Bipartisan Enemy U.S. Congressional Democrats and Republicans cannot agree on an infrastructure investment package but when it comes to competing with China there was a 68 to 32 agreement in the Senate this week. That was the vote on a bill that in addition to reauthorizing customary tariff cuts would boost spending on research and development and subsidize the making of semiconductor chips. Basically, the two political parties concluded that the domestic enemy of my foreign enemy is good. Meanwhile, China issued a statement urging the U.S. Congress to “immediately stop” work on the bill because it smears China’s policies. This coming from a government that constantly warns other nations to not intervene in i...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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