there are protectionist factors outside of human control, such as geography and distance, the lack of foreign competition in Canada is largely due to governmental factors.

Protection that affects consumers

Full text: The dairy lobby briefing binder found on the floor of the Conservative convention

Detail from a Dairy Farmers of Canada briefing binder. This image of Conservative leader Andrew Scheer was in a section discussing the group's social media plan. Dairy Farmers of Canada/Matthew Bexte

There is no doubt that, for decades, one of the most powerful lobbyists in Ottawa has been Canada’s dairy producers. In fact, former finance minister Joe Oliver has even compared his tactics with the famous US arms lobby. “We’ll be taking supply management from their cold, dead hands”, Oliver wrote in 2016.

It should be noted that, for the first time, a leaked information folder from Dairy Farmers of Canada provides a unique window into these tactics. The document, found at the National Convention of the Conservative Party in Halifax, was made public during the weekend in a series of publications on social networks.

Thus, in a statement, dairy producers in Canada told National Post that the “was stolen from a delegate at the convention” folder. Bexte described the theft report as “categorically untrue” and likewise emphasized that he obtained the document from a fellow delegate who found him abandoned. On the floor of the plenary room of the convention.

The most outstanding

China Warns About ‘Unwavering Resolve’ to Fight U.S. ‘Bullying’

China could retaliate against the U.S. after President Donald Trump blacklisted Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese ambassador to the European Union said.

Trump upped the ante in his trade dispute with China last week, announcing moves to curb Huawei’s business that are starting to have ramifications for other companies around the world.

“This is wrong behavior, so there will be a necessary response,” Zhang Ming, China’s envoy to the EU, said in an interview in Brussels on Monday. “Chinese companies’ legitimate rights and interests are being undermined, so the Chinese government will not sit idly by.”

Trump on Friday signed an order that could restrict Huawei and fellow Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corp. from selling their equipment in the U.S. The Trump administration, which says Chinese companies are obliged to aid Beijing in espionage, also put Huawei on a blacklist that could forbid it from doing business with American companies.

On Monday, the Commerce Department granted a 90-day reprieve for certain U.S. broadband companies and wireless customers using Huawei equipment. The temporary license covers continued operation of existing networks and equipment as well as support to existing handsets and other limited actions, according to a notice published in the Federal Register Monday.

Zhang called the Trump administration’s moves to blacklist Huawei “politically motivated” and an “abuse of export-control measures.”

The Chinese government is using AI-powered facial recognition systems to monitor and target members of the Uighurs, a persecuted Muslim minority in China. (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press)

China is using AI to persecute its Uighur minority

At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, the philanthropist George Soros caught everyone’s attention when he warned that the Chinese government’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) presents an “unprecedented danger” to its citizens and to all open societies.

His reading of the situation was prophetic. Last month, The New York Times confirmed Soros’ fears when the newspaper revealed that the Chinese government is using AI-powered facial recognition systems to monitor and target members of the Uighurs, a persecuted Muslim minority in China. Human Rights Watch, in its recently released report titled “China’s Algorithms of Oppression,” provide additional evidence of Beijing’s use of new technologies to curtail the rights and liberties of the Uighurs.

In the province of Xinjiang, where the majority of Turkic minorities reside, surveillance cameras equipped with face scans are omnipresent on street corners, mosques and schools. Commuters travelling between towns must go through security checkpoints where police, with the help of a mobile app, can access information ranging from their religious practices, political affiliation, use of social media platforms and even blood type. In this ecosystem of intense social monitoring, even legal routine behaviour, such as exiting through a backdoor, can be treated as suspect and serve as grounds for dubious arrests.

SAT’s New ‘Adversity Score’ Will Take Students’ Hardships Into Account

Scoring patterns on the SAT suggesting that the test puts certain racial and economic groups at a disadvantage have become a concern for colleges.CreditCreditShiho Fukada for The New York Times

The College Board, the company that administers the SAT exam performed by about two million students a year, will have a significant change. This being the case, it will evaluate students for the first time not only in their mathematical and verbal skills but also in their educational and socioeconomic backgrounds, entering into a difficult battle for the impartiality of high-risk tests.

