[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #415 Twee Bolletjes in de Verboden Stad

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In numerous meetings between Ross and industry groups starting last spring, he said he believed the United States held all the leverage based on the volume of food and agriculture products it sold to Mexico. He argued that if the United States wanted to press Mexico into making concessions on issues such as auto-part imports, Mexico would agree rather than risk losing inexpensive access to U.S. farm products, according to people briefed on those meetings.
“All the ag groups looked at him and their mouths dropped open and said, ‘Don’t you get it? The leverage is in their hands. We are completely dependent on them as this major export market,’” said one person who received the briefing.
“If you try to twist Mexico’s arm to give in on rules of origin [on autos], they’ll just stop buying,” the person added. “That’s just an inconvenience to them because there are so many other places they can go. Sure, consumers might pay a little more, but it’s not as if they can’t get it.”[.....]

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Op vrijdag 10 november 2017 09:04 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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Ik denk dat de meeste topmensen ook wel een paar keer na zullen denken voor ze in deze regering gaan werken, het afbraakrisico is wel erg groot.

Dus krijg je gewoon de wat mindere goden.

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A video obtained by The Jerusalem Post shows that he met with Israeli settlers around Inauguration Day in Washington.
"We had an excellent meeting with (Yossi Dagan, a leader of a West Bank settler group) and we hope that the people of Judea and Samaria will have a great 2017," Papadopoulos said. "We are looking forward to ushering in a new relationship with all of Israel, including the historic Judea and Samaria."
Judea and Samaria are the biblical names used by some in Israeli government and some pro-Israel groups to argue that the West Bank territory is Jewish land.
AJC panel
At the time of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Papadopoulos spoke at a foreign policy panel hosted by the American Jewish Committee. Other program panelists included Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee and Reps. Tom Marino, R-Pennsylvania, and Ted Yoho, R-Florida.
Based on a review of event video, he was not introduced as a campaign adviser. But in remarks, Papadopoulos referenced at least once working for the campaign. He did not discuss issues connected to Russia.
The AJC, in a statement last week, described his participation as part of a broader effort by the group to maintain contacts "among advisers to both parties' 2016 presidential candidates and in the two parties' national committees."
"Among the panelists in our 2016 Republican National Convention program -- in a session titled 'Defining America's Role in Global Affairs' -- was George Papadopoulos, then a Trump campaign foreign policy adviser," the statement continued.
Meeting with British government official
Two months before the presidential election, a British government official met with Papadopoulos for a "working level meeting," a British foreign office spokesperson said in a statement.
"As you would expect in the run-up to an election, we seek to build links with figures in both the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns. This type of outreach is normal diplomatic business," the spokesperson said.
The statement said that such meetings are "merely about building links" and added that "representatives of presidential campaigns are treated as private citizens and we would not share confidential information with them."