Afleveringen
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The Joe Biden White House imposed high tariffs on Chinese technological products, including electric vehicles (EVs), solar panels, batteries, and semiconductors. Ben Norton analyzes the hypocrisy of US government accusations that Beijing provides unfair subsidies to its industries, while Washington is spending trillions on industrial policy -- and how this exposes the "free trade" dogma spread by neoliberal economists as a myth.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=a7okuN2qJU8
Our related video: "Is China producing too much? US 'overcapacity' accusations: new tactic in economic war" - https://youtube.com/watch?v=GUpWxNcdnYU
Topics
0:00 Biden puts tariffs on China
1:05 Elon Musk demanded tariffs on Chinese EVs
1:55 US "overcapacity" allegations
2:40 Europe threatens tariffs too
3:19 Biden condemned tariffs in 2019
4:58 Climate change hypocrisy
6:13 "Free market" myth
8:47 "Forced" technology transfer myth
13:12 BYD outcompetes Tesla
13:56 Neoliberalism: de-industrialization & financialization
18:26 Subsidies: US gov't plans trillions in benefits
23:52 More tariffs on Chinese products
25:30 Washington Consensus
29:01 US destroys WTO (after creating it)
31:28 Protectionism: How US & UK really developed
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US Senator Lindsey Graham insisted in a TV interview that Israel should drop nuclear bombs on Gaza, where more than 2 million Palestinian civilians, including 1 million children, are trapped under what the Israeli defense minister called a “complete siege”. Ben Norton discusses Washington's bipartisan complicity in crimes against humanity.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4jJpA11Z5N8
Atomic bombing of Japan was NOT necessary to end WWII. US gov't documents admit it: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/08/07/atomic-bombing-japan-not-necessary/
Links and sources here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/05/12/senator-lindsey-graham-israel-nuclear-weapons-gaza/
Topics
0:00 Intro
0:31 Lindsey Graham says Israel should nuke Gaza
1:11 Fact check
1:59 Israeli minister called to nuke Gaza
3:55 Crimes against humanity
4:47 US support is bipartisan
5:26 Israel's nuclear weapons
6:45 Israel offered nukes to apartheid South Africa
9:05 US atomic bombing of Japan was not necessary
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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143 countries, representing the vast majority of the world, voted at the UN General Assembly to support giving Palestine full membership. They were opposed by the US, Israel, and seven other small countries, representing just 5% of the global population. Ben Norton analyzes the geopolitics.VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JtHx7hhpFDYSources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/05/11/us-israel-vote-palestine-un-memberTopics0:00 Intro0:56 Map of UN vote on Palestine membership1:44 Countries that oppose Palestine3:13 Europe is divided3:35 Ukraine supports Israel & opposes Global South5:11 Global South supports Palestine5:44 Biden is allied with Hungary's Viktor Orbán6:20 UNGA resolution6:47 Venezuela's voting rights taken away8:02 Read the UNGA resolution9:02 Hypocrisy of US "two-state solution" rhetoric10:29 Most Democrats condemn Israel; Republicans support it11:11 Countries with bilateral relations with Palestine11:47 Palestine's rights as UN observer state13:04 China supports Palestine13:46 Russia supports Palestine14:11 Outro
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While visiting Serbia, China's President Xi Jinping condemned the US and NATO for bombing Beijing's embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia in 1999. Ben Norton discusses why Washington launched the attack, and lied about it. Then Ben analyzes China-Serbia relations and the Belt and Road Initiative.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=MILgSmiBLA8
Topics
0:00 Xi condemns US/NATO for bombing China's embassy
1:50 US attack was intentional
4:44 Protests in China
5:58 Civilian victims of NATO's war on Yugoslavia
7:34 China's relations with Yugoslavia
9:05 Belt and Road Initiative
10:21 Chinese investment in Serbian steel plant
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US Senators sent a letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan, threatening to impose sanctions and even invade the Hague if he issues arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Biden administration is also pressuring the ICC not to charge Israeli officials over their war crimes in Gaza. Ben Norton discusses Washington's deep hypocrisy.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pM29iLpZMJU
Sources and links: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/05/07/us-threat-icc-israel
Topics
0:00 Intro
0:48 US politicians threaten ICC
2:26 Trump sanctioned ICC
3:17 Biden's hypocrisy
3:56 Republican senators' letter to ICC
6:47 Hague Invasion Act
8:44 Israel's gen0c1de in Gaza
9:48 Israel unleashed famine in Gaza
10:37 Israeli minister demands "total annihilation" of Gaza
11:26 Amalek
13:16 US hypocrisy on ICC warrant for Russia's Putin
14:51 Africa criticizes ICC
15:42 US/Israel lobbied for ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan
16:46 US & Israel refuse to join ICC
17:02 ICC vs ICJ
18:40 Save face, or save your empire?
