US President Trump Dedicates July To ‘Made In America’

My fellow Americans,

Here at the White House, we are dedicating the month of July to three of our favorite words – MADE IN AMERICA. For more than two centuries, those three beautiful words have been the world standard for quality, craftsmanship and excellence – and they still are today.

Climate change laws around the world

There has been a 20-fold increase in the number of global climate change laws since 1997, according to the most comprehensive database of relevant policy and legislation.

The database, produced by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Sabin Center on Climate Change Law, includes more than 1,200 relevant policies across 164 countries, which account for 95% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Canada Canadian Economy to Improve in 2017 after a Resilient 2016

Canada

Canadian Economy to Improve in 2017 after a Resilient 2016

Mexico Year in Review 2016

Improving employment figures and the strong performance of a number of key sectors were offset by slower increase and uncertainty over the impact of the incoming Donald Trump government on the economy, which is set to be a major theme in 2017.

While GDP increase for the year was expected to relieve slightly to around 2.1% from 2.5% in 2015, according to the IMF, investor sentiment remained strong, buoyed by the government’s decision to begin implementing an ambitious programme of structural reforms.

However, the US election result in November sent ripples through the economy, driving down the peso and raising the prospect of ratings downgrades in the new year.

Donald Trump and Sub-Saharan Africa

The election upset of Donald Trump winning the US presidential vote will have implications for Sub-Saharan Africa. In the near term, the impact is likely to be relatively modest, inclunding volatility in currency and financial markets. In the medium term, the consequences of Mr Trump's isolationist tendencies will probably be additional keenly felt via cuts to aid flows and less focus on supporting democracy and human rights. Backing for anti-terrorism initiatives will probably be maintained given the threat terrorism potentially poses to US national security and interests, but in general a cooling of relations appears likely.

Partners in Crime: Goldman Sachs, the Clintons and Wall Street

The cozy relationship between Goldman Sachs and the Clintons has reached dizzying new heights in recent years, giving the Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton an immensely influential partner on Wall Street.

As the public and most of the mainstream media is still processing the political bombshell concerning the newly reopened FBI probe into the Hillary Clinton’s email server case – the global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs quietly endorsed the Democratic presidential candidate this past week.

Ellen Brown is an attorney, founder of the Public Banking Institute

While the mainstream media focus on ISIS extremists, a threat that has gone virtually unreported is that your life savings could be wiped out in a massive derivatives collapse. Bank bail-ins have begun in Europe, and the infrastructure is in place in the US. Poverty as well kills.

Eugene Skrynnyk

Following the passing of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA") in January, compliance in Africa will be a challenge

At the same time as the US Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service issued the final Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA") regulations in January, there was a sigh of relief that the financial services industry in Africa could begin to analyse its FATCA's obligations. However, experience and comments from the industry suggest that compliance remains a challenge.