March 18, 2024

Jalen Brunson shows why Knicks trade of fan favorites was needed

RJ Barrett was naive to question whether the Garden fans would cheer. Appreciation was inevitable. This crowd had endured nearly two decades of misery, and Barrett’s tenure can only be viewed as joyous in that context. Low bars make for good applause. So Barrett and Immanuel Quickley received a standing ovation during pregame introductions. It […]

Adam Ottavino steeled for potential Mets’ David Robertson trade

Adam Ottavino understands the Mets’ bullpen would be weaker if their best reliever this season is traded before Tuesday’s deadline, but experience has taught him there could be a silver lining. That is, if David Robertson departs an opportunity will arise for others. “You just would have to deal with it,” Ottavino said before Tuesday’s […]

DeAndre Hopkins reacts to possible trade destinations amid Cardinals rumors

DeAndre Hopkins’ situation with the Arizona Cardinals continues to be that the team might trade him this offseason, but nothing has come together just yet. In the meantime, Hopkins gave his opinion on some possible trade destinations. He just didn’t say anything out loud. On the “All Things Covered” podcast, Hopkins was asked to not […]

Saints’ Derek Carr reveals Raiders only allowed him to talk with one team for potential trade before release

New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr opened up about the last few days of his time with the Las Vegas Raiders and said he was willing to be traded from the team. Carr was released from Las Vegas after the franchise failed to find the right suitor in a trade. Carr had a no-trade clause […]

McCarthy: China Should Lose Most-Favored Trade Status and We’ll Move to Revoke It

During a portion of an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) stated that China’s most-favored nation trade status should be revoked and the House will move to do so. Host Laura Ingraham asked, [relevant exchange begins around 5:50] “[W]hy should China continue to

Virginia GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin set to lead first international trade mission to Asia

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will lead his first international trade mission to Taiwan, Japan and South Korea in late April, his office announced Tuesday. Youngkin and the Virginia delegation will visit Tapei, Taiwan, Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul, South Korea, from April 24 through April 29. He plans to meet with the president of Taiwan, […]

Lakers acquire Mo Bamba, future draft picks in trade involving multiple teams

Mo Bamba is heading West after the Lakers acquired the center in a four-team trade with the Orlando Magic on Thursday, the team announced Thursday. Los Angeles also received forward Davon Reed from the Denver Nuggets and Denver’s second-round picks in 2025, 2026 and 2029. L.A. sent center Thomas Bryant to the Nuggets and guard […]

Democrat Lawmaker Calls for ‘New Leaders’ Within Own Party After Stock Trade Ban Vote Stalls

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) called for new House Democratic leadership after a vote to ban congressional lawmakers from trading stocks was stalled indefinitely in the lower chamber. On Tuesday, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the Combatting Financial Conflicts of Interest in Government Act prohibiting senior government officials and their family members from trading stocks after

Biden To Unveil Trade ‘Strike Force’ Targeting China

President Joe Biden’s administration is setting up a “supply chain trade strike force” focused on shoring up U.S. supply chains that are overly reliant on foreign nations, particularly China, Reuters reported Tuesday. The U.S. trade representative will reportedly lead the strike force, focusing on a number of key industries such as semiconductors and electric vehicle…

Afghanistan’s Drug Trade Booms Thanks to Meth and Heroin

Afghanistan has long been infamous for its opium poppies, but law enforcement agencies across the world are warning of a new boom in the Afghan drug trade fueled by methamphetamines. Turkey’s TRT World reported Wednesday the meth boom in Afghanistan is driven by falling opium prices, a crackdown in Iran that drove many Afghan meth cooks…

Senate Confirms Joe Biden Nominee Katherine Tai as U.S. Trade Representative

The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee, Katherine Tai, to serve as his administration’s top trade official. In a unanimous, bipartisan vote of 98-0, Tai was confirmed as U.S. Trade Representative, making her the 19th member of Biden’s cabinet to receive confirmation and the first Asian American to hold the position since…

Biden Upset Trade Unions By Scrapping The Keystone Pipeline, But Sided With Teachers Unions Against The Reopening Of Schools

Though President Joe Biden campaigned on his strong union support, his administration has not backed them consistently and has adopted policies that have upset leaders of some of the largest in the country. Biden pledged throughout his campaign that he would scrap the Keystone XL pipeline if elected. But trade and pipefitter unions where nonetheless…

Trump Vetoes Bill Restricting Fishing Off California’s Coast Citing Trade Deficit Concerns

President Donald Trump vetoed a bill that would have ended large-mesh drift gillnet use in federal waters off the Californian coast Friday, stating that such legislation would increase seafood-imports dependence, worsening a multibillion-dollar seafood trade deficit. “By forcing the West Coast drift gillnet fishery to use alternative gear that has not been proven to be…

Firm Linked To Top Biden Advisor Is Lobbying To Soften US Trade Policy Towards China

A lobbying firm co-founded by Joe Biden’s incoming White House counselor registered earlier this year to lobby for a tech company seeking to improve trade relations with China.  Biden tapped Steve Ricchetti, a longtime lobbyist and Democratic operative, to serve as one of his top White House aides.  Ricchetti’s brother, Jeff, registered in August to…

Report: Rockets Star James Harden Wants a Trade Because Owner Supports Trump

Houston Rockets star James Harden is reportedly looking to be traded away because he is upset that team Owner Tilman Fertitta is a Trump supporter. NBA reporter Ric Bucher recently claimed that there is much internal strife inside the Rockets organization over Fertitta’s Republican political activism. Bucher made his claim on The Odd Couple podcast…

Trump has just revolutionized global trade by replacing NAFTA with USMCA.

