Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"None of these governments believes <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> will keep his word. How could they? The man broke every commitment he ever touched.</p><p>The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> deal. The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> Agreement. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> cooperation. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a> norms. Trade deals with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>. He walked away from each of them. Because <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> creates attention, and attention is the only currency he respects."<br><a href="https://www.theindex.media/trust-is-dead-trump-keeps-selling-the-corpse/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theindex.media/trust-is-dead-t</span><span class="invisible">rump-keeps-selling-the-corpse/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/World" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>World</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WorldNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldNews</span></a></p>
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Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>No Globalization Without Representation: U.S. Activists and World Inequality <br>Paul Adler<br>University of Pennsylvania Press</p><p>"How consumer and environmental activists became significant players in U.S. and world politics</p><p>Amid the mass protests of the 1960s, another, less heralded political force arose: public interest progressivism. Led by activists like Ralph Nader, organizations of lawyers and experts worked "inside the system." They confronted corporate power and helped win major consumer and environmental protections. By the late 1970s, some public interest groups moved beyond U.S. borders to challenge multinational corporations. This happened at the same time that neoliberalism, a politics of empowerment for big business, gained strength in the U.S. and around the world.</p><p>No Globalization Without Representation is the story of how consumer and environmental activists became significant players in U.S. and world politics at the twentieth century's close. NGOs like Friends of the Earth and Public Citizen helped forge a progressive coalition that lobbied against the emerging neoliberal world order and in favor of what they called "fair globalization." From boycotting Nestlé in the 1970s to lobbying against NAFTA to the "Battle of Seattle" protests against the World Trade Organization in the 1990s, these groups have made a profound mark.</p><p>This book tells their stories while showing how public interest groups helped ensure that a version of liberalism willing to challenge corporate power did not vanish from U.S. politics. Public interest groups believed that preserving liberalism at home meant confronting attempts to perpetuate conservative policies through global economic rules. No Globalization Without Representation also illuminates how professionalized organizations became such a critical part of liberal activism..."</p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Globalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Globalization</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AlternativeGlobalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeGlobalization</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/NAFTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAFTA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.pennpress.org/9780812253177/no-globalization-without-representation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pennpress.org/9780812253177/no</span><span class="invisible">-globalization-without-representation/</span></a></p>
AccordionBruce<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@meganL" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>meganL</span></a></span> <br>I was given a little stack of salvaged chloroplast and used it without noticing</p><p>It’s definitely useless for the kind of papier mache puppets we used to make</p><p>But yeah waterproof. And I’d never noticed its relative weightlessness if somebody has trouble carrying a sign, but really wants to </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/puppets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>puppets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@mpjgregoire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mpjgregoire</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> yeah, ask <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Anguilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anguilla</span></a> about their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a> suit against the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> where they won a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IntellectualProperty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualProperty</span></a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TLDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TLDR</span></a>: Good lick with that!</li></ul><p>IMHO <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a> should be outlawed as a matter of principle and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> be subject to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FRAND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FRAND</span></a> licensing and cease to exist the moment it's not available for pirchase new by individuals and/or businesses!</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> announced the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RareEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RareEarth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a> controls late on Friday as part of a broader package of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> & company restrictions in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s decision to hike tariffs against most Chinese products to 54%.</p><p>China announced additional tariffs of 34% on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> goods.</p><p>It added 11 entities to the "unreliable entity" list.</p><p>And it filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ETTTTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ETTTTS</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/europe-prepares-response-trump-tariffs-global-markets-plunge-2025-04-04/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/markets/europe/eur</span><span class="invisible">ope-prepares-response-trump-tariffs-global-markets-plunge-2025-04-04/</span></a></p>
tagesschau<p>US-Zölle stellen erhebliches Risiko für die Weltwirtschaft dar </p><p>Die US-Regierung hat ihre Handelspartner mit erheblichen Einfuhrzöllen belegt. Gerade in Zeiten einer eher stagnierenden Wirtschaft berge das Gefahren, warnen IWF und WTO.</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/weltwirtschaft/iwf-168.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/weltw</span><span class="invisible">irtschaft/iwf-168.