Category Archives: Presidency of Bill Clinton
Obama-Appointed Federal Inspector Threatened By Clinton Campaign Over Email Investigation
Content originally published at iBankCoin.com, An Obama appointed government watchdog central to the Hillary Clinton email investigation says that he, his family and his office faced an ‘intense backlash‘ from Clinton allies, who threatened him over findings that Clinton mishandled classified information. Former Inspector General Charles McCullough III told Fox News Chief Intel correspondent Catherine Herridge that he was […]
NAFTA Talks Heat Up As Trump Administration Takes Aggressive Stance On Autos
Trump’s NAFTA negotiators in recent days put forth a string of bold proposals on everything from auto rules of origin, a sunset clause, government procurement, and gutting dispute panels seen by the other nations as core to the pact. The moves were long-signaled, as was Canadian and Mexican opposition to them, but with a more […]
US Proposes “Sunset Clause” That Would Kill NAFTA After 5 Years
After President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the US would be open to striking bilateral trade agreements with Mexico and Canada if the three neighbors can’t come to an agreement on Nafta, Bloomberg is reporting the administration's negotiators have proposed a “sunset clause” that would see the North American Free Trade Agreement expire after five […]
California Has 11 Counties With More Registered Voters Than Voting-Age Citizens
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The Election Integrity Project California provides a list of 11 California counties that have more registered voters than voting-age citizens. In addition, Los Angeles County officials informed the project that “the number of registered voters now stands at a number that is a whopping 144% of the total number […]
An Angry Canada Responds To Trump’s Lumber Tariff… And What It Means For The Economy
After last night’s announcement of ~20% tariffs on softwood lumber imported from Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lashed out at the Trump administration saying the U.S. could suffer from a “thickening” border as trade tensions between the two countries escalated, sending the Canadian currency to a 14 month low. As a reminder, the United States […]
American Jobs Once Again Flowing Into Mexico After Brief, Trump-Induced Pause
After Ford scrapped plans for a new facility in Mexico and continues to flood the White House with press releases detailing normal course capital expenditures to be made on domestic plants, investments that would have been made irrespective of their outsourcing ambitions, it seems as though economics are making a comeback in guiding the capital […]
Yen, Peso Pop After Ross Targets NAFTA, Japan For Trade Deals
The yen and the peso jerked higher after President Trump’s commerce secretary Wilbur Ross commented that he expecte to start renegotiating NAFTA within two weeks and that Japan will be high on the list for trade agreements. As Bloomberg reports, discussions are under way with the Finance, Ways and Means committees and the expectation is […]
Mexico Threatens To End NAFTA Talks If Trump Proposes Tariffs
After months of tough talk from the Trump administration on NAFTA and border tariffs on goods imported from Mexico, among other issues, Mexico’s top trade negotiator, Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo, is now ratcheting up his own threats from south of the border. Speaking to Bloomberg over the weekend, Guajardo said that Mexico will walk away […]
Mexico Prepares Plan To Ditch U.S. Grain Imports As NAFTA Showdown Looms
America’s Midwest farmers can’t seem to catch a break. First, an epic collapse of grain prices over the last couple of years have threatened to wipe out family farmers (see “Midwest Farm Bubble Continues Collapse As Farm Incomes Expected To Crash In 2017“) and now, thanks to the pending NAFTA showdown threatened by President Trump, […]