Posted on 07/05/2017 7:34:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump and key global leaders are on a collision course ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Germany this week, with Trump's unapologetic “America First” mantra on trade and climate change running into emboldened, and increasingly united, opposition overseas.
Trump reiterated his threats on Wednesday to pull the United States back from existing trade deals, arguing they were against the national interest. As Trump threatens to retreat from global trade, other world powers are exploring new economic ties.
The European Union and Japan are expected on Thursday to announce plans for a major new free trade agreement. The E.U.-Japanese deal, which has only been negotiated in broad terms thus far, would lower barriers to exports of cars flowing in both directions, as well as reduce Japanese barriers to imports of trains and agricultural products, including cheese and chocolate, according to media reports. It would create a free trade area similar in size to North America, which is linked by the 1994 NAFTA agreement.
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When the Post says "the world" they mean "everybody who is anybody in our little globalist elite". They don't like pushback. Too bad.
If it’s Trump against the world, I’d hate to be the world.
I have a game of reading the headline and guessing the source. By far, I have the greatest winning record when the headline is the WaPo, like this one. I can find no compelling reason to read anything from them.
This.
-—At G-20 summit, it looks more and more like Trump against the world-—
I pity the poor world!
No point in posting anything beyond this; TTFlyer has summed up my thoughts quite succinctly.
The Japanese are many things. But their refusal to allow jihadis into their nation indicates that they aren’t completely stupid. Many of their leaders can see as well as we can that Europe will be in the throes of revolution soon. They won’t be turning their backs on their most important trading partner.
I liked Perot’s approach: The deal you get is the one we will take for ourselves.
Good agreements do not take thousands of pages.
He’s got the shoulders for the job.....
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