Pro Democracy protests have been going on for ten weeks in Hong Kong, spurred on by the recent failed Extradition Bill proposal. With protesters pushing harder and China appearing to prepare to push back, the question on everyone’s mind right now is what is going on. Here’s the answer.
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Hong Kongers are protesting a proposed extradition law that would allow China to extradite criminals from Hong Kong. Now that the law has been put on ice people are asking why people are still protesting. In this episode Stephen goes through Hong Kong’s Constitution to show the reasons why the average protester is still in the streets.
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Sonny Perdue and the Trump Administration announced an additional sixteen billion dollars in aid to farmers struggling with the trade war. The question is, how and why is the government paying farmers billions of dollars for goods there’s no market for. This is everything you need to know about this bailout.
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In an escalation of the trade war with China, Trump introduced a whole slate of new tariffs. There are some debates over the economics of these tariffs, but here are the basics of what just happened, and what happened the last few times we imposed tariffs in this war.
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With global warming and the melting of the ice caps, new waterways and land are opening up in the Arctic. This week Pompeo is going on a tour of Arctic countries to try to convince them to mobilize against Chinese and Russian influence in the Arctic region. Here is what’s happening between the major players in this coming “Cold War”.
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We recently saw Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visit the White House to negotiate a one on one peace deal with Trump. Here are the sticking points keeping a deal from being signed, and the conflict that lead up to this point.
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In an effort to further hurt Iran, Trump on the 22nd canceled waivers for countries to purchase Iranian oil. Seventy two percent of Iran’s exports are Oil, so this will be another major blow to their country. Several problems have recently emerged from China’s refusal to comply to Saudia Arabia’s conflict of interest over changing oil price incentives. Here’s what’s going on with Iranian Sanctions.
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Xi Jinping is currently in Italy looking for their official support regarding his Belt and Road Initiative. This would be the first G7 member to endorse the program. None of the other G7 members are thrilled about this. Here’s what’s going on.
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Every year thousands of Chinese politicians get together to discuss the future of the economy. This year the main focuses were a slowdown in GDP growth, a two trillion yuan tax cut, a new foreign investment law, China’s “Hidden Debt” problem, and of course the trade war. Here’s what happened.
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After the fateful meeting in Hanoi everyone’s wondering what’s next. Problem is, our Secretary of State and National Security Advisors have opposing answers to that question. We’ll have to see which one wins the ear of Donald Trump.
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