Daily Archives: 08/29/2016

St. Joseph Alumni Association US Chapter – Labor Day Jam – September 3, 2016

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2016 US Presidential Elections: Candidates on Global Trade – By Rosaliene Bacchus

Three Worlds One Vision

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Here’s how our top four presidential candidates propose to address global trade.

Donald Trump – Republican Party

Trade reform—

  • Appoint trade negotiators whose goal will be to win for America: narrowing our trade deficit, increasing domestic production, and getting a fair deal for our workers.
  • Renegotiate NAFTA.
  • Withdraw from the TPP.
  • Bring trade relief cases to the world trade organization.
  • Label China a currency manipulator.
  • Apply tariffs and duties to countries that cheat.
  • Direct the Commerce Department to use all legal tools to respond to trade violations.

Learn more at https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/economic-vision

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Brexit Armageddon was a terrifying vision – it hasn’t happened yet – 2 articles

Brexit Armageddon was a terrifying vision – but it simply hasn’t happened

By Larry Elliott – The Guardian.

BREXIT - Britain and EuropeProject Fear predicted economic meltdown if Britain voted leave, so where are the devastated high streets, job losses and crashing markets?

Unemployment would rocket. Tumbleweed would billow through deserted high streets. Share prices would crash. The government would struggle to find buyers for UK bonds. Financial markets would be in meltdown. Britain would be plunged instantly into another deep recession.

Remember all that? It was hard to avoid the doom and gloom, not just in the weeks leading up to the referendum, but in those immediately after it. Many of those who voted remain comforted themselves with the certain knowledge that those who had voted for Brexit would suffer a bad case of buyer’s remorse.   Continue reading

Guyana 411 – August 27, 2016 – Focus on Social Cohesion – GINA video

GINA logoGuyana 411 – August 27, 2016 – Focus on Social Cohesion – GINA video