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Financial Times: US Tariffs Threaten Global Economy

June 26, 2018
A trade war is underway, and the US president may next target German carmakers – even though his first round of trade tariffs has already provoked retaliation, increasing steel prices and making US products less competitive, prompting one US motorcycle company to announce plans for shifting some production overseas. “Cutting one’s own car manufacturers off from specialist imported components is a...

National Review: Asylum Crisis Is a Security Challenge

Andrew C. McCarthy June 25, 2018
The US government struggles to control a border in crisis as hundreds of families seek asylum. The rule of law is only as good as enforcement backed by adequate resources. Writing for National Review, Andrew McCarthy argues the crisis is a security rather than legal challenge, and he maintains that new laws will not resolve the immediate problem. He urges barriers to stop the flow of immigrants...

The Guardian: Immigrant Children in Cages at Texas Warehouse

June 21, 2018
Widespread media coverage of a south Texas warehouse sheds light on the physical manifestations of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy vis-à-vis illegal immigration. An estimated 2,000 children have been taken from their parents since US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the initiative, “which directs homeland security officials to refer all cases of illegal entry into the...

BBC: Health Impact of Separating Children from Parents

Jessica Lussenhop June 21, 2018
Doctors speak out against a Trump administration policy that separates children from parents attempting to cross the US border. The policy could cause long-term, irreversible harm unless the families are swiftly reunited. The new policy began in a chaotic way with empty big-box stores and tents used to shelter the children, including babies and toddlers, with the risk that some families may never...

NPR: US Announces Withdrawal From UN Human Rights Council

Colin Dwyer June 20, 2018
The US ambassador to the United Nations and the secretary state announced that the country is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council. The diplomats insist withdrawal is not a retreat from human rights commitments and called some of the organization’s endeavors “hypocritical” and “self-serving.” Ambassador Nikki Haley has complained about the Council’s bias against Israel for its treatment...

Spiegel: Time for the EU to Isolate Trump?

Roland Nelles June 19, 2018
European leaders wrestle with how to deal with disruptive US policies. The G7 meeting in Canada reflected the divisions and erosion of US disdain for strongmen’s ways. Writing for Spiegel Online, Roland Nelles describes the brutish approach: disdain for agreements made by predecessors, rejection for the rules of international order or rational arguments, fawning over leaders of Russia and North...

The Atlantic: Moral Reckoning for Trump’s Immigration Policy

Krishnadev Calamur June 18, 2018
Public outrage intensifies over a Trump administration policy that labels incoming immigrants without documentation, including asylum-seekers, as law-breakers and requires border agents to separate children from detained parents. About 2000 migrant children have been separated under the “zero tolerance” policy and kept in makeshift shelters including barren tents and former Walmart stores. “The...