2017 g20

[tay]

It's unofficially 5 (not counting Qatar which really hasn't amped up yet) that America is directly involved with and who knows where else they are promoting American values.......


Obama’s mission creep, without public debate or congressional sanction, goes on without examination of what it may entail for future presidents, let alone the present one. This is the new normal, and it’s a new normal the press codifies every time it treats Obama’s ever-expanding war as dull and barely newsworthy.

www.thenation.com/…


Americans have no idea they're at war with these 5 countries


www.youtube.com/watch?v=m04YtDwsZEw

 

[JLM]

Um. . . no. I try to minimize the time I spend with the idiot box clamped to my face, and even were I to accept that, wouldn't be hard to find a more professional operation than CBC.

True, but that's not the reason.


It's like watching a 7-year-old kid pretend he's Superman.

The client states are always good for a laugh.

I think Trudeau has to grow a few whiskers yet before he's any world leader, not to mention a few brains!

 

[EagleSmack]

And I am sorry you don't understand just how idiotic it is that a nation with Germany's economy and population has supplanted the US as world leader. I know that it will only last until the US actually elects someone competent, but for now Germany's leader is more respected than that of the US. BTW isolationism did not work very well for the US the last time it tried it.

How did it work out the last time Germany was a world leader?

Anyhow... you read too much Fake News.

 

[Bar Sinister]

How did it work out the last time Germany was a world leader?

Ah - I see you have managed to get the point. Nowhere in my post did I say that this was a good thing. The nations of the Free World need American leadership. Unfortunately, the current administration is not giving it to them.

 

[tay]

Ah - I see you have managed to get the point. Nowhere in my post did I say that this was a good thing. The nations of the Free World need American leadership. Unfortunately, the current administration is not giving it to them.

No, the world can do without any more America's leadership which has unleashed the dogs of the Muslim world on the rest of the planet........


Trump’s looming decision on punitive steel tariffs hangs in the air as Group of 20 leaders meet in Hamburg with trade among the most divisive issues. Attendees include the U.S. president and China’s Xi Jinping, whose country has long been the target of steel dumping complaints. As the meeting’s first day wrapped up, leaders indicated that steel remains one of the hottest subjects of debate.

"There is a chance to solve the topic of steel overproduction multilaterally, that is within the G-20 group," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday at the summit, urging fellow leaders to find a common solution to steel overproduction. Otherwise, the risk of "bilateral actions" increases, Merkel said. Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said steel “is a key question and an open one.”

Trump’s administration is weighing whether to impose tariffs, quotas or a combination of both on steel imports under national security grounds through Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, even though only a fraction of U.S. steel is used for defense. Trump’s Commerce Department launched its review in April, missed a self-imposed deadline for a decision last month and is expected to announce a verdict soon.

The investigation is peculiar in that the top providers of steel to the U.S. are allies, led by Canada, both the U.S.’s top importer and exporter of steel. Any penalties could have a ripple effect on other trading partners and allies such as Germany, Japan, Russia, South Korea and Mexico, all major steel exporters to the U.S.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has been privately assured by the U.S. that Canada won’t be affected by any steel measures, according to a Canadian government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as Trump weighs his next move. Trudeau has said it’s unlikely Canada will be affected.

The tension over steel evokes the confrontations at the Group of Seven summit in May, where leaders haggled over climate policy before eventually settling on a six-against-one stance with Trump as the outlier.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-07/trump-s-steel-wild-card-hangs-over-g-20-as-tariff-threat-looms