Last week's posts on Moon of Alabama:
- Apr 7 – Trump To Eliminate Capital Gains
- Apr 9 – Some Fall-Out From The Tariff Wars
- Apr 10 – Trump's Market Whiplash Continues
- Apr 12 – Tariffs – Trump Blinks Again
Related:
– Trump’s China tariff shocks US importers. One CEO calls it ‘end of days’ – AP
– Pharmaceutical Tariffs: The What and the How – Science
– Trump, Tariffs and Trade – Craig Murray
– Trump Axes a Stricken World Order — But There's Opportunity Amidst the Turmoil – Conflicts Forum
– Chartbook 372 "We create our own reality" – Trump's delirious negative-sum populism, or how the Empire comes home. – Adam Tooze
- Apr 8 – An Economic Advisor's Weird Theory
Related:
– Treasury yields soar as bond rout intensifies (archived) – FT
– The real bond vigilantes hounding Trump are Asian – Asia Times
– ‘This is Not Normal’: Trump’s Tariffs Upend the Bond Market (archived) – New York Times
In the usually steady government bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury has risen to about 4.5 percent from less than 4 percent at the end of last week.
– Top Trade Expert Says Trump Tariff Pause Lays Bare ‘Just One More Con on Working People’ – Naked Capitalism
- Apr 12 – War With Iran?
Related:
– Iran and US hold ‘productive’ nuclear talks in Oman as Trump rushes for new deal – Independent
– Indirect but impactful: Iran-US talks mediated by Oman off to a ‘constructive’ start – PressTV
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Other issues:
China's Response:
- China raises additional #tariffs to 125% on imported U.S. products – CGTN
- Full text: China's Position on Some Issues Concerning China-US Economic and Trade Relations – scio.gov.cn
- China's new semiconductor rule spares Taiwan fabs, punishes Intel, GlobalFoundries & Texas Instruments – Tom's Hardware
Ukraine:
- Russia launched a missile attack on the center of Sumy. More than 30 people were killed (in Russian) – Strana
- Bezuglaya said that the strike in Sumy was aimed at a crowd of military personnel gathered for the award ceremony. (in Russian) – Strana
- See Member of the Rada Mary Bezuglaya on Twitter (in Russian): here and here. See also here.
- The untold story of British military chiefs’ crucial role in Ukraine (archived) – The Times
The extent of the UK’s involvement in the 2023 spring offensive against Russia — the last-minute dashes to Kyiv, battle plans and intelligence — has remained largely hidden. Until now - Zaluzhny confirmed the involvement of the United States in the planning of military operations in Ukraine from the first months of the war (in Russian) – Strana
- It's Official: Ukraine Conflict is British 'Proxy War' – Kit Klarenberg
- TRUMP’S PURSUIT OF A UKRAINIAN PEACE: Early Results and Future Prospects – Gordon Hahn
- Why a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine is pointless – Responsible Statecraft
- Internal Solidarity and the NATO-Russia Ukrainian War: UPDATE – Gordon Hahn
Palestine:
- ‘They’ll kill us all’: Gazans plead for intervention as Israeli attacks intensify – 972mag
- Israeli network censors report exposing Oct 7 ‘hero’ as hoaxer – Grayzone
- IDF systematically destroyed homes and fields on Gaza border, report finds – (archived) – Washington Post
Rights group Breaking the Silence published testimonies from Israeli troops who said there was a methodical effort to destroy buildings for a buffer zone. - Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say – Inkl
Other stuff:
- Ideological Fundamentalism in International Politics – Glenn Diesen
- U.S. Military Chiefs Gave Secret Orders to Use Germ Warfare on Japan – Jeff Kaye
By July 1945, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff gave military commanders approval to use anti-crop biological weapons against Japan, including authorization for covert use by the OSS. - Vijay Prashad: The Historical Revision of Buchenwald – Consortium News
- The North Sea Chessboard: Germany against Britain – History of Naval Warfare Part 9 – Big Serge
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