Tag: Trade
Stevenson’s army, August 7
– US public support for Ukraine is eroding.
– US imports from China are dropping.
– More people are trying to avoid the news.
– NYT analyzes Ukraine’s slow offensive
– FT says China tells economists not to be negative.
History lesson – how close the 1916 election was.
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Stevenson’s army, July 7
– The Biden Administration is trying to get around the Constitution’s delegation of trade powers to Congress by making deals and then asking Congress to approve.
– And the House seems willing to oblige, by passing a law allowing it.
– BTW, USMCA hasn’t worked as promised [The story is truncated because neither I nor SAIS wants to pay $5000+ per year for Politico Pro]
– The Supreme Court is making law behind the scenes with its Shadow Docket.
– And news coverage of the Court misses key developments.
– CFR members are backchanneling with Russia
– GOP does want to send US troops into Mexico.
– Walter Pincus sees culture wars in the US military
-DOD wants to block Chinese & Russian influence over academia.
– Tel Aviv police chief charges political interference.
– Germany cuts all but defense.
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Stevenson’s army, June 17
– Biden was talked out of calling Xi during spy balloon incident
– US is pushing hard for Saudi-Israeli agreement
– Russian troops are getting better
– Northcom and Space Force are fighting
-Politico explains Biden”s “radical trade agenda”
– Axios notes increased US manufacturing
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– FP says China is rewriting the Law of the Sea
-Yale prof says we don’t know much about Chinese decision-making
– FT’s always intriguing economist Tim Harford says we should study low tech
Stevenson’s army, June 3
– NYT has a good assessment of the debt ceiling deal. In my view, the good news is that a centrist agreement was reached and passed; the bad news is that future agreements will be harder because the Administration seems to accept the GOP red lines of no new revenues and ever-growing defense, and the GOP accept the Democratic opposition to touching mandatory social programs.
– Jake Sullivan says the US still wants arms control. His speech, and a story about it.
– FP writer complains [and he’s right] that the Biden administration isn’t really doing trade deals yet falsely redefines agreements as FTAs.
– WSJ notes that oral exams are back. [We were there long ago.]
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Stevenson’s army, April 19
– Discord docs say Egypt paused on arms to Russia after US pressure.
– Tucker Carlson used altered docs.
– Russia claimed only 1% of faked profiles caught.
– Saudis & UAE buy Russian oil.
– US will sell F16 equipment to Turkey
– Ukraine war changed IMF.
–China is retaliating against US companies
– Politico lists likely contenders for top military jobs.
– Bob Gates says US needs to be much better at strategic communications.
– Researchers say partisan media works.
My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I republish here, with occasional videos of my choice. To get Stevenson’s army by email, send a blank email (no subject or text in the body) to stevensons-army+subscribe@googlegroups.com. You’ll get an email confirming your join request. Click “Join This Group” and follow the instructions to join. Once you have joined, you can adjust your email delivery preferences (if you want every email or a digest of the emails).
Stevenson’s army, March 8
– NYT & others say Nordstream attack likely by pro-Ukraine group. Die Ziet has more:
New reporting in German media Tuesday indicates that Berlin’s investigation revealed “traces [that] lead in the direction of Ukraine,” identifying a team of six commandos — five men and one woman — that carried out the attack using a yacht rented from a Poland-based company. “Investigators found traces of explosives on the table in the cabin” of the vessel, per a translation of the Zeit Online report. “The group consisted of a captain, two divers, two diving assistants and a doctor.”
– Only 15% in US view China favorably, poll says.
– FP argues that Commerce has supplanted USTR as the real source of US trade policy.
– Legistorm reports: Almost two in five House offices didn’t touch their 2022 MRA increases.
– The Senate Intelligence Committee today held an open session with the IC leaders and released their unclassified threat assessment.
Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 7, 2023
An unprecedented increase to the Members’ Representational Allowance gave the average House personal office an extra $314,000 in funds last year. But nearly two out of five offices didn’t use a single dollar of that increase, according to a LegiStorm analysis of the House’s latest spending data.
The average personal office disclosed spending 84.0% of its 2022 funds. On average, Democrats spent an extra 4.4% more of their budgets than Republicans – a difference of about $95,000 more per office.
2022’s 21% MRA increase was meant to help the House attract and retain staff talent.
To begin tapping into the MRA increase, each personal office needed to spend at least 82.65% of its 2022 budget. Only 62% did so. The remaining 38% of the House disclosed spending that would have been sustainable without any increase. It’s common for offices to report expenses after the year’s end, so the number of 2022 “underspenders” is likely to shrink somewhat.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) had the House’s highest spending. His office used more than 98.7% of its budget, including 85.1% on staffer pay. The average office spent 67.3% of its total budget on staffer pay.
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