Moral Approach to Trade Bernd Lange, chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, is correct in his calculation that the EU will not reach a trade agreement with the Trump administration. As he notes, the two sides have diametrically opposed goals. Trump’s inclination will be to raise tariffs on European goods in order to extort action by Brussels. However, he would be better to copy the tactics employed in Europe against foreign suppliers – demagogue them. The incessant denigration of American farm products in Europe means that consumers there are unlikely to purchase them even if there is fair market access. Some in Europe believe that Trump’s tweets about the unfair advantage given to Fre...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Gloriosa is a genus of 12 species in the plant family Colchicaceae, and includes the formerly recognised genus Littonia. They are native in tropical and southern Africa to Asia, and naturalised in Australia and the Pacific as well as being widely cultivated.[3] The most common English names are...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
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Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.