The president of USA, Joe Biden, authorized this Sunday the release of raw Materials of its national reserves to cope with a possible shortage due to the current crisis in the supply chain. This was done by Biden in an executive order approving access to “strategic and critical” material from the National Defense Reserve Center […]
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Biden’s electric car plan could spark trade dispute
Updated on 10/30/2021 04:33 am Joe Biden’s proposed incentives for US electric car buyers could be challenged under the North American trade pact, a Canadian auto industry leader has warned. The White House plan, released Thursday as part of the president’s latest budget package, would offer buyers of vehicles made by unionized American workers an […]
Who is who at COP26?
Political leaders, activists, organizations and companies from more than 200 countries meet at the COP26 from Glasgow (Scotland) to try to advance the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement. These will be the main protagonists of the summit: – Political protagonists: Joe Biden: One of Biden’s first steps as president of the United States was […]
Biden downgrades his “historic” social spending plan despite doubts from progressives
The “historical“US President Joe Biden’s social spending package remains up in the air in the face of skepticism that has caused in the progressive wing of the Democrats the notable reduction of its cost to about US $ 1.75 billion compared to the initial US $ 3.5 billion, leaving out measures such as paid maternity […]
Democrats propose more taxes to pay for Biden’s plan that would affect 700 wealthy people
After weeks of negotiations behind closed doors, the Democrats in the United States Senate revealed their proposal to raise taxes on billionaires and thus pay for the great social spending plan of US President Joe Biden. The change in the tax code would affect those who earn more than US $ 100 million a year […]
Democrats aim to tax the latent earnings of America’s richest.
USA, country that worships individual success prepares to equip itself with a tax on great fortunes to finance the investment plans of the Democratic president Joe Biden. Faced with opposition from a portion of Democrats to raising taxes on multinationals to pay for Biden’s infrastructure and social programs, the idea of taxing latent capital gains, […]
The right to vote, the subject of a bitter political battle in the US
The 2020 U.S. elections had the highest turnout in more than a century, despite the devastating pandemic and the efforts of the then president Donald Trump and his allies for undermining confidence in the voting system. Despite the large turnout, it was declared the safest choice in the history of USA. Yet several states have […]
Joe Biden warns that the United States will defend Taiwan against an invasion of China
Updated 10/21/2021 10:23 pm The president of USA, Joe Biden, warned this Thursday that his country will defend Taiwan if China decide to launch an eventual attack. “China, Russia, they know that the United States has the most powerful Armed Forces in the world”, Biden said during a televised voter event organized by CNN. Asked […]
US sees corruption, security and economic challenges in Latin America
The Secretary of State of USA, Antony Blink, highlighted in Ecuador three fundamental challenges facing democracy in the region, such as corruption, civil security and the economic and social challenge. On his second day of official visit to the country, the head of US diplomacy gave a speech at the San Francisco de Quito University […]
The US reviews its sanctions policy and warns of the threat of cryptocurrencies
Updated on 10/18/2021 06:46 pm The government of the president Joe Biden announced recommendations to change the use of economic sanctions in order to make them more effective for the foreign policy of USA, But he warned that more needed to be done to ward off the threat of the cryptocurrencies. Following a broad review […]