President Trump on Monday promised the U.S. would soon institute a “reciprocal tax” against countries that take advantage of the U.S. [February 12, 2018 | Inside US Trade] At a White House meeting with governors and business executives to discuss his infrastructure plans, Trump diverted to trade to say “we are going to charge countries, outside of…
KOLWEZI, Democratic Republic of Congo—Miners push bicycles piled high with bags of a grayish-blue ore along a dusty road to a makeshift market. There, they line up at wholesalers with nicknames such as Crazy Jack and Boss Lee. [Scott Patterson and Russell Gold | February 11, 2018 | WSJ] Most of the buyers are Chinese.…
An ironic aspect of the #MeToo movement is the revelation that mandatory arbitration clauses in women’s employment contracts have sometimes helped to keep sexual harassment claims secret. But in our daily lives, we all “agree” to similar mandatory arbitration clauses when downloading software, for example, or accepting a new credit card. This op-ed first appeared…