The US is weighing cutting off Huawei from American suppliers over security concerns
The Wall Street Journal (gated) with the report. In brief, the Journal citing ‘people familiar’: The Biden administration is considering entirely cutting off Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. from U.S. suppliers over national-security concerns by tightening export controls targeting the firm The background to this is that Huawei was placed on the US Department […]
A South American currency union? Don’t hold your breath By Reuters
© Reuters. Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sits with Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez and Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, as they attend a meeting with Brazilian and Argentine business representatives, at the Casa Rosada presidential p By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – South America is not likely to have a common currency […]
Reparations for Black Americans ‘could finally lead to closure’: Sandy Darity
Black Americans whose ancestors were enslaved have been excluded from full citizenship in the United States for the last 247 years — and granting them full citizenship will cost between $13 trillion and $14 trillion, economist William “Sandy” Darity told a conference of fellow U.S. economists last week. To see the impact of second-class citizenship […]