[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #542 - in memoriam: John McCain

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paulkrugman twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 15:12:36 By far the best explanation of whatever it is Trump sort-of negotiated with Mexico. Read @ChadBown for the real analysis; I just have a few further thoughts 1/ https://t.co/sYeayf5Bup reageer retweet

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paulkrugman twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 15:15:05 The deal appears to impose fairly onerous requirements on new Mexican auto plants if they want to qualify for tariff-free access to the US market. Bown suggests that Mexican producers would find it cheaper to ignore the reqs and pay the 2.5% tariff on non-NAFTA autos 2/ reageer retweet

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paulkrugman twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 15:16:35 Trump could block this by imposing a 232 -- that is, national security -- tariff on nonconforming Mexican auto exports. But this would be a travesty -- a clear violation of the spirit of international trade rules 3/ reageer retweet

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paulkrugman twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 15:18:31 Trump presumably doesn't care. But then the question: is the tariff (a) only on Mexico, or (b) global? If (a), this hurts Mexican production vis-a-vis European and Asian. Since Mexican cars contain a lot of US parts, this probably destroys US auto jobs 4/ reageer retweet

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paulkrugman twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 15:20:32 If (b), it's a big step toward all-out global trade war. Is this the plan? Probably not: they're backing themselves into it with a shoddily constructed agreement and lack of clear thinking 5/ reageer retweet

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paulkrugman twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 15:22:10 The only way this doesn't get ugly fast is if Bown is wrong, and the requirements on Mexico aren't really binding. But in that case this is a Potemkin agreement, pure theater without substance. And u know what? Trump et al surely have no idea which it is 6/ reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 15:15 schreef clumsy_clown het volgende:

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https://www.npr.org/podca(...)reet?t=1535462107091

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 15:22 schreef Klaphark het volgende:
Manafort kan miss wel 300 jaar krijgen, maar dat wordt gewoon een pardon.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 15:37 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Én een gevalletje hoofdpijn voor Trump. Manafort moet dan schuld bekennen. En zal dan onder ede zijn voormalige werkgever in grote problemen brengen.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 16:56 schreef Klaphark het volgende:

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En dan gewoon zwijgen en weer pardon krijgen. Kan gewoon.

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Op maandag 27 augustus 2018 23:21 schreef Whiskers2009 het volgende:
Sorry hoor, maar dit vind ik echt
Amerikaans superioriteitsdenken en holle frasen-galore.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 17:45 schreef Monolith het volgende:
Kevin, is dat de tweelingbroer van Kiefer?

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 12:43:55 Trump’s “96%” complaint about Google is from an article by right-wing PJ Media that has been making the rounds online in the last day. It complains that the News tab for Trump brings up...news sites...rather than right-wing opinion sites...like PJ Media. https://t.co/RfEM6a0PRm https://t.co/HOfN7zyQm0 reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 13:02:13 Here is the “bias” classification system the PJ Media uses. Among the “left-wing” outlets: the Associated Press, USA Today, Politico, The Hill, Bloomberg, Reuters (to which Trump just gave an interview)...In other words, this is all very silly. But you knew that. https://t.co/tfmcDbcMn4 reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 19:46 schreef gniffie het volgende:
Wie zijn trouwens de beste twitteraars om al dit leuks te volgen

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 20:01 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Onderzoek stelt dodental orkaan Maria op Puerto Rico bij van 64 naar 2.975 https://nu.nl/buitenland/(...)bij-van-64-2975.html (via @NUnl)

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 20:05 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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Dat is nogal een bijstelling.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 20:01 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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kyle griffin
paul krugman
Jim Acosta
Ted Lieu

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 20:01 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Onderzoek stelt dodental orkaan Maria op Puerto Rico bij van 64 naar 2.975 https://nu.nl/buitenland/(...)bij-van-64-2975.html (via @NUnl)

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Republicans Push Back on Trump's Trade Gambit

The president threatened to leave Canada behind in renegotiating NAFTA. But lawmakers doubt he’s allowed to do that.
Congressional Republicans disregarded President Donald Trump's announcement Monday that he would pursue a bilateral trade deal with Mexico unless Canadian negotiators quickly agree to a framework for an updated trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement, arguing that his plan may not even be possible due to procedural constraints.

"That would be almost impossible as it's been described to me,” said Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson when asked about Trump’s plan. “About all we can really do is fix NAFTA and keep it as a three-party agreement, which I think, first of all, we should want that.”

Trump, announcing the understanding with Mexico, said that he would like to rename NAFTA the “United States-Mexico Trade Agreement.” The “agreement” — used in the loosest sense of the term — is preliminary. Many details haven’t been shared yet, though it represents a key breakthrough for U.S. and Mexican negotiators who have quibbled over auto manufacturing requirements for months. It would include new minimum wage requirements for a percentage of the vehicle manufacturing process ($16 an hour) and increase the amount of U.S. or Mexican content that must be included in each automobile, from 62.5 percent to 75 percent, in order to obtain duty-free status.

"We will see whether or not we decide to put up Canada or just do a separate deal with Canada, if they want to make the deal,” Trump said.

Because the White House has to notify Congress 90 days in advance of signing an agreement, negotiators have only until Friday to strike a deal if they want to finish a new NAFTA before current Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto is replaced by left-wing president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in early December. Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to appear in Washington to meet with negotiators on Tuesday, but it remains to be seen just how flexible the Canadians are willing to be on a number of politically-sensitive issues, such as dairy tariffs. If Canada does not agree to a renegotiated NAFTA this week, the White House plans to notify Congress of the U.S.-Mexico deal on Friday instead, a senior Trump administration official told reporters on a phone call with reporters Monday afternoon.

“Ideally Canada will be in it and we’ll be able to notify that. If Canada’s not in, we’ll notify that we have an agreement with Mexico and we’re open to Canada joining us,” the official told reporters.

It is unclear why the office of the U.S. Trade Representative thinks this is an option.

In order to negotiate trade pacts quickly in accordance with Trade Promotion Authority, the White House has to notify Congress of its intentions in writing. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer did that in the spring of 2017—but with respect to NAFTA specifically, explicitly stating that both Mexico and Canada would be involved. “I am pleased to notify the Congress that the President intends to initiate negotiations with Canada and Mexico regarding modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement,” Lighthizer wrote in his letter.

This kicked off a process that allows the administration to move more quickly in obtaining congressional approval, known as “ fast track” negotiating authority, which speeds up to process by limiting the amount of debate time available and preventing amendments from being submitted to trade agreements, among other things.

But Lighthizer has not taken any of the steps required to proceed on a bilateral basis to negotiate an entirely new U.S.-Mexico trade agreement. CNBC’s Kayla Tausche notes that the administration would have to ask Congress to approve the two-party negotiations and would later have to notify lawmakers of its plans to seek a vote on that trade deal. “That process would take, at a minimum, 180 days,” Tausche writes.

"What the administration submitted to Congress in setting up the opportunity to use TPA, and the expedited process that TPA allows, contemplated a revision to a tri-party agreement,” Pennsylvania Republican Pat Toomey told reporters on Monday night. “So it's my understanding that this has to be a tri-party agreement.”

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ABC twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 23:44:28 FIFA head Gianni Infantino gifts Pres. Trump a red card for "when you want to kick out someone." The president jokingly pretended to give it to members of the media gathered in the Oval Office. https://t.co/NkJuIoyFEp https://t.co/RaMhiTUITc reageer retweet