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ntv Nachrichten - inoffiziell
Die Zollpolitik von US-Präsident Trump sorgt rund um den Globus für große Unsicherheit. Die Welthandelsorganisation kappt deshalb ihre Wachstumsprognose und erwartet stattdessen ein leichtes Minus. Es könnte aber auch noch schlimmer kommen.#Wirtschaft #WTO #Handel #Handelskonflikte #Weltwirtschaft #Handelsbeziehungen #Zölle #DonaldTrump
WTO senkt Prognose deutlich: Trump lässt den Welthandel leiden
n-tv NACHRICHTEN · WTO senkt Prognose deutlich: Trump lässt den Welthandel leidenBy n-tv NACHRICHTEN
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ntv Nachrichten - inoffiziell
Die Zollpolitik von US-Präsident Trump sorgt rund um den Globus für große Unsicherheit. Die Welthandelsorganisation kappt deshalb ihre Wachstumsprognose und erwartet stattdessen ein leichtes Minus. Es könnte aber auch noch schlimmer kommen.#Wirtschaft #WTO #Handel #Handelskonflikte #Weltwirtschaft #Handelsbeziehungen #Zölle #DonaldTrump
Prognose deutlich gesenkt: WTO sieht Weltwirtschaft wegen Trump auf Schrumpfkurs
n-tv NACHRICHTEN · Prognose deutlich gesenkt: WTO sieht Weltwirtschaft wegen Trump auf SchrumpfkursBy n-tv NACHRICHTEN
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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

The problem with rescuing British Steel is whether the Govt. will mandate a 'buy British first' strategy for steel in the face of the price competition from a Chinese steel sector that not only dominates world production, but also over-produces for China's domestic demand & so exports at cost (or below cost?) to retain economies of scale?

However, China has been pretty active at the World Trade Organisation disputing measures intended to contain its steel exports.

Diagram: Chinese companies dominate global steel production. Shows relative sizes of Chinese production, US, India, other Asia, & rest of the world. Chinese prediction nearly as much as all other countries with top 50-steel producing companies, together.
#steel#economics#WTO
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Chema Hernández Gil
This latest trade war prompted me to revisit my notes as an #Indymedia correspondent at the 2001 WTO Ministerial in Doha, where I witnessed the launch of the Doha Round firsthand. It kicked off years of predatory negotiations that left many Global South countries (and billions of people) vulnerable to what we’re seeing now: abusive tariffs weaponized to extract even more from those with the least. I'll be publishing a full article in the next few days.

(Can’t believe it’s been 24 years already!)

#Trade #WTO #TradeWar #GlobalSouth #Tariffs #Neoliberalism
#neoliberalism
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"The big, long-term question: what does the global trading system look like? The thing to watch for is whether the kind of deals Vietnam and others are making with the US end up destroying the most-favoured-nation principle underlying the World Trade Organization by giving the US special treatment. I’m moderately optimistic on this one. Label these deals as preferential trade agreements (which is pretty dodgy under WTO rules, but there are plenty of weak PTAs about already), recognise that many won’t make much difference to US exports anyway and move on. It strikes me that, if anything, attachment to the multilateral system, particularly in open trading economies like the south-east Asian nations, has increased as a result of the US threatening it. If countries are looking for a framework of international trade law, the WTO provides it. Unfortunately, though, I don’t see much sign that India is going to stop playing its spoiler role and paralysing the negotiations part of the WTO (as the US tried with the dispute settlement system)."

ft.com/content/3a6c0561-0628-4

#USA#Trump#Tariffs
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"None of these governments believes #Trump will keep his word. How could they? The man broke every commitment he ever touched.

The #Iran deal. The #Paris Agreement. #NATO cooperation. #WTO norms. Trade deals with #Mexico, #Canada, and #China. He walked away from each of them. Because #chaos creates attention, and attention is the only currency he respects."
theindex.media/trust-is-dead-t

Text from article: The world learned in Trump's first term that American commitments are optional. Treaties are disposable. Diplomats are liabilities. Multilateralism is a weakness. He taught foreign leaders that engagement with the United States comes with a catch—and it will snap shut the moment it stops serving his personal narrative. The lesson stuck. This time around, no one is fooled. When Trump announces a new deal, it's not a signal of strength. It's a flare from a flailing empire. These are deals made under duress, made in the shadow of coercion, instability, and a broken global order. And everyone signing them is doing so with their hands tied and their escape plans drafted. None of these governments believes Trump will keep his word. How could they? The man broke every commitment he ever touched. The Iran deal. The Paris Agreement. NATO cooperation. WTO norms. Trade deals with Mexico, Canada, and China. He walked away from each of them. Because chaos creates attention, and attention is the only currency he respects.
#DonaldTrump#Corruption#GOP
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

No Globalization Without Representation: U.S. Activists and World Inequality
Paul Adler
University of Pennsylvania Press

"How consumer and environmental activists became significant players in U.S. and world politics

Amid the mass protests of the 1960s, another, less heralded political force arose: public interest progressivism. Led by activists like Ralph Nader, organizations of lawyers and experts worked "inside the system." They confronted corporate power and helped win major consumer and environmental protections. By the late 1970s, some public interest groups moved beyond U.S. borders to challenge multinational corporations. This happened at the same time that neoliberalism, a politics of empowerment for big business, gained strength in the U.S. and around the world.

No Globalization Without Representation is the story of how consumer and environmental activists became significant players in U.S. and world politics at the twentieth century's close. NGOs like Friends of the Earth and Public Citizen helped forge a progressive coalition that lobbied against the emerging neoliberal world order and in favor of what they called "fair globalization." From boycotting Nestlé in the 1970s to lobbying against NAFTA to the "Battle of Seattle" protests against the World Trade Organization in the 1990s, these groups have made a profound mark.

This book tells their stories while showing how public interest groups helped ensure that a version of liberalism willing to challenge corporate power did not vanish from U.S. politics. Public interest groups believed that preserving liberalism at home meant confronting attempts to perpetuate conservative policies through global economic rules. No Globalization Without Representation also illuminates how professionalized organizations became such a critical part of liberal activism..."

#Globalization #Activism #Inequality #Neoliberalism #AlternativeGlobalization #NAFTA #WTO

pennpress.org/9780812253177/no

University of Pennsylvania PressNo Globalization Without Representation – Penn PressHow consumer and environmental activists became significant players in U.S. and world politicsAmid the mass protests of the 1960s, another, less heralded pol...
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Nonilex

#China announced the #RareEarth #minerals controls late on Friday as part of a broader package of #tariffs & company restrictions in #retaliation for #Trump's decision to hike tariffs against most Chinese products to 54%.

China announced additional tariffs of 34% on #US goods.

It added 11 entities to the "unreliable entity" list.

And it filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization #WTO.

#Trump #economy #geopolitics #inflation #recession #trumpcession #ETTTTS
reuters.com/markets/europe/eur

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