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If China and the US can come to an agreement about how the world order should be structured (whether China is a democracy or not), then the tensions will dissipate. The size of China's economy isn't relevant, just as it isn't relevant in discussions between the EU and US, the two largest...

Perhaps I was a bit too sarcastic. I was indirectly pointing out that, contrary to the propaganda, our sense of fear towards China isn't entirely unfounded (i.e. it's not simply a function of the military-industrial complex, or an American need to destroy rising competitors). From the...

Where's the part where the US fights a world war to protect China from Japan, or is attacked by China in the Korean War, or the US putting hostilities aside to open diplomatic relations and beginning a massive manufacturing outsourcing effort to China in order to split it from the USSR?

First, let me congratulate you on a perfect troll-bait thread. :rolleyes: You're making three separate points here that I will address separately. If you didn't intend to make them separately, please elaborate on the connection between the "China threat" theory, America's alleged inferiority...

I have mixed feelings about the failure of TPA. TPA itself passed, but because of an arcane parliamentary rule, even its passage will be null if TAA is not also passed. Passing TAA undermines the case for TPP--all the efficiency gained through free trade will be undone by the higher taxes that...

The only aspect about this that is shocking is that anyone believed that Al Jazeera was, at any point, not pro-Arab or anti-Israel (or anti-America, for that matter). Fortunately, AJA has a viewership in the US of approximately zero.

Now it's time for you to prove that avian flu has a link to hygenic standards. Or do you believe that Europe is immune? It's becoming increasingly pointless to argue with you. You present fantasy, I counter with data. You present more fantasy, I counter with more data. If you don't present...

Huh? The failure of TAA is a victory for free trade and capitalism. The state should not interfere with the market--those companies that fail should be allowed to fail, and those employees put out of work because of that failure will be hired by other companies if there is a need for their...

Sorry to discredit you yet again, but you're probably used to it by now. King Dollar Reaffirms Its Global Supremacy - WSJ March 31, 2015 The proportion of dollars in global foreign-exchange holdings has risen to its highest level in six years, cementing the greenback’s role in the center of...

I keep hearing this. Wake me up when it's about to happen. I was trying to be polite before, but now it's time for you to put up, or shut up. One quarter does not a trend make. Four quarters from now, do you doubt the US will have grown faster than Europe?

On a personal level, I perfectly understand. On a political level, that's what a multi-national alliance entails. If the French are not willing to protect Latvia or Estonia, how long before Americans ask if they must protect our European allies? It's becoming painfully hard to be pro-NATO...

When the WTO failed (thanks, India), the US turned to mega-regional agreements like TTIP and TPP. When parochial statists in Europe and Asia blow up those talks, the US will return to bilateral trade agreements, and continue to push forward with countries that will play ball. The UK realizes...

If, under the trade agreements, our corporations can continue to be abused by European regulators as a thinly veiled strategy to protect European industry, then the trade agreement will not happen. The same with TPP if America is not allowed to profit from free trade by exploiting its strengths...

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I can only express skepticism about a free trade agreement in the medium term, given the EU's and Japan's protectionist tendencies, but I wish them all the best. As far as increased security ties, I'm afraid that's pure fantasy until both parties demonstrate their commitment to defense with...

In truth, the credit rating agencies (CRAs) are increasingly irrelevant. All institutional investors perform their own modeling to determine creditworthiness. Until recently, the main use of sovereign credit ratings was related to regulatory capital requirements, but even that role will be...

This Imran Khan fellow seems rather confused.

Congratulations to American Pharoah, winner of the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown.

I am certain that you aren't serious about this standard (e.g. formal legal acknowledgement by the local sovereign polity of annexation), because there are multiple areas that are part of the PRC which would fail that test. So please drop the example of Hawaii, since it drags us into an...

Congratulations to China, but perhaps it would be interesting to see a new angle or analysis on this old story, like how this ties into Chinese investments in Africa, or how the AIIB push will create export markets for this surplus supply, etc.