December 2018

The caravan of refugees from Central America via Mexico to the U.S. has created a crisis that needs to be addressed properly and quickly. Refugees felt unsafe to travel in small groups elected to travel in caravan to the U. S. to seek asylum. Of course, Mexico is the necessary pathway for entering the U.S. According to international law, refugees should apply for asylum at the first country they arrived...

The caravan of refugees from Central America via Mexico to the U.S. has created a crisis that needs to be addressed properly and quickly. Refugees felt unsafe to travel in small groups elected to travel in caravan to the U. S. to seek asylum. Of course, Mexico is the necessary pathway for entering the U.S. According to international law, refugees should apply for asylum at the first country they arrived...

On December 1, 2018, US President Trump and Chinese Leader Xi Jin Ping held a 150-minute dinner meeting at Buenos Aires, Argentina where the 13th G20 took place. The meeting was highly anticipated and hyped in the media to world attention. At the end, the two sides reached an understanding by announcing a 90-day truce stopping the escalating trade war. Both sides will not increase any tariff rate nor...

​ CPTPP is an acronym representing ‘the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership’, also known as TPP-11, a trade agreement between eleven nations after the U.S. pulled out. The original Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was involving twelve nations including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the U.S. and Vietnam....

​ CPTPP is an acronym representing ‘the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership’, also known as TPP-11, a trade agreement between eleven nations after the U.S. pulled out. The original Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was involving twelve nations including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the U.S. and Vietnam....

​ Henry Paulson, the 74th Secretary of Treasury and former CEO of Goldman Sachs, spoke at the Bloomberg’s New Economic Forum held on November 6-7, 2018 in Singapore. His Opening Remarks were entitled, Cross Road from a Healthy Strategic Competition Will Tip into a Full-Blown Cold War. Paulson’s astute observations on the economy and trade issues stressing the U.S. and China include the following:...

The U.S. has been a promoter and defender of democracy treating it as an ideology rather than a decision making method for establishing government, electing officials, legislating laws and deciding policies and public affairs both domestic and international. Since electing public officials is the most important element in running a government, it became the most prominent element of democracy. Thus...