World Rethink - Rethinking the World: May 2018

Thursday, May 31, 2018

WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on Thursday, May 31, 2018

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#WR Opinion: Anger between friends! @Reuters: ‘The European Union will launch a case at the WTO against a US move to put new import tariffs on EU steel & aluminum.’ EU says: 'This is not the way we do business, and certainly not between longstanding partners, friends and allies.’

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#WR Opinion: North Korean ‘devil’ comes to US. @WSJ says Secretary of State Pompeo is talking with Gen. Kim Yong Chol, the right-hand man of Kim Jong Un. The NK official was accused in 2015 to orchestrate a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures and to sink a South Korean warship in 2010.

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#WR Opinion: Is it possible a German-American commercial war? According to @Reuters,President Trump threatens to drive German imported luxury cars off the US streets. Meanwhile, German makers have huge factories in US where they build more than 800,000 cars and employ US workers.

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#WR Analysis: Robots working as taxis! @Reuters wrote ‘Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will add up to 62,000 more cars to Alphabet Inc’s autonomous driving unit Waymo, the companies said on Thursday, as part of Waymo’s plan to roll out a robotaxi service in the US later this year.’

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#WR Analysis: Corruption scandal is shaking Spain. @WSJ says ‘Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is poised to fall from power after a corruption scandal." The conservative leader lost support gradually after he took a series of unpopular measures to avert an economic collapse.

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on Wednesday, May 30, 2018

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#WR Opinion: The Dragon roars! @WSJ says: ‘The White House’s surprise decision to move forward w/the tariffs and other sanctions threatens to derail trade talks. The official Xinhua News Agency said the Trump administration’s “flip-flopping” is hurting US “national credibility”'.

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#WR Analysis: Violent students are factor in school shootings? The Hill posted interview to Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn). ‘Black, who is running for Tennessee governor, blamed the increase in school shootings on “deterioration of the family,” “violent movies” and “pornography,”.'

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#WR Opinion: Fears about Huawei and ZTE.@WSJ asks crucial question ‘Are Huawei and ZTE a Real Cybersecurity Threat?’ Washington worries if Chinese government could use these companies to spy or support cyber-attacks. Take the risk is foolhardy. (Telecom: Huawei: No.1, ZTE: No 4.)

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#WR Analysis: Mexicans are electing president. @WSJ posted “‘Tropical Messiah’: A Trump-Style Politician Is Mexican Presidential Front Runner’ where it explains that Andrés Manuel López Obrador leads the polls in his third running for president. He is a left-wing politician.

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#WR Opinion: German war against the plastics. @DW posted “Germany’s waste problem: Recycling isn’t enough”. In this story, it says that “The EU wants to outlaw single-use plastic items.” And Germans are leading the efforts to eradicate plastic things like plates and coffee cups.

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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on Tuesday, May 29, 2018

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#WR Analysis: New Italian government crisis can push a European Apocalypse @WSJ: ‘Italy sparks global fear of fresh euro crisis‘. The domestic problems of the Italian politics can generate a huge crisis that damages the euro zone and others. Italy is the third EU economy.

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#WR Opinion: China is the big US problem. The journalist Gerald F. Seib of @WSJ wrote ‘The most important international problem confronting the Trump administration isn’t in North Korea or Iran. Instead, it lies in the rapidly multiplying challenges posed by China.’ I agree.

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#WR Opinion: China,Russia are happy with Iran. @WSJ wrote ‘Chinese and Russian state-backed companies are maneuvering to profit from European firms leaving Iran, threatening the Trump administration’s bid to raise economic pressure on Tehran.’ In the end, US helps China & Russia.

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#WR Opinion: Argentine fantasy collapses again. @WSJ posts “‘Gradualism Is Dead’: Argentina Faces Pressure to Hasten Economic Overhaul”,a story that shows the subsidies and fictitious numbers of the populism model of Kirchner ended when Macri reviewed the real economic balances.

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#WR Analysis: North Korea is playing diplomacy. @Reuters posts ‘Most senior North Korean envoy to hold official talks in U.S. in 18 years’, a story that explains Mr. Kim is sending an important member of his team to US to set the Summit. What are the real plans of the NK leader?

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