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US AIDS Program in Africa: Entitlement" or Success?

Ryan Lenora Brown January 30, 2017
Drastic government reform was a cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s campaign, and his actions are fulfilling that promise. His transition team for the US State Department disseminated questionnaires inquiring whether the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief was “worth the massive investment.” Since instituted the by George W. Bush in 2003, the program has contributed more than $72...

Confusion of the Trump Travel Ban: CNN

Evan Perez, Pamela Brown and Kevin Liptak January 30, 2017
The Trump administration, eager to demonstrate he will follow through on his most extreme campaign promises, issued an executive order abruptly banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries and also blocking admission of refugees. Authorities in the seven countries and US agencies were caught off guard, with the order released before processes were put in place. “The result was widespread...

Mexico Can Thrive Without Trump

Ernesto Zedillo January 29, 2017
Donald Trump has put other nations on notice – the United States is reviewing relationships, expecting balanced trade and compliance on security matters. He promised that Mexico would pay for a border wall though such “demands have defied legal and economic rationality,” explains Ernesto Zedillo, Yale professor and former president of Mexico. Zedillo lists flawed assumptions including NAFTA was...

Chinese Are Celebrating Lunar New Year by Escaping China

Dong Lyu and Bruce Einhorn January 27, 2017
More than 6 million passengers are flying out of China during the weeklong holiday that begins January 28, mostly to nearby Asian countries like Japan and Thailand. Thousands of expatriates also travel to the country for celebrations of the traditional Lunar New Year with family. The vast majority, however, of the 414 million on the move – equivalent to the entire European Union – will travel...

US House Republicans Defend Border Adjustment Tax

January 26, 2017
The US House of Representatives are considering a border tax, part of a plan to reform tax treatment of imports and exports – and prevent US firms from relocating headquarters overseas to evade taxes. The plan would replace revenues lost by another proposal to reduce the corporate tax rate to 20 percent. The legislators disagree with the president over details. Donald Trump prefers slashing the...

The Economic Peril of Aggrieved Nationalism

Martin Wolf January 25, 2017
Humanity is tribal, notes Martin Wolf for the Financial Times, and communities form around shared cultural or national values during difficult times. “Today, as in the past, leaders foment aggrieved nationalism to justify despotism and even war,” Wolf writes. “For much of human history, war was seen as the natural relationship between societies. Victory brought plunder, power and prestige, at...

How Trump Would Rework NAFTA – And What Mexico, Canada Want in Return

Theophilos Argitis, Eric Martin, and Saleha Mohsin January 24, 2017
The North America Free Trade Agreement, in place since 1994, could benefit from updating. The agreement lifted most tariffs among Canada, Mexico and the United States and has had a net impact on growth and jobs for all three countries, according to multiple analysts. The Trump administration has announced plans to reopen NAFTA negotiations to create more US jobs. “Canada’s strategy, at this stage...