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Reposted by: Robert Wolfe, Richard Larouche

theomoudakis.bsky.social
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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Reposted by: Robert Wolfe, Daniel W. Drezner, Gerald Friedman

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I kinda remember Trump pardoning a bunch of people for this, many of whom beat up cops and put them in the hospital. I think they were yelling something about the Vice President as they stormed the building.
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Reposted by: Robert Wolfe, David R. Miller, Stacy D. VanDeveer , and 2 more

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New Yorker cartoons nail it again.
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🤤 (shocked, shocked I tell you)
Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca
Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.
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by Simon Lester — Reposted by: Robert Wolfe, Daniel W. Drezner

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It's a new era for reckless adventurism. Not less of it, just in a different location.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d
Doocy: "If a young man or woman signs up today, are they more likely to deploy to the Middle East or the Midwest?"

Hegseth: "The era of sort of reckless adventurism around the globe is over...We're here to defend the hemisphere, the homeland, the border."
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Reposted by: Robert Wolfe, Jonathan Portes, Christian Odendahl , and 1 more

alanbeattie.bsky.social
OK, let's take this seriously. I had an odd half an hour and via Apple Books had a quick look at the three claims I knew most about - two re the post-Brexit bilateral preferential trade agreements replicated from the EU versions and one about cheaper bananas. All are wrong or wildly implausible. 1/n
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by Robert Wolfe

bobwolfe.bsky.social
If this story about Democrats is right, suggests that the domestic politics of trade in the US are so scrambled that Congress might be unlikely to agree… 2/2
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Why Jared Polis Wants Democrats to Campaign on Free Trade
After years of trying to have it all ways on tariffs, Democrats are uniting in opposition to Trump’s global trade war.
www.politico.com
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by Robert Wolfe

bobwolfe.bsky.social
general assumption is that forthcoming USMCA “review” will be painful for Canada and Mexico. But does that imply that the treaty will be amended? and does that imply a need for Congressional action? 1/2
Why Jared Polis Wants Democrats to Campaign on Free Trade
After years of trying to have it all ways on tariffs, Democrats are uniting in opposition to Trump’s global trade war.
www.politico.com
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by Robert Wolfe

bobwolfe.bsky.social
I was in 🇨🇦 OECD delegation for 4 years, later wrote a study on it for the department, then book chapters... and I learned never to assume that even government people knew what it was, or why it was important. Force fed it to my policy analysis students for years.
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ronsteenblik.bsky.social
Yay! My book chapter ("Emerging into the Light: Fossil Fuel Subsidies at the WTO") — which explores the pathways that have brought fossil fuel subsidies to the WTO, progress made by the forty-eight WTO Members of the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform (FFSR) Initiative through March 2025, ...
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by Robert Wolfe

bobwolfe.bsky.social
@coppetainpu.bsky.social @vaaranpa.um.fi you'd first have to explain what it is
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Peter Ungphakorn @coppetainpu.bsky.social · 3d
Good idea. Few have heard of the OECD, let alone know what it does. This would drag it into the national conversation and give it the higher profile it deserves.
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 3d
Going to launch a campaign for
British withdrawal from the OECD, just for a laugh
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Trump's America First economic vision is pushing Canada to follow suit, reviving a kind of economic nationalism not seen since the 1980s. I unpack the risks, trade-offs and opportunities of #Carney's new 'comprehensive industrial strategy' #cdnpoli #cdnecon
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Pushed by Trump, Canada enters a new era of economic nationalism
The U.S. President’s ‘America First’ economic vision is pushing Ottawa to reach for a Canada First toolkit – one that would have been inconceivable a year ago
www.theglobeandmail.com
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Reposted by: Robert Wolfe, Anna O. Law, Dorothy Bishop , and 11 more

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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
Tawny owl
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coppetainpu.bsky.social
Good idea. Few have heard of the OECD, let alone know what it does. This would drag it into the national conversation and give it the higher profile it deserves.
ciaranm.bsky.social
Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 3d
Going to launch a campaign for
British withdrawal from the OECD, just for a laugh
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coppetainpu.bsky.social
Sad, sad news. Dr Ammar was not well-known outside Thailand except among specialists eg @ifpri.org, but he was a major influence on my career: ag and rice economics, even GATT and the Uruguay Round, and much more. I owe him so much.