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China is reducing its holdings of US Treasury securities. Instead, the People's Bank of China is buying gold, and Beijing prioritizes imports of important commodities like oil and metals. Ben Norton discusses the geopolitical impact of de-dollarization in the world's largest economy.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=z-bnIrbZjaM
Check out our related video - "How the dollar's 'exorbitant privilege' enriches the USA (and global elites)": https://youtube.com/watch?v=jYkiMcR1Rj8
Topics
0:00 Why countries are de-dollarizing
1:05 Russia & China
1:41 Brazil & China
2:18 Persian Gulf oil & gas
3:29 Central bank reserves
4:54 China drops US Treasurys
6:15 Debate in Beijing
8:40 Gold
9:37 Charts: China buys metals & oil
11:21 Strategic petroleum reserve
11:53 Belt & Road Initiative
12:50 East Asia funds US deficits
14:25 Global South funds Global North
15:25 Japan replaces China as top US creditor
16:03 US inflation, interest rates, bond yields, & debt
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Japan's currency the yen has fallen significantly against the dollar. It its economy in crisis? What is the role of US interest rates, inflation, debt, and deficits? What about China? Ben Norton explains the complex geoeconomic situation.VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sz3r36ZTe7QTopics0:00 Intro1:40 Yen plunges against US dollar3:32 Rising exports, falling imports4:40 Did Germany overtake Japan?5:58 Nominal GDP is misleading7:27 PPP is much more accurate9:25 Misunderstanding GDP figures10:53 US deficits & debt drive GDP growth12:37 Strong US dollar13:58 Industrialization & manufacturing15:31 Current account16:15 US Treasury securities18:09 Why is the yen falling?18:43 Interest rates20:37 Bond yields23:28 Why doesn't Japan raise interest rates?23:50 Japan's debt26:18 Inflation29:32 US Treasurys30:29 De-dollarization: China drops US bonds33:14 TL;DW (conclusion)35:07 Outro
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How much does the US benefit from printing the global reserve currency? An economist calculated that US average daily income would fall by 27-57% if the dollar lost its "exorbitant privilege". Ben Norton explains how wealthy investors not only in North America but around the world hold much of their wealth in the dollar.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jYkiMcR1Rj8
Link to Philip Pilkington's report and Twitter account: https://twitter.com/philippilk/status/1782409654519128497
Topics
0:00 US dollar dominance
2:00 Economics of exorbitant privilege
5:23 Current account
9:29 Balance of payments
12:31 Effects of dollar hegemony
14:45 Neoliberalism & financialization
17:41 Foreign capital funds US deficits
19:28 Global 1% invests in US assets
20:35 Super Imperialism
22:25 Fed inflates asset bubbles
25:22 De-industrialization in West
28:06 Industrialization in BRICS
28:57 Investment & FDI
33:08 Wages & manufacturing
35:00 Re-industrialization?
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US President Joe Biden signed a law that will force TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the app, or it will be banned in the US. Ben Norton explains how this is part of Washington's economic war, aimed at protecting Big Tech monopolies in Silicon Valley.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_WFYov2kfLI
Topics
0:00 Biden signs law to ban TikTok
1:39 US tech war on China
5:00 India banned Chinese apps, giving US Big Tech total control
6:38 Protectionism or economic war?
8:30 Silicon Valley lobbied against TikTok
9:37 Donald Trump tried to ban TikTok... before doing 180
12:15 Role of Israel/Palestine/Gaza?
13:42 US trade war with Japan in 1980s
15:38 "Free market" hypocrisy
18:25 US does not truly want "competition" with China
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If Ukraine loses in the NATO proxy war with Russia, "it will be the end of Western hegemony", lamented former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Ben Norton explains the geopolitics of the conflict, and how most of the Global South has not joined the Global North in opposing Moscow.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=M8ZmkIhs8r0
Check out our related report - "‘Western dominance has ended’, EU foreign-policy chief admits, warning of ‘West against the Rest’": https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/02/26/western-dominance-ended-eu-josep-borrell -
Jill Stein explains why she decided to run for US president on an anti-war, pro-worker platform, challenging the duopoly of the Democrats and Republicans as the candidate for the Green Party. She is interviewed by political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=oDUb7-MPH48
Read the transcript here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/04/20/jill-stein-president-green-party-candidate/
You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP -
The US vetoed a resolution in the UN Security Council that called to recognize Palestine as a member state, while Israel launched attacks on Iran. Ben Norton shows how Washington is opposing peace.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VndvgbR51D4
Topics
0:00 Intro
1:29 Israel attacks Iran
4:39 US vetoes Palestinian UN membership
7:31 What is Palestine's status at UN?
8:57 Which countries recognize Palestine?