(AP) Trump administration negotiators reached a major agreement with Canada on trade over the weekend.  The breakthrough, which came on the heels of an earlier deal with Mexico, vindicates President Trump’s tough approach to reforming trade and will mark a fundamental turning point for American jobs and global power. The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which […]

Trump: New Trade Deal With Canada, Mexico ‘Solves The Many Deficiencies And Mistakes In NAFTA’

Trump Announces New Trade Deal With Canada, Mexico President Donald Trump announced a new trade deal between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, in a Monday morning tweet. “Late last night, our deadline, we reached a wonderful new Trade Deal with Canada, to be added into the deal […]

BREAKING: NAFTA is Out, a New Trade Deal With Mexico is Officially Here.

Speaking from the White House Monday morning, President Trump announced a reboot of NAFTA after weeks of negotiations with Mexico. “They used to call it NAFTA, we’re going to call it the United States Mexico Trade Agreement,” Trump said from the Oval Office, saying NAFTA has a negative connotation. “It’s a big day for trade. […]

Tectonic Shift in China: Xi Under Fire as China Realizes It Underestimated U.S. Trade Resolve.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is facing backlash from within the Communist Party over his hardline stance in the trade dispute with the United States, Reuters reported Thursday. Reuters reports: A growing trade war with the United States is causing rifts within China’s Communist Party, with some critics saying that an overly nationalistic Chinese stance may […]

In Angry Tweetstorm Trump Escalates Attack On Media: “They Can Also Cause War”, Claims US Winning Trade War With China.

Trump started off his Sunday early with a tweetstorm that continued his spirited defense of trade war with China from the previous day, claiming his rising tariffs on other nations are “working big time,” vowing to tax any nation that doesn’t manufacture its products in the US: “as they come,Tax them. If they don’t want […]

Why is Trump fighting the trade war?

Why is Trump fighting the trade war?  Here’s why. Critics of Trump’s trade policies think everything is okay if we don’t do anything.  The chart below shows that everything is not okay if we don’t do anything. This is a chart of capital spending in the U.S. from 1968 through to the present.  It is a straightforward presentation […]

China started the trade war, Trump is just trying to end it.

President Trump didn’t start a trade war with China – he’s trying to end and win the trade war that China launched against the U.S. As the president has frequently pointed out, the Chinese have been undermining the world trade system for years, and no country has been hurt more by China’s unfair actions than […]

Wall Street celebrates Trump trade deal with EU.

No, President Trump isn’t provoking a trade war that will plunge the world economy into a new depression, and the disappointment of the Trump-hating media is palpable. Yesterday, the president and E.U. president Jean-Claude Juncker appeared in the Rose Garden and announced a win-win deal on trade. The Washington Post: The United States and the European […]

Winning: Trade Deal a ‘Major Win for President Trump,’ ‘Major Concession’ by European Union.

President Donald Trump scored a “major win” on Wednesday by reaching a limited trade deal with the European Union, which made a “major concession” to the United States to avoid a trade war. That’s according to business news anchor Neil Cavuto of Fox News — who just last week blasted President Trump over his press […]

President Trump: Countries That Have Treated Us Unfairly on Trade for Years Are Coming to Washington to Negotiate.

President Trump is meeting with several international leaders this week to negotiate better trade deals for the United States. Countries that have treated us unfairly on trade for years are all coming to Washington to negotiate. This should have taken place many years ago but,as the saying goes, better late than never! — Donald J. […]

Trump To Hand Out Billions In Aid To Farmers Caught In The Trade War Crossfire

The Trump administration reportedly plans to extend $12 billion in emergency financial assistance to farmers negatively affected by the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China, among others, Politico reported Tuesday. With tens of billions of dollars in tariffs already in effect and the possibility of tariffs on exports worth hundreds of billions of […]

Trump and Putin Meet for 1-on-1 Discussion on Trade, Military, Missiles, Nuclear, and China

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin briefly spoke to cameras before beginning a one-on-one meeting Monday that Trump said would include discussion of nuclear arms, China, and hopes of building an “extraordinary relationship.” Trump and Putin met at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, to give opening statements before beginning their closed-door private […]

The US-China trade war has begun – a shooting war could be next.

A trade war broke out Friday between the U.S. and China, when the U.S. imposed tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese products and China slapped tariffs on and equal amount of U.S. products. President Trump has said that would prompt the U.S. to impose up to $500 billion in Chinese products. But things could get […]

President Trump Gives ‘Hurt’ Trudeau And ‘Rip-Off’ EU An Economics Lesson — ‘Fair Trade’ Is ‘Fool Trade’

President Trump: ‘Fair Trade Is Now To Be Called Fool Trade’ The ongoing feud between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continued Sunday evening when Trump defined nonreciprocal trade as “fool trade” in a tweet. Why should I, as President of the United States, allow countries to continue to make Massive Trade Surpluses, […]

Trade Deficits Paying for China Military Buildup.

One little detail largely escaped media notice when Chinese president Xi Jinping met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on May 8.  The visit coincided with China’s launch of its first indigenous aircraft carrier in the town where the two met, perhaps sending a message to friend and foes of both China and North Korea: The […]

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