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Canada, Mexico, EU retaliate against U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 8:24pm

Canada, Mexico, EU retaliate against U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs
MAY 31, 2018 6:31 PM EDT

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Effective July 1, Canada will impose tariffs of 25 percent on shipments of U.S. steel and 10 percent on aluminum, as well as on other products, such as playing cards, inflatable boats and yogurt. Canada's finance ministry estimated the value of the U.S. goods subject to those tariffs at up to C$16.6 billion ($12.8 billion),

Italy’s Populist Parties Win Approval to Form Government

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 6:37pm

Okay, what’s next? And how will it affect the European Union?

Italy’s Populist Parties Win Approval to Form Government
By Jason Horowitz
May 31, 2018

After a seesaw week that spooked financial markets, Italy’s president on Thursday gave a green light to a government of populist parties that would put Europe’s fourth largest economy into the hands of leaders deeply antagonistic to the European Union, its currency and illegal migrants.

The Man who Saved Seattle's Houseboats.

Submitted by Bisbonian on Wed, 05/30/2018 - 10:06pm

I recently finished reading "The Boys in the Boat", the story of the rowing team from the University of Washington going on to win in the 1936 Olympics, in Berlin. I thoroughly enjoyed it...many of the locations were familiar to me; paddling a boat in the Seattle area is one of my favorite activities; the characters in the story were amazing, growing up in the Depression, and pulling together in a way that seems lost, now.

On Jonathan Cook’s ‘Naomi Wolf and Anti-semitism’s Mystification’

Submitted by wendy davis on Wed, 05/30/2018 - 6:48pm

Jonathan Cook, award-winning author and journalist, writes from Nazareth, the capital of the Palestinian minority in Israel, having moved there in 2001 to cover Palestinian  issues more closely.  He’s easily one of the most dedicated, courageous, clear-eyed, and well-grounded critics of apartheid Israel and their propaganda I know.  I’d add that his moral compass is at true north, and that his prose is easy to read and without guile.  Yes, this post may be longish, but I reckon it’s a key subject that’s worth digging deep into, given: (Likud) Israel, so I hope you’ll agree.

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