FPI / July 5, 2020 Commentary by Lee Cohen Wednesday’s announcement of the start of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is a major accomplishment for the Trump administration — fulfilling its promise to modernize the way trade agreements are written — as well as a major economic boost for our continent. Along with frustration over […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2020 When the coronavirus crisis is over, the British government should re-evaluate its relationship with China, including whether to continue to use Huawei for the UK’s 5G infrastructure, government officials said. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is said to be furious over China’s ongoing pandemic disinformation campaign. “There has to […]
Special to WorldTribune , March 2, 2020 Commentary By Lee Cohen While Joe Biden staved off the reaper in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, Bernie Sanders seems well-positioned to outpace him to become the Democrat nominee to challenge President Donald Trump. This causes great consternation to many Democrats, who look to the thrashing that […]
FPI / February 20, 2020 Post-Brexit Great Britain plans to close its borders to those who can’t speak English and to unskilled workers, reports say. The move is part of the administration of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s overhaul of immigration laws aimed at ending the era of cheap EU labor in the UK’s factories, warehouses, […]
FPI / February 16, 2020 By Lee Cohen The U.S. Department of Justice on Feb. 13 filed new charges against Chinese telecom giant Huawei, accusing it, among other things, of stealing U.S. trade secrets and assisting the Iranian government to spy on protesters as well as illegally doing business with North Korea. Specific charges include […]
FPI / December 20, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com [Editor’s note: Britain’s new Parliament on Friday voted overwhelmingly to back Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit accord, a significant step toward the country’s departure from the European Union on Jan. 31.] Excerpts from analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The Dec. 12 general election in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 13, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party on Thursday won a sizable majority in the British parliament and now says Brexit will become reality at the end of January. The Tories won 365 seats in the House of Commons compared to 203 for the Labour Party. The results […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 24, 2019 The Boris Johnson government will likely withdraw Great Britain from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, a member of UK parliament said. Matthew Offord, an MP of the Conservative party, told i24News on July 23 that he believes Johnson will follow U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead and withdraw from the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2019 There is “extreme panic” in London among political and intelligence power players following the resignation of UK Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Darroch, a report noted. On July 6, the contents of highly classified cables between Darroch and Downing Street were leaked to a British newspaper in which the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 22, 2018 Moscow continues to deny any culpability in the poisoning in Britain of a former Russian intelligence officer and his daughter. Sergei Skripal, who betrayed numerous Russian agents to Britain, and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, continue to fight for their lives after the March 4 poisoning in the southern English […]