My latest @CBCNews Weekend Business Panel appearance with host @MDimaintv & economics lecturer Moshe Lander talking about #Trump's new H1-B visa fee and impact on Canada, PM Carney's #Mexican adventure & possible #trade impacts and falling interest rates.

"Our problem is political – over land and identity that Zionism took away from us. Do not conflate our struggle with Zionism with hatred toward Jews; our animosity is reserved for those who oppress us. Do not listen to those who demonize. Let us listen to our common humanity."✅

Blanket admonishment? Perhaps only for someone with segmented and selective empathy. - "I know no community is a monolith, and Gaza has caused many divisions among Jews. I have found community with those who are speaking out for the humanity of all people."

“#China encourages more cooperation and investment in the #energy sector between the Chinese companies and the Canadian counterparts,” Ambassador Wang said. “As long as Canada’s energy products are market competitive, the door of the market of China will be open.”🤔

“#China’s #tariffs on Canadian #agricultural products are a countermeasure against the #EV #tariffs and the unilateral unjustified tariffs on China’s #steel and #aluminum products.” - China's Ambassador to Canada, Wang Di🤔

“If Canada removes the unilateral unjustified #tariffs on Chinese products, #China will also reciprocate accordingly... And if the #EV tariffs are removed, then China will also remove the tariffs on the relevant products of Canada.” - China's Ambassador to Canada, Wang Di🤔

“It is absolutely clear that we must take the concerns expressed by #Belgium seriously,” #German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil [said]. “The clear priority is to find a way to make greater use of #Russian assets.”🤔#sanctions

"Given the legal issues, #Belgium has asked for solid guarantees to ensure that it would not be left alone to cover potential litigation costs from #Russia. That request is currently being worked out by EU officials."🤔#sanctions

"The @EU_Commission... wants to facilitate the renewal of the immobilization of the assets by qualified majority instead of the currently required unanimity, to prevent a potential veto from #Hungary."🤔#sanctions

"Beijing’s unexpected volley followed a flurry of steps by the #Trump administration... Besides the planned ship levies, officials in Washington have reportedly in recent days proposed barring #Chinese #airlines from flying over #Russia on flights to and from the US..."🤔

"[#China] announced Friday that it will begin collecting fees on vessels owned by US companies and individuals, [and] those built in America, starting Oct. 14. The move coincides with the date Washington plans to impose new charges on large Chinese ships calling at US #ports."🤔

@Qualcomm “Beijing has used government investigations into American companies to place pressure on the U.S., which over the years has steadily imposed an ever-growing thicket of #export restrictions and #tariffs on #Chinese goods.”🤔 #antitrust #competition

“@Qualcomm was in Chinese regulators’ crosshairs even before #Trump first came to office. In 2015, Qualcomm agreed to pay $975 million to Beijing and revise its licensing practices in #China to settle accusations that it violated local #antitrust law.”🤔

“The company, which makes mobile-phone and #automotive chips, has a history of being a chess piece in U.S.-#China tensions. In 2018, China didn’t approve Qualcomm’s planned purchase of #Dutch chip maker NXP on time, leading Qualcomm to scrap the deal…”🤔 #antitrust

“@Qualcomm relies heavily on #China for its business and, among U.S. companies, is one of the most exposed to China. Nearly half its revenue came from China… [Qualcomm has said] ‘risks of such concentration are exacerbated by U.S./China trade and national security tensions.’”🤔

“U.S. #tech companies have recently been in the crosshairs of #Chinese regulators… In Sept., the SAMR alleged that @Nvidia had violated the country’s anti-monopoly law in relation to its acquisition of #Mellanox and some agreements made during the acquisition.”🤔 #antitrust

“#China’s State Administration of Market Regulation said that @Qualcomm is suspected of violating China’s anti-monopoly law in regards to its acquisition of #Israeli firm #Autotalks. The acquisition officially closed in June, just over two years after it was first announced.”🤔

“#Trump… said he was lifting #tariffs on Chinese #exports to the U.S. to 100% and imposing #export controls on ‘any and all critical software’ in a reprisal to recently announced export limits by #China on #rareearth minerals critical to tech and other manufacturing.”🤔

“No Democrat will campaign for free #trade again, Lighthizer argues. “If there’s evidence of green shoots & the process working, no one’s going to run on the other side of it… certainly, if you get the Republicans winning the next election, then you’ve got a new trade system.”🤔

“I mean, it’s so unserious and scary, I’m hiring you to defend me. And you said, ‘OK, fine, I’m going to go to your geopolitical adversary and be dependent on them to defend you from them!’” - Former @USTradeRep45 Robert Lighthizer🤔 #supplychains #procurement #exportcontrols

“One of the things that really bothers him, [former @USTradeRep45] Lighthizer tells me, is the reliance of U.S. defence companies on #China for essential parts. ‘They’ve been doing this for a generation… And the only reason they did it was so the CEO would make more money.’”🤔