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ard.social/tags/Welthandel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Welthandel</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/IWF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IWF</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/Konjunktur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Konjunktur</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1967603/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1967603/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Zoll-Konflikt: Trump verhängt drastische Zölle: EU kündigt Gegenmaßnahmen an <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/aluminium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aluminium</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deutschland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europa</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/handel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handel</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Harley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harley</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Importe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Importe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Jeans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jeans</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Kanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanada</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/mdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mdr</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Nachrichten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nachrichten</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sachsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sachsen</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SachsenAnhalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SachsenAnhalt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Soja" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soja</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/stahl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stahl</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/steuern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steuern</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Th%C3%BCringen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thüringen</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VonDerLEyen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VonDerLEyen</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Waren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waren</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/welt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>welt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Zoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zoll</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/z%C3%B6lle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zölle</span></a></p>
CiieePiiee<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@kattascha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kattascha</span></a></span> ich empfehle die Lektüre des Artikels von <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/stephenMiran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stephenMiran</span></a> aus 11.2024 übersetzt: "Leitfaden für die Umstrukturierung<br>des globalen Handelssystems" <a href="https://www.hudsonbaycapital.com/documents/FG/hudsonbay/research/638199_A_Users_Guide_to_Restructuring_the_Global_Trading_System.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hudsonbaycapital.com/documents</span><span class="invisible">/FG/hudsonbay/research/638199_A_Users_Guide_to_Restructuring_the_Global_Trading_System.pdf</span></a> hier steht das Drehbuch. Nach den Zöllen kommt der Entzug des US Sicherheitsschirms für alle die nicht spuren. Es geht um d. erzwungene Abwertung d. US Dollars, mit d. sich Trump auf Kosten aller entschulden wird. Das ist kein Handelskrieg sondern ein Wirtschaftskrieg. Komplettschaden für das <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/wto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wto</span></a> u. <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Faschismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faschismus</span></a> pur</p>
Walter Menteth<p>US has now exited the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a> (World Trade Org.) <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPA</span></a> (General <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Procurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Procurement</span></a> Agreement) which Reagan & Thatcher effectively wrote as a central pillar of neoliberalism & which monetarised all values. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> has consistently opposed consideration of other values <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> values, EDI etc. which globally others have sought. <br>With US exiting into isolationism huge opportunity now arises for a global reset. <br>US corporate capital has been looting & pillaging for too long.</p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>Labor to consider WTO challenge if Trump targets Australia with ‘liberation day’ tariffs <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/02/australia-donald-trump-tariffs-wto-challenge-consideration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/02/australia-donald-trump-tariffs-wto-challenge-consideration</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Tim Finnerty<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@randahl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>randahl</span></a></span> Perhaps economists on the thread can chime in with their favourite <a href="https://toot.io/tags/FreeTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTrade</span></a> and specialisation arguments. For the rest of us, we have to dig out <a href="https://toot.io/tags/AdamSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdamSmith</span></a> et al.</p><p>The world tried for decades to agree on unrestricted, international trade <a href="https://toot.io/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a> and now it's like you have to debate the underlying principles again.</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>A U.S. delegate told a March 4 <a href="https://c.im/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a> budget meeting that its payments to the 2024 and 2025 budgets were <br>👉on hold pending a review of contributions to international organisations <br>-- and that it would inform the WTO of the outcome at an unspecified date, two trade sources with direct knowledge of the meeting said.</p><p>A third trade source confirmed their account and said the WTO was coming up with a <a href="https://c.im/tags/PlanB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanB</span></a> in case of a prolonged funding pause, without elaborating.</p><p>The WTO has already been hobbled by a U.S. move in 2019 during Trump's first term to block new judge appointments to its top appeals court, <br>which left its key dispute settlement system only partially functional. </p><p>Washington had accused the WTO Appellate Body of judicial overreach in trade disputes.</p><p>The Geneva-based trade watchdog had an annual budget of 205 million Swiss francs ($232.06 million) in 2024. </p><p>The United States was due to contribute about 11% of that based on a fees system that is proportionate to its share of global trade, according to public WTO documents.</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us-suspends-financial-contributions-wto-trade-sources-say-2025-03-27/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us-suspends-</span><span class="invisible">financial-contributions-wto-trade-sources-say-2025-03-27/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> has paused contributions to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WorldTradeOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldTradeOrganization</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a>], 3 trade sources told Reuters, as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s admin ramps up efforts to cut govt spending.</p><p>The Trump admin is retreating from global institutions it sees as at odds w/his "America First" economic policies. It plans to quit some, such as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WorldHealthOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldHealthOrganization</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WHO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WHO</span></a>], & has cut contributions to others as part of a broad review of federal spending.</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us-suspends-financial-contributions-wto-trade-sources-say-2025-03-27/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us-suspends-</span><span class="invisible">financial-contributions-wto-trade-sources-say-2025-03-27/</span></a></p>
