Thursday, March 22, 2018

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 22, 2018



Justin Worland, Time: Trump's New Tariff on China Sparks Fears of a Trade War

President Trump announced steps to institute new tariffs and penalties to crack down on China’s intellectual property practices as concerns grow that a recent spate of trade actions could launch a global trade war.

“We have a tremendous intellectual property theft situation going on, which likewise is hundreds of billions of dollars,” Trump said before signing a directive for the U.S. Trade Representative to assess tariffs.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 22, 2018

Trump’s $60 billion tariffs on China are his biggest — and riskiest — trade move yet -- Zeeshan Aleem, VOX

Is Trump Playing Into Xi's Hands? -- Michael Schuman, Bloomberg

The story behind Israel's secret strike on Syria's nuclear reactor -- Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor

Has IDF Intelligence learned the lessons from the Syrian reactor strike? -- Eli Ben Meir, Jerusalem Post

In Mideast, democracy struggles to take root -- Dan Perry, AP

Saudi Fragility, and Why MbS Is No Ataturk -- Paul R. Pillar, National Interest

Pakistan Is Feeling US Pressure. Now What? -- Daniel Markey, Cipher Brief

India’s most vital hub city isn’t in India -- Afshin Molavi, Reuters

How Trump Can Separate North Korea From Its Nukes -- Joseph DeTrani, Cipher Brief

Confident Kim -- Rod Lyon, The Strategist

Gaddafi’s ghost haunts walking-dead King Sarko -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times

Overlooked in Putin's Reelection: The Kremlin's Challenge Is From The Left -- Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes

If Russia Is Blackmailing Trump, Tell Investigators, Not MSNBC -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg

Antigua and Barbuda’s strange election -- The Economist

Under fire in US, Cambridge Analytica looks to Asia -- Alan Boyd, Asia Times

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