10:18 "Two-state solution" hypocrisy
12:01 How USA prevents peace in Palestine
15:35 US defended South African apartheid at UN
18:30 South Africa's anti-apartheid leaders support Palestine
21:02 China supports Palestine
22:56 Russia supports Palestine
23:47 UNSC Gaza resolutions vetoed by US
25:53 US sponsors Israel's crimes against humanity
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A major Congress member and top former Trump administration official published an article calling to overthrow China's government. They boasted that the US is waging a new cold war and must win it, while proposing a military budget of $1.4 trillion per year. Ben Norton debunks the deceptions of the warmongers in Washington.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q3RMl33SqNE
Check out our related report: CIA director threatens China & Russia, says Ukraine war benefits US economy - https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/02/07/cia-director-china-threat-russia-ukraine-war/
Topics
0:00 Topic
1:07 2024 election
1:59 Council on Foreign Relations & CIA
3:30 Matt Pottinger & Mike Gallagher
5:07 US new cold war on China
8:21 Deceptively distorting Xi Jinping's speeches
12:50 Information warfare
16:00 Colonialism
17:32 Misquoting Chinese officials
20:29 Militarization of Asia
21:49 $1.37 trillion military budget
22:44 US domination of Asia
24:51 Recruit "cold warriors"
26:44 Regime change: Rollback, not just containment
28:05 Manufacturing consent for war
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Israel attacked Iran's embassy in Syria on April 1, in a blatant act of war. Iran had a legal right to respond in self-defense, according to article 51 of the UN Charter, which is exactly what it did by launching missiles and drone strikes on April 13. But Western governments are absurdly portraying Tehran as the aggressor. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1p1-Psc0Un8
Topics
0:00 Intro
1:11 Israel attacked Iran first
2:50 Biden & Sunak erase history
3:57 US, UK, France blocked UN Security Council condemnation
5:14 Iran invoked article 51 of UN charter
7:02 UN chief Antonio Guterres' hypocrisy
8:32 West is destroying international law
10:46 World War III?
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Washington accuses China of producing too many goods and demands "free market" policies. But the US government is spending trillions on industrial policy to protect its own manufacturing sector. Ben Norton details the hypocrisy of the allegations, the latest strategy in the US economic war on China.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GUpWxNcdnYU
Topics
0:00 Intro
1:00 Chinese 'overcapacity' allegations
3:38 Janet Yellen
5:21 US vows to 'slow down China's rate of innovation'
8:02 Elon Musk begs for tariffs on Chinese EVs
10:40 US wants China to be economically subordinated
12:27 US tech war on China
14:39 Western industrial policy
16:31 Protectionism
18:38 US Inflation Reduction Act
20:12 US Chips Act
22:03 US undercapacity is the real problem
25:11 BYD has just 1.5% of EU EV market share
27:04 China's car exports vs Japan & South Korea
30:37 Is overcapacity a problem?
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Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson analyze how the United States is waging an economic war against China.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4l3EbRUOGsI
Transcript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/04/09/us-waging-economic-war-china-radhika-desai-michael-hudson/
You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP -
In the United Nations Human Rights Council, the West voted against the rest of the world, supporting illegal sanctions (known as unilateral coercive measures). Ben Norton analyzes how the 14% of the population in the Global North constantly opposes the Global South, representing the Global Majority.
VIDEO with maps and graphics here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VHBIfmxkHh4
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Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei ordered his intelligence agency to give full power to the CIA, while the US spy agency's director is welcomed to Buenos Aires. Ben Norton discusses how self-declared "anarcho-capitalist" Milei withdrew from BRICS, allied with Israel, and is implementing neoliberal shock therapy, selling off the South American nation in mass privatizations, as most workers live in poverty.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4VBlUW4BpYs
Check out our related video "How extremist Javier Milei became Argentina's president: A story of debt, crisis, and empire": https://youtube.com/watch?v=FN6hoIb-QqA
Topics
0:00 Foreign meddling in Argentina
1:08 Javier Milei
1:41 CIA
3:24 Billionaire oligarch
4:03 Anarcho-capitalism
5:05 IMF
7:17 Inflation
8:25 Poverty
9:43 Israel
11:00 Milei's geopolitical alignment: US & Israel
11:33 BRICS
12:13 US corporations
13:32 Beat the status quo... by joining it
14:24 US-backed coup & dictatorship
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The US government has sent troops to Taiwan, just a few kilometers from mainland China, while also selling billions of dollars of weapons and military equipment. Is Washington preparing for war? Ben Norton analyzes the geopolitical situation.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sWWABuHjSvU
After Ukraine, US readies ‘transnational kill chain’ for Taiwan proxy war: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/03/01/ukraine-us-kill-chain-taiwan-war
Topics
0:00 Intro
2:15 US sends troops to Taiwan
4:39 US general threatens war on China
5:28 Nuclear weapons
7:03 US once had nukes in Taiwan
10:22 US "arms Taiwan to the teeth"
13:27 US military surrounds China
16:22 Pentagon's "kill chain for the Pacific"
18:23 Elon Musk's role
19:19 US military interoperability with Taiwan
20:57 Washington threatens Chinese sovereignty
22:58 US communiqués recognizing One China policy
27:46 US violates agreements
29:28 Parallels to Ukraine
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Israel is carrying out genocide against the Palestinian people and "systematic destruction of every aspect necessary to sustain life in Gaza", United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese detailed in her report titled "Anatomy of a Genocide". Ben Norton analyzes the political context.
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