Uglier with a Smile President-Elect Joe Biden says he wants to normalize U.S. diplomacy following his predecessor’s bull in the china closet approach but there will still be an ugly side to it. The next chief executive already says he will not immediately remove Mr. Trump’s punitive tariffs against China. Even harsher ideas came out this week from the U.S. – China Economic and Security Review Commission. That body emphasized retaining the tariffs until some other forms of leverage can be found and recommended adding a slew of other provocative policies. Most controversial would involve sending a PAS (presidentially appointed, Senate confirmed) official to Taiwan. The Commission includes Michael Wessell, a labor expert als...
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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