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International Tensions Over Trade Deepen
January 24, 2018
Former U.S. Secretary of Treasurer Robert Rubin famously said in 1995 that a “strong dollar is in the best interest of the United States” because it promotes price stability, lowers interest rates, and attracts productive foreign capital. That thinking went on to characterize U.S. policy for more than 20 years until the election of President […] More
Trump Grabs Spotlight… Japan Also in the News
January 23, 2018
President Trump is on a roll. Having secured a tax cut with benefits skewed to the rich and then trapping congressional democrats in a political snake pit over immigration, he’s turned his sight on the biggest campaign promise of all: so-called fair trade. A 30% tariff on U.S. imports of foreign-made solar equipment threatens to […] More
