I’m all for deepening trade ties with China and the global south, but this piece seems to be advocating for abusing the declaration of a national emergency in order to steamroll any opposition to building pipelines that have the potential to cause environmental harm. I’m not even against pipelines. I recognize that we’re not getting completely off oil any time soon and that pipelines on average cause less harm than other methods of transport. I do wonder if the Indiginous communities might be less opposed to pipeline construction if some form of profit sharing was offered to them. Perhaps in addition to helping them to build up their communities. The fact that many of them don’t even have running water is inexcusable. You know who knows a thing or two about poverty alleviation and might be able to help with this? 🤔
It’s pretty much what you’d expect from financial post which is a conservative rag after all. The fact that the tone is shifting on China even in conservative circles is notable though.
Indeed. I really didn’t expect to see this. At least not this soon. Hopefully this will lead to further integration with Asia, but I still have my doubts. These spineless ghouls are likely one Trump threat away from completely backing down.
I very much agree.
when I’m in a shooting myself in the foot competition and my opponent is a decaying empire: 🤐🤐🤐
