It's hard to believe, but in many ways 2018 was, actually, the best year to be alive yet for the average human on Earth.
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It's hard to believe, but in many ways 2018 was, actually, the best year to be alive yet for the average human on Earth.
Nearly 4,000 comments have been sent to the office of US trade representative Robert Lighthizer, most of them seeking to get categories of products off the list, arguing that many of the proposed tariffs will lead to higher prices for consumers—or worse, to their businesses failing—because of their inability to source good alternatives in a timely fashion. Selected businesses and trade groups spoke before Lighthizer in over a week of hearings that started Aug. 20 and have produced some 500 pages of transcripts per day. The public comments and transcripts offer a glimpse into multiple corners of the US economy that stand to be affected if the trade war deepens drastically. Over and over again, many US businesses echoed a common refrain: Nobody does what we need better than China.
Even people who hate America love America. The late Kim Jong Il was obsessed with Hollywood movies; the same left-wing Europeans who call the US an imperialist hegemon sing along to Bob Dylan; terrorists are on Facebook. The same cannot be said of China. Sure, there is the occasional American dude who studied comparative literature and likes to wear those long Chinese shirts. But China wants its appeal to extend beyond awkward Chinese literature guy. It wants the world to like China.
Perhaps what Pyongyang needed all along was a few Big Macs. North Korea’s tightly controlled capital isn’t exactly brimming with Western fast-food chains, and forget about the rest of the impoverished country. But as a goodwill gesture, Kim Jong-un’s regime may allow a “Western hamburger chain” in the showcase city, according to a new CIA report described by US officials to CNBC.