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Respected economist Ammar Siamwalla passes away at 86
Ammar Siamwalla, one of the country’s most prominent and respected economists, who specialised in agricultural and development economics, passed away today at the age of 86.
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Reposted by: Robert Wolfe, Simon Lester

stevenchase.bsky.social
Carney to meet with Trump in Washington next week as Canada seeks tariff relief

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Carney to meet with Trump in Washington next week as Canada seeks tariff relief
This will be the Prime Minister’s second trip to the White House since taking office this year
www.theglobeandmail.com
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by Ryan Enos — Reposted by: Robert Wolfe, Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio , and 7 more

ryanenos.bsky.social
Somebody actually sat down and wrote these two sentences, one after another. www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
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Reposted by: Robert Wolfe, Scott L. Greer, Simon Lester

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Mullin: "We know Obamacare, affordable healthcare, didn't work because it made the healthcare costs go through the roof. If we want to solve this issue, how about we use the president that's in office right now? He's the art of the deal, he knows business, he knows what free markets can do"
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Reposted by: Robert Wolfe, Jacalyn Duffin

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Dr. Balfour Mount, who coined the term "palliative care" and whose profound empathy helped revolutionize health-care in North America, died peacefully at the palliative care unit that bears his name. He was 86. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
Balfour Mount, who revolutionized end-of-life care, died at palliative unit named in his honour | CBC News
Mount devoted his life to caring for others and alleviating suffering. In interviews, his family and colleagues remembered him as both deeply compassionate and as a fierce advocate for the humanity of...
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evanbernick.bsky.social
Literally the whole address was about identity
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 6d
Joe Rogan Defends Hegseth Address to Generals: ‘No More Identity Politics and B*llshit’
Joe Rogan Defends Hegseth Address to Generals: ‘No More Identity Politics and B*llshit’
Joe Rogan approved of Pete Hegseth's proposed changes to the U.S. military, saying it was nice there would be "no more identify politics and b*llshit" The post Joe Rogan Defends Hegseth Address to Generals: ‘No More Identity Politics and B*llshit’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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Reposted by: Robert Wolfe, Alan Richardson

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Hegseth said yesterday he wants to ban any symbols of “superficial individual expression” by people serving in the military. Of course, he was probably talking about dangerous things like rainbows.
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by Jessica Green — Reposted by: Robert Wolfe

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@aradwanski.bsky.social correctly identifies one of the key probs w/ Canada’s industrial carbon pricing: too many credits. This is not just a Canada problem, its endemic to cap and trade. “Fixing” carbon pricing is a lot harder than it seems. 🧵
Canada’s industrial carbon pricing system is a mess. Here’s how Carney can fix it
It was barely a system at all when he took office, but since then, the nationwide patchwork has only gotten patchier
www.theglobeandmail.com
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by Robert Wolfe

bobwolfe.bsky.social
I think you have the wrong spin here. First, the story merely says that the government might change the way it allocates EXISTING access for US dairy. Second, dairy is a small part of our domestic food supply. Canadians would not want to eat only Canadian food, especially in winter.
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Once again, Trump is threatening tariffs on films made outside the US, claiming that other countries have "stolen" business from the US movie industry. Yet, how would these tariffs work? Ingo Borchert explains: www.uktpo.org/2025/05/07/b...

#InternationalTrade #US #TrumpTariffs
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The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), established by US President Clinton in 2000, expired yesterday at midnight. For 32 African countries, (even more) uncertainty now looms over #tariffs, exports, and jobs.

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Thousands of jobs at risk in Africa as US trade deal expires
A major US-Africa trade deal, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), will terminate as scheduled on Tuesday, ending duty-free access to U.S. markets for thousands of African products
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coppetainpu.bsky.social
On Sep 30, the US repeated its objection to the current draft in the @wto.org fisheries subsidies talks known as Fish 2. It did not say what its objections are, but the US is understood to be seeking an outright ban on distant-sea fishing.

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Members advised to suspend WTO fish subsidy talks, as a handful hold out
Despite overwhelming support for his draft, departing chair Gunnarsson sees little chance of quick agreement as a few members drag the talks backwards
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Reposted by: Robert Wolfe, Norbert Schwarz, Jonathan A. Eisen , and 5 more

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Hillary Clinton referred to SOME Trump supporters as”deplorable,” and the political media had a meltdown. Trump refers to all Democrats as anti-American radical communists and “the enemy within,” and it’s no big deal. His reckless and dangerous demonization has been fully normalized.
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by Robert Wolfe

bobwolfe.bsky.social
I was just amplifying/endorsing your obvious sarcasm
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bobwolfe.bsky.social
don't think so
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