Wall Street Journal (December 28)
2016/ 12/ 29 by jd in Global News
“For two decades top U.S. officials from both parties—Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Rice, John Kerry and others—have believed that the North could be bought off, or that China could be cajoled to rein in its client in Pyongyang. These views have proven to be badly mistaken, and the world is far more dangerous as a result.”
New York Times (January 10, 2014)
2014/ 01/ 10 by jd in Global News
“For decades, Japan has defended its 778 percent tariffs on rice with a kind of religious zeal.” That may be coming to an end. With talks approaching over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, “urban Japanese — and even some farmers — are questioning exactly what those tariffs protect.”
