The Guardian (August 23)
“The calamitous collapse of trade negotiations between Canada and the United States is a warning to nations worldwide that pursuing any kind of dialogue with the current US administration is doomed at the outset, according to observers who say this recent episode indicates seeking a fair deal is futile.”
Tags: Administration, Calamitous, Canada, Collapse, Dialogue, Doomed, Fair deal, Observers, Trade negotiations, U.S., Warning, Worldwide
Reuters (April 25)
The U.S. “standoff over the debt ceiling is a white swan, or an entirely predictable, very frequent event that has the potential to be as catastrophic as its darker sibling.” Arriving at the “deadline without a congressional fix would lead to a calamitous default,” which could “exacerbate the very risks that sparked last month’s bank failures.”
Tags: Bank failures, Calamitous, Catastrophic, Congressional fix, Deadline, Debt ceiling, Default, Exacerbate, Predictable, Risks, Standoff, U.S., White swan
Boston Globe (February 23)
“The United States has now reached a calamitous milestone that crystalizes a year of grief and anguish: 500,000 lives lost to COVID-19.”
Tags: 500k, Anguish, Calamitous, COVID-19, Crystalizes, Grief, Milestone, U.S.
