Tag Archives: WTO

May 31 2025

President Trump Notes China “Has Totally Violated” the Geneva Agreement


Posted originally on CTH on May 30, 2025 | Sundance

Not surprisingly, it appears the Chinese trade delegation that previously made commitments in Geneva, Switzerland, were wearing a panda mask at the time of the negotiations with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

According to a Truth Social post shared by President Trump, the panda mask was recently removed and the true Beijing dragon behind it appeared. This is not a shock to anyone who has followed the dynamic of Chinese trade promises and practices for a while.

PRESIDENT TRUMP – “Two weeks ago China was in grave economic danger! The very high Tariffs I set made it virtually impossible for China to TRADE into the United States marketplace which is, by far, number one in the World. We went, in effect, COLD TURKEY with China, and it was devastating for them. Many factories closed and there was, to put it mildly, “civil unrest.” I saw what was happening and didn’t like it, for them, not for us. I made a FAST DEAL with China in order to save them from what I thought was going to be a very bad situation, and I didn’t want to see that happen. Because of this deal, everything quickly stabilized, and China got back to business as usual. Everybody was happy! That is the good news!!! The bad news is that China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US. So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!”

China was moving slowly on promises to issue export licenses for rare earths minerals. The Geneva deal called for China to lift trade countermeasures that restrict its exports of the critical metals needed for U.S. semiconductor, electronics and defense production.

“The Chinese are slow-rolling their compliance, which is completely unacceptable, and it has to be addressed,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CNBC, without specifying how that would happen.

May 31 2025

President Trump Pittsburgh Steel Rally


Posted originally on CTH on May 30, 2025 | Sundance

Previously, President Trump announced: “I am proud to announce that, after much consideration and negotiation, US Steel will REMAIN in America, and keep its Headquarters in the Great City of Pittsburgh. For many years, the name, “United States Steel” was synonymous with Greatness, and now, it will be again. This will be a planned partnership between United States Steel and Nippon Steel, which will create at least 70,000 jobs, and add $14 Billion Dollars to the U.S. Economy. The bulk of that Investment will occur in the next 14 months.

This is the largest Investment in the History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. My Tariff Policies will ensure that Steel will once again be, forever, MADE IN AMERICA. From Pennsylvania to Arkansas, and from Minnesota to Indiana, AMERICAN MADE is BACK. I will see you all at US Steel, in Pittsburgh, on Friday, May 30th, for a BIG Rally. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!”

The event to celebrate the deal between US Steel and Nippon takes place today in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  The anticipated start time is 5:30pm, with livestream links below:

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May 31 2025

Supreme Court Rules 7-2 to Permit Removal of 500,000 Migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela


Posted originally on CTH on May 30, 2025 | Sundance

A federal judge in Boston previously blocked the Trump administration’s plan to end a Biden-era program that granted humanitarian parole protection for more than 500,000 migrants from: Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.  Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that President Trump can eliminate the program and potentially deport the migrants. [RULING HERE w/ KBJ Dissent]

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This is a good opportunity to remind everyone that installing Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson was an Obama operation using Joe Biden. I wrote about the plan a full year before KBJ was nominated to the Supreme Court [GO DEEP] Everything was by design.

Ketanji Brown-Jackson was always going to be installed in the supreme court as part of the overall Obama team’s use of Joe Biden.  Merrick Garland was removed from his position specifically to create the path for KBJ to travel.  Everything about this was planned well in advance of Biden’s installation.  KBJ is to the judicial branch what BHO was/is to the executive branch.

Merrick Garland was pulled from the DC judicial circuit to replace him with KBJ.  Garland was never going to be the U.S. Attorney General in anything more than a title.  Deputy AG Lisa Monaco was the person in control of Main Justice during Joe Biden’s tenure.

The political pendulum has never, in the history of humanity, stayed on one side of a swing. The back lash from overreach has always been proportionate to how far off center it went before coming back … and right now we’re staring at a whole hell of a lot of the country (about 80-90% of the land mass, as well as about 70% of the population) that is fed up.  As people realize the operation around Joe Biden, more alarms will begin to resound.

The Supreme Court is compromised, not only by the operation that installed Justice Brown-Jackson, but also by the activity President Trump noted in his full wolverine message last night about the Federalist Society.  Additionally, Chief Justice John Roberts is navigating a minefield of surfacing consequences from his previously political operation surrounding former SCOTUS Staffer Sheldon Snook and the leak of the Dobbs decision.

If we know Mary McCord’s husband Sheldon Snook leaked the Dobbs decision, it is only a matter of time before the reinvigorated FBI investigation into the Supreme Court leak discovers the source.  What happens then? 

