The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk.
Economics
German Foreign Policy: Germany/India – No Alternative
On visit to India, Germany’s Economic Minister Robert Habeck promotes conclusion of free trade agreement with EU. German business representatives clearly reject plan to substitute trade with India for that with China Read HERE
Finance
The Asahi Shimbun – Stephanie Kelton: Japan shatters notion of deficit boogeyman
Modern monetary theory (MMT) is gaining much attention for its somewhat unorthodox view that governments do not have to worry about fiscal deficits. One of the main advocates of MMT is Stephanie Kelton, an economics […]
EU politics
The Washington Post: In Eastern Europe, the E.U. faces a rebellion more threatening than Brexit
Liberal values? European values? Viktor Orban represents the only values that count in the EU: Neo-liberalism. What the authors meticulously avoid is that Orban’s policies are exactly what the EU wants of him. Orban is […]
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