China Did Not Fulfill Trade Promises, Report Says
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A farmer preparing to harvest his corn crop in Iowa. President Donald J. Trump sold the trade deal with China as a boon for American farmers and manufacturers.Credit.Kia Johnson/Reuters
China has fallen far short of its promise to buy hundreds of billions of dollars in American products as part of an initial trade deal it reached with the United States last January, according to data released on Thursday, creating another Trump-era challenge for the Biden administration to confront.
22 Jan 2021
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Thursday on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” that she did not attend Wednesday’s inauguration of President Joe Biden out of fear of her colleagues in Congress.
When anchor Chris Cuomo asked why she did not attend, Ocasio-Cortez said, “I think we also had very real security concerns as we mentioned earlier. We still don’t yet feel safe around other members of Congress.”
Cuomo asked, “How many are we?”
Ocasio-Cortez said, “I think a very considerable amount.”
Cuomo asked, “You really think colleagues of yours in Congress may do you dirty?”
Ocasio-Cortez said, “Yeah, well, one just tried to bring a gun on the floor of the House today. I believe it was Representative Andy Harris from Maryland. He tried to bring in a gun on to the House floor. For individuals who don’t know, guns are not allowed in the District of Columbia and certainly the House floor. There are separate House rules that prohibit
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Energy was high, and the night air was cold, so people were dancing. The music switched between Anuel AA and Pop Smoke, while Teamsters wearing thick layers hats, gloves, masks chanted in call and response. “Just got one question for you: What do you want?” one of the workers at the mic asked. “Yo,
what do you want?”
I thought someone said, “Bad Bunny,” but it was:
More money.
In the first major work stoppage of 2021, more than 1,400 warehouse workers and drivers represented by Teamsters Local 202 are on strike at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx. The strike, now entering its fifth day, is a response to a stalemate in negotiations with the owners of the Hunts Point Produce Market which takes in more than $2 billion in annual revenue, according to the New York City Economic Development Corporation over a $1 wage increase and an additional 60 cents in health benefits.
A full 12 years after Joe Biden was sworn in as the vice-president of hope and change, hope is in short supply and the need for change is even more acute. Progressives have a rare opportunity to enact their agenda – but they will need to play the kind of hardball they have backed away from in the past, because Biden continues to send conflicting messages. For every promise of transformational change, he signals a desire to appease a Republican.