Return to the TPP: Trump Realizes Trade Deal Aligns with Goals on China
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Trump’s TTP Reversal, a Sign of Political Maturity?
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s penchant for political reversals is now considered par for the course in his topsy-turvy White House, but his abrupt about-face on Washington’s membership in the multinational trade Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) last week was definitely a doozy. After having lambasted the pact throughout his political campaign, denouncing its potential impact on the U.S.
Read moreWhy the Americas Summit Was a Bomb
By RICARDO CASTILLO The eighth Summit of the Americas (SOA). which concluded Saturday. April 14, in Lima, Peru, was little more than a watered-down exercise in continental power. For starters, the “mini-summit” was unintentionally bombarded by U.S. President Donald Trump by his not attending. Also silently absent from the event was talkative Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro, who was not invited. A face-to-face clash
Read moreHold Your Horses, Twittering Don
By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has been down in the polls for so long that he’d forgotten what it felt like being up. That sensation, however, somewhat eased last week as he delivered a speech politely calling upon U.S. President Donald Trump to reign back his egregious horses. The reaction to his speech was monumental. Immediately, every
Read moreTrump Bumps into his Mexican Wall, Again
By RICARDO CASTILLO Tweeting Donald began his latest tirade against Mexico last Monday, April 2. when he warned that a new threat was impending over the poor, helpless USA because the Mexican government was allowing a “caravan of Hondurans” to cross into Mexico and that caravan was heading for the northern border. And, once again, POTUS threatened to cancel Mexico’s “milk cow,”
Read moreWhere Marx Went Wrong
By ANANYA BORDOLOI Special to Pulse News Mexico The Brexit choice by British voters to leave the European Union and the electoral victory of U.S. President Donald J. Trump both demonstrate a drastic incongruity with Karl Marx’s prediction of a “proletariat revolution” that would “destroy all previous insecurities for, and insurance of, individual property.” Clearly, Marx stands corrected
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