Fareed Zakaria's recent Commencement Address at Bard College offers an informed, tightly-argued and eloquent case for human flourishing. Very motivating!! Skip the first 3 minutes and 10 seconds which, if I have copied the URL correctly, this should land....
Somehow Bloomberg got ahold of what purports to be the text of the MOU between Iran and the USA. Screenshots were shared and I assembled the attached text from them. A couple of instances of poor drafting (noted in footnotes I have added), this is unlikely to be the polished final text. Still this version...
Switzerland among 60 nations found guilty by USA of not enforcing forced labour laws on imports. Tariffs of 10-12.5% to come into effect, date uncertain. Will almost certainly replace the temporary 10% tariffs imposed after Supreme Court loss earlier in the year. One more investigation (that essentailly targets countries with trade surpluses with USA) is...
Under the October 2025 Busan Accord, China suspended its planned restrictive rare earth export regime for one year. With six months of export data now in, we can assess how China is wielding control over these exports. This paper documents a paradox: total Chinese supply rose, yet the volumes reaching different trading partners diverged sharply—a...