demi7en 🎗🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> Another short story when the CCP allowed their Chinese subjects to celebrate online: </p><p>"Let's jump back to autumn 2001 when the *republican* neo-con administration of George W. Bush launched the second Iraq War for which the USA is still paying heavy financial and *reputational* cost.</p><p>On the early Chinese forums people were delirious with joy. (i.e. "permitted speech" in the PRC)</p><p>Just a year earlier in 2000 the USA had agreed to allow <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> to join the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a>... and in 1994, only a few years after the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Tiananmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tiananmen</span></a> massacre, the USA had handed the CCP/PRC the coveted Most Favored Nation (MFN) status.</p><p>Yet for the Chinese regime it's not enough for them to win; the USA and all other non-submissive democracies must lose.</p><p>I was still rather dismayed back in 2001, but only until I understood the policy."</p><p>NB: This is part of a post I made on Nov 7, 2024 in response to the Chinese *celebrating* the result of the most recent US presidential elections...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/deck/@demi7en/113437167796537912" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/deck/@demi7en</span><span class="invisible">/113437167796537912</span></a> </p><p>It's a little odd that the Chinese communist dictatorship never allows its subjects to celebrate when the United States or the Democratic Left succeeds in something... 🧐 </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a></p>
Jason Yip<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> takes aim at proposed <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> port fees with expected <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a> complaint <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/china-takes-aim-at-proposed-us-port-fees-with-expected-wto-complaint/ar-AA1AYZsY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/money/companies/</span><span class="invisible">china-takes-aim-at-proposed-us-port-fees-with-expected-wto-complaint/ar-AA1AYZsY</span></a></p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>France’s European affairs minister, Benjamin Haddad, said on Wednesday that the EU could “go further” in its response to the US tariffs: “If it came to a situation where we had to go further, digital services or intellectual property could be included,” he said. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/eu-retaliates-against-trump-tariffs-with-26bn-countermeasures" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/12/eu-retaliates-against-trump-tariffs-with-26bn-countermeasures</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TRIPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TRIPS</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ecommerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecommerce</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/digitalservices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalservices</span></a></p>
João Costa 💚🇵🇹🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦<p>"The 25% global <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on steel and aluminium came into effect at midnight ET “with no exceptions or exemptions”. The <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> responded almost immediately, saying it would impose counter tariffs on €26bn ($28bn) worth of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> goods from next month."</p><p>“We deeply regret this measure" - Ursula Von Der Leyen</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> announced it would be “launching a series of countermeasures” in response to the “unjustified trade restrictions”.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumptariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumptariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/mar/12/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminium-aluminum-global-europe-business-live" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/live/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/12/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminium-aluminum-global-europe-business-live</span></a></p>
Heretical_i<p>"<a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Malnutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malnutrition</span></a> food product sees funding affected by USAID cuts<br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/malnutrition-food-product-sees-funding-affected-by-usaid-cuts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/video/malnutrition</span><span class="invisible">-food-product-sees-funding-affected-by-usaid-cuts/</span></a></p><p>Fuck you, and <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@CBSNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CBSNews</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@cbsnews/u.s.-news-b4dbunnmz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>u-s-news-CBSNews</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a>, <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/WorldBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldBank</span></a>, and <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/IMF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMF</span></a> - Destroying <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a>-n (or insert name of third world country here) <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> - Walden Bello, FPIF, 2008 <a href="https://razedbywolves.blogspot.com/2008/06/wto-world-bank-and-imf-destroying.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">razedbywolves.blogspot.com/200</span><span class="invisible">8/06/wto-world-bank-and-imf-destroying.html</span></a></p>
Enalys :enalys:<p>As a lefty of a certain age who griw up during globalization, I don't know how to stance with these Trump tariffs stuff.</p><p>Since the 80's, we know that free trades agreements could be – and in fact were – hurtful and destructive to countries, there economy and population, and they always were criticized by the left (Remember the Seattle protests of 1999?).<br>But I don't think going “Full Tariffs on everything with war mongering in bonus” like Trump does is the solution to deglobilize the economy.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.zergy.net/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.zergy.net/tags/Globalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Globalization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.zergy.net/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.zergy.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.zergy.net/tags/Tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariff</span></a></p>
Ukraine War Bulletins and News<p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=IzrdVNIERaY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=IzrdVNIERaY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>⛔️🇺🇸China retaliates against Trump's self-destructive tariffs (ABC News VIDEO) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NukesForUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NukesForUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NukesOrNATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NukesOrNATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BudapestMemorandum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BudapestMemorandum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/russiaUkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russiaUkraineWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/11yrInvasionofUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>11yrInvasionofUkraine</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RussiaIsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaIsATerroristState</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USAIsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAIsATerroristState</span></a></p>
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