@samirvarma @KlingBlog Maybe I’m being too polite. I mean e.g. the anti-sugar, anti-vaping, (parts of) the plain-pa..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…TB
Good fm @KlingBlog. Still, is the self-interest of “Baptists” (virtue-signallers, behavior nudgers) hard to discern?:twitter.com/samirvarma/sta…
snlester Meet the new swamp. Same as the old swamp.
jsonline.com/story/news/pol… twitter.com/realDonaldTrum…
CIA chief’s “threat rank” maybe right; CHN rise also an historic bonus; secrets < threatening than stuff you can see:twitter.com/jgarnaut/statu…
What @DeirdreMcClosk calls “trade tested betterment” in one picture::ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-g… pic.twitter.com/xcFszdxoCn
@TimHarcourt @jayantmenon Silly speculation from @ozprodcom. AU’s biggest trade threats to trade, investment are (as ever) homegrown.
CHL & bits of IDN have plausible antipodes; but few other places::bit.ly/2vISCNH
@TrineeshB @SimonEvenett @nsitharaman It could (almost) be an IND speech from 1986! More convincing on the endless..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…42
How is the AU Labor party like a sea squirt? @HenryErgas on conservatism, Camus, Disraeli, Berlin & Groucho Marx::theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/…
Such research might (??) cheer @SincDavidson but somewhat reconciles me to the feminization of Western Society::..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…QP
@dikenson: US & CHN cybersecurity policies “reduce the scope for innovation, collaboration, and economic growth…” cato.org/publications/p…IFh3
BTW in 2008 I wrote a “Handbook” on Shedules for WTO (unattributed, alas::amazon.com/Handbook-Readi…). Excerpt here::wto.org/english/res_e/…
This looks likely to be interesting. The schedules are “an integral part” of GATT/WTO. Any contentious changes will..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…6C
17 July 1717: George I’s elaborate barges ride the tide up Thames (Whitehall-Chelsea) accompanied by the “Water Music” of G. F. Handel.
SimonEvenett @pwgallagher Agreed Peter. Figure 3.5 of latest GTA report shows parts+component trade not immune to tariff increas..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…Ri
GVA network structures a valuable heritage. Still, private interest is resistant, not robust, to policy change –twitter.com/i/web/status/8…9dEG
“Preemptory”?? I meant “preemptive”. twitter.com/pwgallagher/st…
E Musk who owns an AI dev. company calls for preemptory regulation of AI. Lobbying for yet another source of rents?::wsj.com/articles/elon-…
jgarnaut While noting that Mao’s succession phase went on for 31 years… twitter.com/jgarnaut/statu…
Current AI development depends on the collection of personal data. Controls on that accumulation will ‘control’ AI:..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…N6
Supermarkets’ ban on plastic bags will hurt customers. Long-discredited “green” dogma (theaustralian.com.au/opinion/verdic…)::twitter.com/insteconomics/…
I am often surprised (perhaps I shouldn’t be) by an apparent absence of ideology in @realDonaldTrump’s behavior::twitter.com/realDonaldTrum…
realDonaldTrump It was a great honor to represent the United States at the magnificent #BastilleDay parade. Congratulations Preside..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…NV
The early liberalism of the Revolution was MagnaCarta-Jefferson-Montesquieu-ish (www1.curriculum.edu.au/ddunits/downlo…). Later, R..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…BA
openculture Philosophy Referee Hand Signals cultr.me/Vslck7 pic.twitter.com/B5xdBaJr8T
@CraigGWelch Sure. Still, AU government took carte-blanche costs award as vindicating their defence of a bad law (I..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…5R
davidcollinslaw On the other hand, should restrict frivolous claims… twitter.com/pwgallagher/st…
High costs imposed on #plainpacks plaintiff are disturbing. Law restricts speech w/o evidence of +ve social impact::smh.com.au/federal-politi…
QUT_IP Philip Morris ordered to pay Australia millions in costs for #plainpacks case smh.com.au/federal-politi… @adamgartrell #auslaw #auspol #ISDS
Also, a good, teachable, review of role of competitive business (ie. non-prod’n) services in raising mfg. productiv..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…hF
On the evidence, the value of the G-20 proclamations on climate change & “fighting protectionism” is about the same::wsj.com/articles/g-20-…
@howserob on tentative innovation (maybe a welcome retrogression?) in the #JEEPA investment chapter::worldtradelaw.typepad.com/ielpblog/2017/…
“The infinite surface lives in a finite volume, though.” Sounds like it should be a metaphor for something?::arstechnica.com/science/2017/0…
Still, if the IMF Articles actually worked, the DEU $300bn surplus would not wait on local institutional change::theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/…
snlester Investment liberalization without investment protection or ISDS/ICS is a dream come true for me. #JEEPA twitter.com/AratoJulian/st…
SimonEvenett G7 and Australia’s share of #g20 protectionism has risen again. BRICS share has gone down. Who are the bad boys now? pic.twitter.com/HkudyykO8r
@tedgioia You have! It’s your phone! Hoorah!
This database of WTO dispute commentaries looks great, if you can access the books/journals. Difficult to follow th..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…Dz
WTO’s TPR reports are encylopedias of Member’s trade policies. None weightier than this 13th of the EU. Invaluable::wto.org/english/tratop…
Ten most influential #Trade twitterers? Buzzsumo lists @sdonnan(#2), @tradereporter(#3) & @snlester(#9). Unfair to..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…dX
DianeCoyle1859 V interesting: Hong Kong’s postwar transformation shows fewer data can sometimes boost growth blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview… via @LSEforBusiness