American Politics

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For the first time in more than two decades Mexico overtook China as the largest importer of goods to the U.S.

Mexican goods imported to the U.S. totaled $475 billion in 2023 about $20 billion higher than the previous year. Feuling that trend are simmering trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, an effort to bring U.S. imports closer to home and a burgeoning Mexican manufacturing base.

But there’s another factor at play. To avoid American tariffs Chinese companies are using Mexico as a backdoor to the U.S. So how is China able to circumvent U.S. tariffs and what are logistic companies doing to prepare for the upcoming boom in Mexican trade.

How China Uses Mexico To Avoid U.S. Tariffs

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To be fair to them, I think even a lot of Republican economists learned (after acknowledging that the 2008 financial crash was a dreadful but maybe inevitable long-term consequence of all the Reagan deregulation of the 1980s) that reducing regulation typically leads to some terrible -though always unintended and unforeseen - outcomes.

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Deregulation is on the table for many industries

How Donald Trump’s AI Deregulation Could Reshape The Music Industry

Donald Trump’s re-election and his AI policy stance could reshape music copyright and licensing. With a focus on deregulation, Trump’s approach may favor tech innovation over traditional protections, creating both risks and opportunities for the music industry.

Interest in AI policy exploded since Trump left the White House. The Biden administration issued a series of major reports, agency memorandums, and an extensive executive order, often referred to as the “AI Bill of Rights.” This order emphasizes government oversight of AI, focusing on privacy, ethical AI use, and “algorithmic fairness.” These policies view AI with caution, highlighting potential harms, such as being “unsafe, ineffective or biased” and “deeply harmful.”

State-level interest in regulating AI has also expanded rapidly, with almost 750 federal and state bills introduced across America. Some states, like Colorado, have enacted comprehensive AI regulations addressing fairness and safety (CAIA), while California proposed major AI regulation focused on “existential risk,” envisioning AI as a potential catastrophic threat.

Although vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September, other AI-related bills in various states address concerns around online safety, elections, copyright and deepfakes. This regulatory momentum, largely focused on perceived AI risks, has heightened calls for a national AI framework, as the patchwork of state-level regulations may stifle AI innovation.

Expanding Fair Use For AI Data Training

One of the most immediate potential shifts under Trump’s administration is the dismantling of the AI Bill, a move Trump has suggested taking immediately upon returning to office. This Bill currently includes licensing measures that protect copyrighted content used in data training. The repeal of this framework could ease licensing requirements for AI developers, allowing them to train models on music data without compensating artists.

How Donald Trump’s AI Deregulation Could Reshape The Music Industry

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They absolutely did.

They weren’t helped by Biden only withdrawing at the last minute, though. A year or two earlier would surely have helped them?

That’s optimistic. I can’t see anything going well.

Yes, certainly.

But if you look at the differences between the staff and cabinet appointments last time around and this time around, and at what he said during the campaign about his plans for staff and cabinet appointments this time around, it’s pretty clear that he’s desperate to avoid what happened last time, when anyone with any sense of ethics, honesty, decency, public service and so on eventually fell out with him completely and just ended up shaming him and calling out his appalling dishonesty in public.

He naturally wants to avoid a repeat of that.

But that means that loyalty to him is now his primary concern, so he’s necessarily appointing people without those “fundamental skills and education to get what they need across the line” (as you so very tactfully worded it!).

The question is how much damage they’ll collectively do, nationally and unfortunately internationally, too. Right now, it’s all looking about as bad as it could.

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Let’s hope for the best.

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Regulations were designed not to be burdensome, but rather to target the misconduct of individuals and corporations which prompted government intervention in revising and expanding regulations to adapt to the present circumstances.

Outdated elements and things that may be a burden may need to be removed, but it’s important to acknowledge that we reached this stage due to misconduct.

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Sell gold when Tokyo opens minimum of tp 300 pips sl 47 pips

Xmas present for you from the sienna :+1:

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If people are taking advice over the internet without knowing or understanding and doing their research on the markets are a damn idiot. no offense meant

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Haven’t lost in a month you know I called the gold buy recently. I thought you were a believer …

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Being a believer or an idiot are two distinct categories.

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The forex market is currently influenced by global economic uncertainties, geopolitical tensions, and central bank policies. As interest rates rise, currencies like the USD and EUR are seeing volatility. Traders need to adapt to these changes, focusing on economic indicators and risk management to navigate this unpredictable landscape.

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100% true

Brian Williams: Democrats out of touch with American voters

“It is tough love time for the Democratic Party,” Williams said during an interview with NBC “Late Night” host Seth Meyers that aired Wednesday night. “I think it needs to be stripped down and rebuilt.”

National Democrats need new leadership, Williams said, knocking party leaders for initially putting President Biden up for reelection before he was forced to drop out over concerns about his health and electoral viability.

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Migrant Thieves Raid Macys… Before Trump Deports Them

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Sunday institutional buy gold buy now sorry

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I won’t buy or sell anything just because someone on the internet said so, that’s just not my style.

a cartoon of a woman wearing glasses and a pink necklace says nope not my style

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a man wearing glasses and a suit is saying cant fool me you 're up to something pal .

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No worries you’ll just miss out on 300 pips that’s all , but all good :+1::sunglasses:

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I am fine with that, but it seems rather unlikely for someone to take advice from a stranger online. To be honest, I don’t know you at all, you are a stranger telling me to buy or sell.

a man in a green hat is talking into a microphone while a crowd watches

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Have you heard of thesienna
?

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Anyway with my new update I’ll get min 700 pips bc a week now

Will be a trillionare in 11 weeks :muscle: