Hints and tips:
...Peter Navarro, Trump’s trade adviser, sent markets into a spin on Monday when he appeared to angrily announce the trade deal was “over” (he quickly said his remarks were taken out of context: the deal still...
...But I’m fascinated to see how the attempt to retool an entire industry to make a new product mirrors previous such efforts, including the World War II surge....
...Elsewhere on Thursday, – Pettis (with his posts now hosted at Carnegie): Is Peter Navarro wrong on trade? – Relatedly, Krugman on Germany, the euro and currency manipulation....
...The proposals of Trump advisors Peter Navarro and Wilbur Ross to rely on tax credits to augment infrastructure investment are a textbook case of the dangers of knee-jerk private sector reliance....
...“What was sown years ago finally became ripe and Francis deserves credit for insisting on the line that ‘you must talk’,” says Joaquín Navarro-Valls, the former spokesman for John Paul II who led the negotiations...
...Joaquin Navarro Valls, the Vatican spokesman, said in a statement on Saturday that the procedures for electing the next pope had come into immediate effect....
...Doctors have advised Pope John Paul II not to try to speak for several days after he underwent surgery to overcome his second attack of breathing difficulties in a month....
...Pope John Paul II was recovering on Friday after a successful tracheotomy operation to ease his breathing problems. The pontiff was said to be breathing without assistance and in good spirits....
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