In this way, the company has announced that it will include a new rating, which is generally known as ‘Adversity Score’ between 1 and 100 in the results of the student tests. An average score is 50, and higher numbers mean more disadvantages. The score will be calculated using 15 factors, including the relative quality of the student’s high school and the crime rate and the poverty level of the student’s neighborhood. Now, it should be noted that this qualification will not affect the test scores of the students, and only university admissions officers will be informed as part of a larger package of data on each examinee.

Furious national debate

“I have always believed in miracles,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison said at his victory party in Sydney. Credit Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images

The results of the elections in Australia have made it clear that Prime Minister Scott Morrison undoubtedly obtained an impressive victory. Notably, the conservative prime minister of Australia won a surprise victory in Saturday’s federal election, prompted by a populist wave, the “quiet Australians” said it resembles the force that has diverted US policy, Great Britain and beyond.

Likewise, it is necessary to mention that this victory surprised the Australian electoral analysts. Since the polls had pointed to a loss for the Morrison coalition for months. However, in the end, the prime minister mistook expectations, suggesting that the country was ready for a change of course after six years of tumultuous leadership under the conservative political coalition.

In this way, Morrison expressed in his victory party in Sydney, “I have always believed in miracles,” added to that, “Tonight is about every Australian that depends on his government to put them first. And that’s exactly what are we going to do “.

Triumph in times of growing tension

University College, University of Toronto, Canada (via Wikipedia)

The liberal government of Canada imposes ‘social justice’ in all universities. That being the case, the government has formulated a new program that all universities are expected to commit to. It bears the name, “Dimensions: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion”. A “Letter” for “Dimensions” has been distributed to all university presidents, who are urged to sign, supporting the program for their universities.

For its part, the Minister of Science and Sports, Kirsty Duncan, launched this program using the “independent” funding councils: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the National Council of Science and Engineering (NSERC) and the Council of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (SSHRC) — As the conduit for concessions of “Dimensions”. It should be noted that this is not the first time that Minister Duncan imposes conditions of “equity, diversity and inclusion” for subsidies; being that, in 2017, new criteria of diversity for the scholarships of the Chair of Investigation of Canada were enunciated.

Clear objective

Bruce Pardy: You have free speech, so long as you think the right thoughts

A statue of Justice is seen outside B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver in a file photo from May 5, 2016. Jason Payne/Postmedia News

It is clear that each person has freedom of expression, as long as they think the right thoughts. According to the Court, equality means that you can argue in favor of voting for transgender people, but you cannot argue against voting for them.

Equality means that you can argue in favor of voting for transgender people, the Court wrote, but you cannot argue against voting for them. You cannot say what you think unless you think the right thing.

It should be noted that at the heart of Western legal culture is the principle that the law applies equally to everyone. That being the case, justice must be blind, according to the idea, which means that it should not matter if you are rich or poor, male or female, gay or straight, black or white. All are subject to a common set of rules. In the last 30 years, the courts and courts of Canada have rejected this idea. Headed by the Supreme Court of Canada, the equal application of the law has been supplanted by the opposite proposition: different rules must be applied to different groups to produce equal results.

The same rules for all

The New England Hockey Journal has awarded two honors to the ice hockey team of American International College. The winners have been Christensen and Lang, who won AHC honors from New England hockey journal.

In this way, NEHJ named Eric Lang as the Atlantic Hockey Conference Coach of the Year and junior striker Blake Christensen as the AHC Player of the Year in its May edition. Thus, these awards were obtained after a historic campaign in which the team won its first regular season of AHC and Championship Championship titles and defeated the University №1 of the State of St. Cloud in its debut in the NCAA tournament in Fargo, North Dakota.

Notably, Lang has already been praised at the conference and nationally, earning the honor of AHC Coach of the Year and being named National Coach of the Year by College Hockey News. He was a finalist for the AHCA Spencer Penrose Award. In fact, he said,” It’s a team award every time a coach is selected as coach of the year in any position”, Lang added. “You have to have an incredible support team and a tremendous team of hockey, I was lucky to have both”.

Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Chair Bob Zimmer (left) and Deputy-Chair Charlie Angus (right) look on as deputy-chair Nathaniel Erskine-Smith speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Tuesday December 11, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

It is important to mention that while Canadian parliamentarians are analyzing how to control hate online, one proposes a new body to give tickets or warnings to offenders.

That’s right, while Canada is grappling with how to prosecute existing laws such as harassment, defamation and criminal hate speech in the Wild West, a liberal deputy, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, is proposing the creation of a new judicial body to deal with online crimes.

In this way, the same has been expressed at a meeting of the justice committee on Thursday, where parliamentarians study the problem of hate online, “The penal code is not an effective instrument.” It should be noted that Erskine-Smith, who is vice president of the ethics and privacy committee, appeared at the fair hearing because of the overlapping problems facing parliamentarians.

Proposal subject to facts

The Wall or The Wallop

It should be noted that bear markets, by definition, market drops driven primarily by approximately 20% or more over a prolonged period, are a common fear for investors. That being the case, many investors worry that not recognizing the next bear market on the horizon will severely impair their chances of achieving their long-term financial goals. Unfortunately, although it is easy to identify a bear market in retrospect, identifying a bear market as it develops is much more difficult. Even so, there is a key to this, the key is to have the perspective to observe and identify the correct components and discipline to prevent their emotions from getting in the way.

In a Fox Business Network interview on December 18, 2014, Ken Fisher said, “Bull markets really only end two ways: The Wall or The Wallop. The Wall is: They climb the “Wall of Worry” until there’s no more worry. Or The Wallop is: They get hit by a big, bad thing that nobody ever talked about before, which is at least a couple of trillion dollars in magnitude … You look for those two, and otherwise, all the little stuff, you want to not pay too much attention to”.

Bull markets really only end in two ways

Princeton Looks to Break Up the White Male Money Monopoly

Andrew Golden, president of the Princeton University Investment Co. Photographer: Heather Sten

It has been said that Princeton seeks to break the monopoly of white male money. Thus, the $ 25.9 billion endowments of the university moves (slowly) to hire women and minority managers.

There is no doubt that getting a second look from Princeton would make any investor celebrate. US university grants manage more than $ 600 billion, roughly equal to Taiwan’s gross domestic product. The largest funds have a time horizon of centuries. Its leaders can afford to wait for the legendary reward of new companies that turn into companies like Google and Facebook.

Thus, these vast investment funds remain almost exclusively the province of whites and men, which makes them an anomaly in the world of higher education. Meanwhile, women now earn almost 60 percent of US bachelor’s degrees. And non-white students, more than a third. The proportion of women in the faculties approaches half, if not in the highest positions.

Reduction in finance courses

Some may argue that, while high, this is the necessary price to pay for universal health care. But that's not at all true. (Shutterstock)

There is no doubt that in Canada there are huge economic costs, along with health costs, due to long waiting times in Canada.

An important factor to highlight is that perceptions about how much Canadians pay for medical care vary enormously. That being the case, there are those who call it a “free” system. While some analysts try to find out how much is actually paid through taxes. However, it is necessary to emphasize that this health care system has an additional cost: waiting time.

Likewise, during the past year, it was estimated that 1,082,541 Canadians expected medically necessary treatment. That’s an amazing number considering that these patients faced an average wait of 11 weeks. And that’s after they’ve seen a specialist. While some of these patients endured their wait without too much inconvenience, many others probably were not as lucky. They waited with considerable pain and discomfort, unable to use their time productively. In the worst case, it is possible that patients have experienced a deterioration in their health and have faced poorer medical outcomes when they finally received the treatment.

Significant loss

Panama—Economic Quantum Leap

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Chances are that you have heard about Panama in the context of the Panama Canal, or perhaps that the country competed in its first World Cup last year in Russia. But what is less known is that Panama has been the most dynamic economy in Latin America for the last three decades—achieving one of the highest per capita incomes in the region. To ensure inclusive growth for future generations, Panama will need to continue with policiesthat boost productivity.

