This piece puts the US-China trade war in context. It’s part of a long history of aggressive US attempts to dismantle successful state-led developmentalism across the global South. China is the last one standing.
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Climate Crisis
Prof John Beddington, Prof Steven Berry, Wolfgang Cramer, et al: EU must not burn the world’s forests for ‘renewable’ energy
A flaw in Europe’s clean energy plan allows fuel from felled trees to qualify as renewable energy when in fact this would accelerate climate change and devastate forests Read here
Climate Crisis
Alnoor Ladha: From “Green Growth” to Post-Growth
Good critique of growthismand why its numbers do not add up. Read here
Finance
Reuters: World Bank court orders Pakistan pay $5.8 billion damages to Tethyan Copper
This is the result of globlaisation, where companies that made a small investment can receive extra billions in compensation decided by a court run in the interest of international corporations. Read here
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