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May 04 2025 
SWIFT’s decline: Global powers are escaping the dollar trap
The weaponization of global finance has become a cornerstone of US foreign policy. Central to this has been Washington’s control over the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a financial messaging service once considered a neutral platform but now openly used to enforce western sanctions and isolate adversaries.
While US President Donald Trump threatened economic… Continue reading
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May 02 2025 
Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson with Nima from Dialogue Works
Michael’s opinion is that if Ukraine was not Trump’s war before, it is so now, as a result of the so-called mineral (and other) sham deal with Ukraine. He explains the reasons and results of this deal.
There is discussion on Europe and what the possible future is. Richard proposes that the Europeans have to show… Continue reading
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Apr 26 2025 
Dailogue Works: Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: Trump’s Trade War Collapse: How China Forced a U.S. Retreat
It is a cold war grift. It turns out that this whole idea of imposing radical tariffs is all about the cold war with China. Trump says he has three months to negotiate with other countries making a deal:
Here’s the deal:
“I’ll agree not to disrupt your trade and investment and cause you bankruptcies if you’ll… Continue reading
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Apr 23 2025
Michael Hudson with Ben Norton: Will Trump’s Tariff Games Backfire?
Donald Trump’s tariffs are benefiting rich elites at the expense of the majority of the population, argues economist Michael Hudson. He explains how the US trade war on China is isolating the United States and encouraging countries to seek alternatives. Ben Norton hosts the interview.
Transcript
(Intro)
BEN NORTON: Why has US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on… Continue reading
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Apr 19 2025 
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Apr 19 2025 
Sirius Report: US panics as Chinese decoupling gathers momentum
Paul and Ken assess the extent of China’s decoupling from the US and why the US is deeply fearful of the outcome of Beijing’s policy initiatives in this regard.
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Apr 14 2025
Michael Hudson: Trump’s Inverted View of America’s Tariff History
Michael Hudson
This article is based on America’s Protectionist Takeoff, 1815-1914: The Neglected American School of Political Economy (ISLET, 2010), my review of the political dynamics and economic theory that guided America’s rise to industrial power.
Donald Trump’s tariff policy has thrown markets into turmoil among his allies and enemies alike. This anarchy reflects the fact that… Continue reading
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Apr 14 2025
Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson with Nima
China Strikes Back as Trump Ignites New Tariff War!
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Apr 12 2025 
Tariffs: three of the best
Nobody stops talking about Tariffs. In the economic world, in the trade world, in the world of markets and investments (and in your kitchen or garage or where you do your marketing), this will have an effect. Bear in mind that trade wars do real damage, and it is not as if we’re going to… Continue reading
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Apr 11 2025 
Seun Foo: As China Orders Its Banks To Cancel USD Buying, Spain Makes A Dramatic Pivot To Beijing
A note from one of our China Writers:
In 2018, China welcomed Trump as a super VIP with a $223b trade deal, but Trump tore up the deal signed under his watch the next day and declared a trade war because he thought he was powerful enough to demand more. He claimed at that time: Trade… Continue reading
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Apr 09 2025
The Sirius Report: After Tariff Pause announcement .. Trump caves over tariffs as Lehman 2.0 beckoned
Paul and Ken discuss the real reasons why the Trump administration caved in with respect to global tariff policies.
@realDonaldTrump
Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately. At some point, hopefully… Continue reading -
Apr 08 2025
Michael Hudson: How Private Banking Replaced Public Money
Graeber discussion group April 4, 2025
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Michael Hudson: The problem is not government debt, it’s private debt. People who say that government debt is the problem are people who want to get rid of the government and take it over themselves.What gives money its value?
Money is basically a public utility. Prior to Western civilization, money was… Continue reading
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Apr 05 2025 
Michael Hudson & Richard Wolff with Nima
Can the World Unite Against U.S. Trade Weaponization?
Revenge Economics: How Trump’s Trade War Hurts America First
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, April 3rd, 2025, and our friends, Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff are back with us. Welcome back.
Let’s talk about the “Liberation Day,” and the new tariffs on each and every country on this… Continue reading
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Mar 29 2025 
The short story on ports, waterways and tariffs
It is a short story, and little detail is available currently, but there is enough for this story to cause further chaos. The empire wants to deny China and Russia (shadow fleet) from ports and waterways.
For a quick start, listen to Seun Foo here: https://sovereignista.com/2025/03/28/as-china-retaliates-against-panama-ports-deal-us-wants-chinese-tech-assets-for-tariff-relief/
The idea is for the US to constrict ports and shipping… Continue reading