Strong growth performance

For Latin America, Panama’s growth story is an important one. The economy grew by about six percent annually for a quarter of a century--well above other traditionally strong performers like Chile, Dominican Republic and Peru, as well as twice the growth rate of Latin America as a whole. Panama also managed to achieve one of the highest per capita income levels in the region—ahead of other countries like Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay.

So, how has Panama sustained strong growth over the years?

Washington is flirting with a debt crisis. No one has a plan to stop it

That’s right, the US government is rushing towards a possible financial crisis, and everything points to no one in Washington seems to know how to stop it. As legislators exchange votes for contempt and impeachment, there has been no progress toward reaching a budget agreement or expanding the federal government’s ability to borrow before September, when the money runs out. Clearly, this is increasing the ugly prospect of more than $ 100 billion in mandatory cuts, as well as an unprecedented default on US debt, a situation that could trigger a global economic catastrophe.

There is no doubt that this is established as a disaster that everyone knows is coming, and yet no one seems to have a plan, at least at this time, to avoid disaster.

It should be noted that even the battle lines are not completely clear at this point. This is generating frustration between President Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress, as well as questions about what the House Democrats will agree.

Real disaster

Vice Admiral Mark Norman arrives at court in Ottawa on April 16, 2019. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

It has been said that, in the case of Mark Norman, the heads should roll. That being the case, the false accusation of Vice Admiral Mark Norman is an embarrassment and in turn an offense for all Canadians.

It should be noted that what is acceptable and necessary is the requirement that all people be identifiable facially in public, not only when they seek access to the services of the provincial government. Now, it is foolish to tell people how to dress, as long as they are identifiable and are wearing clothes that are not bold and embarrassingly revealing of the anatomical areas usually covered. In this way, it is incongruous and annoying for Quebec to profess to be a jurisdiction, a society and a culture that supports freedom of religion, but prohibits any category of persons from wearing clothing or insignia that indicate their religion.

Thus, multiculturalism in Canada was originally intended to be the welcome arrival in Canada of any meritorious applicant to enter as an immigrant, free to practice any religion and maintain any level of familiarity with the culture of their origin, as long as they accepted the laws Canadians and Standards and tried to be able to function in one of our founding languages. To the extent that multiculturalism has been defined in practice as a dilution of English and French cultures, it is a bad and unacceptable development and must be reversed.

True shame

Jordan Peterson: When the left goes too far — the dangerous doctrine of equity

Do we really believe that these large-scale equity interventions are necessary and, even more naively, that they would solve more problems than they would cause, Jordan Peterson asks. Getty Images

Social justice is known as equity in opposition to the letter of positive law.

As such, equity is characterized by the use of impartiality to recognize each person’s right, using equivalence to be equal. On the other hand, equity adapts the rule for a specific case in order to make it fairer.

Thus, the Mantra of Diversity, Inclusivity, and Equity is perhaps the main identification factor of the small minority of radical collectivist ideologues who, nevertheless, have come to dominate the humanities and social sciences in Western universities. “Equity” is a term designed to indicate “equality”, in some way, and is a term designed to appeal to the natural human tendency towards impartiality, but does not mean the classic equality of the West, which is equality before the law. and equality of opportunities.

Likewise, equality before the law means that every citizen will be treated fairly by criminal justice and judicial systems, regardless of their status, and that the state recognizes that each individual has an intrinsic value that serves as a limit to the power of attorney state and that the policy owes respect.

Complete difference

U.S. President Donald Trump chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony in Beijing in November 2017. A couple of months later, Trump imposed tariffs on imports of solar panels, leading to a series of tit-for-tat retaliatory tariffs ever since. (Andy Wong/The Associated Press)

There is no doubt that the tensions between the 2 largest economies in the world are also trapping Canadians, in fact, the whole world.

It should be noted that US President Donald Trump welcomed Beijing’s chief trade negotiator in Washington on Thursday. This, in order to carry out trade talks between the two largest economies in the world, as the tariff threats that shake the market and warnings about countermeasures, continue to burn.

Now, it is necessary to emphasize that before the talks, there were abrupt changes in the global financial markets, with the Dow Jones falling more than 400 points on Tuesday after Trump issued a threat through Twitter that it would increase tariffs on Chinese products. worth $ 200 billion at 25 percent from 10 percent. In addition to this, he threatened that more would come “soon”.

Actions that affect everyone

Don Martin: The fall guy could be the general who suspended Mark Norman

It has been said that the boy of the fall could be the general who suspended Mark Norman. In this way, it is considered that Vice Admiral Mark Norman’s claim comes with a possible victim. The Chief of Defense Staff, Jonathan Vance, comes out of this mess set to be a kind of fall.

Thus, it emphasizes some Vance behaviors by which certain conclusions are drawn. That being said, it was said that it was Vance, acting on the slightest shadow of suspicion, who quickly threw Norman under the proverbial LAV. Likewise, it was Vance who publicly stated that he had lost confidence in Norman’s performance, suspending his alleged friend and second in command without a hearing. Coupled with that, it was Vance who insisted that the media report that he was furious with his officers for not having dug up the documents with the code name needed by Norman’s defense, only to admit under oath that he had not done much to accelerate the search.

Similarly, it was also Vance who informed his political masters when the Norman controversy broke out, but he refused to take note of any conversation, including one with the Prime Minister. In addition, Vance seemed too eager to serve as Norman’s firing squad to appease a PMO enraged by a flight that would normally be quite routine.

Beyond questionable behaviors

At least 24 Coptic Christians were killed in Cairo during clashes with the Egyptian Army on Oct. 9. THOMAS HARTWELL / REDUX

It is necessary to establish that there is a latent and global war against Christians in the Muslim world. It is certainly often heard that Muslims are victims of abuses in the West and fighters in the Arab Spring struggle against tyranny. However, it is necessary to point out that, in fact, a completely different type of war is being carried out. Instead, an unrecognized battle that costs thousands of lives. Christians are being killed in the Islamic world because of their religion. It is a rising genocide that should cause a global alarm.

Likewise, the representation of Muslims as victims or heroes is, in the best of cases, partially accurate. In recent years, the violent oppression of Christian minorities has become the norm in Muslim-majority nations that extend from West Africa and the Middle East to South Asia and Oceania.

Now, the fact that in some countries it is the governments and their agents that have burned churches and imprisoned parishioners must be brought up. In others, rebel groups and vigilantes have taken matters into their own hands, killing Christians and expelling them from regions where their roots go back centuries.

Intolerance in its maximum expression

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Senior captain Dalton MacAfee

The Black Knights of the Army are the athletic teams that represent the United States Military Academy. In sport contexts, teams are usually called simply Army. They participate in the IA Division of the NCAA as a non-footballing member of the Patriot League, an independent Division I Football Bowl Division I school and a member of Atlantic Hockey, the Sprint College Football League (men), the League of Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics (men), the East Intercollegiate Struggle Association, the Great America Rifle Conference, the National Collegiate Boxing Association, the National Collegiate Paintball Association and the National Intercollegiate Women’s Fencing Association.

Now, it is worth noting that its main captain Dalton MacAfee was among the winners of the Mike Krzyzewski Award for excellence in teaching character through sport on Monday.

Likewise, the winners were announced at the Cadet Mess Hall during the 13th annual lunch where Coach K recognizes West Point athletes and coaches for their excellent commitment to the development of noble character through participation and athletic leadership.

Deserved recognition

The CCGS Amundsen, a Canadian ice-breaker, navigates near Devon Island in the Northwest Passage. Clement Sabourin/AFP/Getty Images

Mike Pompeo, who is an American politician and attorney who, since April 2018, has served as the 70th Secretary of State of the United States. He was a former officer of the United States Army and was Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from January 2017 to April 2018.

Now, the Secretary of State of the USA, says that Canada’s claim to the Northwest Passage is ‘illegitimate’.

That being the case, Pompeo’s statement is described as an ‘impressive rebuke’ to the 1988 Arctic cooperation agreement reached by Brian Mulroney and Ronald Reagan. Now, this is an important speech before the Arctic Council that the Canadian experts described as provocative and, often, inaccurate. That being the case, Pompeo offered his characterization during a broad speech in Finland in which he also warned against China’s increased presence in the Arctic, saying that it threatens the security of North America and that it could be harmful to the environment.

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