When I travel to Washington DC, discuss ancillary investigative issues and then begin to outline these factual series of events, trust me – none of the people in positions of authority want to talk about it.  They are scared; they don’t even want to know. It’s like they encounter a truth-carrying Ebola virus that scares the bejeebus out of them. [Yet in some ways, it’s cool; because truth carried as a weapon protects us from their backlash.]

I always depart the conversations with the same short message, “Think about it. If I know, then it’s only a matter of time.”  There is never a reply, just a look that says they’re now thinking about stuff they don’t want to think about.

To say things in the judicial branch are precarious is an understatement.

WASHINGTON DC – […] The immigrants who entered through the programs will now lose their permits to work in the U.S. and are at risk of imminent deportation, although many are expected to apply for asylum or similar protections.

Two Democratic-appointed justices — Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson — dissented.

The majority’s decision to allow the administration to cancel the programs while legal challenges were still pending will “facilitate needless human suffering” and will unleash “devastation” on the affected immigrants, Jackson wrote in an eight-page dissent joined by Sotomayor.

In March, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked the legal status of immigrants in the so-called CHNV parole programs and gave participants 30 days to leave the U.S. However, a federal judge in Boston blocked Noem’s move the following month, concluding that “en masse” termination of the groups’ immigration status was likely illegal and that officials could end individuals’ parole grants early only on a case-by-case basis.

The high court granted the administration’s emergency appeal seeking to lift that block while litigation continues.

While about 500,000 Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan immigrants are directly affected by the ruling, it may have consequences for about 500,000 others allowed into the U.S. under the same parole provision, including Ukrainians, Afghans and children from Central America. (read more)

May 31 2025

President Trump and Elon Musk Press Conference


Posted originally on CTH on May 30, 2025 | Sundance

President Trump is scheduled to hold a press conference today with Elon Musk at 1:30pm ET. Livestream Links Below

Musk is departing his role as a special government employee overseeing the U.S. DOGE Service. “This will be his last day, but not really, because he will, always, be with us, helping all the way,” President Trump posted on social media. The event begins at 1:30pm and then later this afternoon President Trump will be heading to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to highlight a deal between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel.

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May 30 2025

Josh Hammer Slams Rogue Courts Attacking Trump Tariffs “They Don’t Have The Tools To Win This”


Posted originally on Rumble By Bannon’s War Room on: May 29, 2025, at 7:00 pm EST

May 30 2025

Maximum Pressure Campaign: Josh Hammer Recommends Iran Sanctions As Nuclear Conflict Looms


Posted originally on Rumble By Bannon’s War Room on: May 29, 2025, at 7:00 pm EST

May 30 2025

The Constitution Gives The President Discretion As To How He Carries His Foreign Affairs Powers


Posted originally on Rumble By Bannon’s War Room on: May 29, 2025, at 1:00 pm EST

May 30 2025

President Trump Goes Full Wolverine Mode


Posted originally on CTH on May 29, 2025 | Sundance

Pushed far enough, decisions are reached.

[VIA TRUTH SOCIAL] “The U.S. Court of International Trade incredibly ruled against the United States of America on desperately needed Tariffs but, fortunately, the full 11 Judge Panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Court has just stayed the order by the Manhattan-based Court of International Trade. Where do these initial three Judges come from? How is it possible for them to have potentially done such damage to the United States of America? Is it purely a hatred of “TRUMP?” What other reason could it be?

I was new to Washington, and it was suggested that I use The Federalist Society as a recommending source on Judges. I did so, openly and freely, but then realized that they were under the thumb of a real “sleazebag” named Leonard Leo, a bad person who, in his own way, probably hates America, and obviously has his own separate ambitions. He openly brags how he controls Judges, and even Justices of the United States Supreme Court — I hope that is not so, and don’t believe it is! In any event, Leo left The Federalist Society to do his own “thing.” I am so disappointed in The Federalist Society because of the bad advice they gave me on numerous Judicial Nominations. This is something that cannot be forgotten!

With all of that being said, I am very proud of many of our picks, but very disappointed in others. They always must do what’s right for the Country! In this case, it is only because of my successful use of Tariffs that many Trillions of Dollars have already begun pouring into the U.S.A. from other Countries, money that, without these Tariffs, we would not be able to get. It is the difference between having a rich, prosperous, and successful United States of America, and quite the opposite.

The ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade is so wrong, and so political! Hopefully, the Supreme Court will reverse this horrible, Country threatening decision, QUICKLY and DECISIVELY. Backroom “hustlers” must not be allowed to destroy our Nation!

The horrific decision stated that I would have to get the approval of Congress for these Tariffs. In other words, hundreds of politicians would sit around D.C. for weeks, and even months, trying to come to a conclusion as to what to charge other Countries that are treating us unfairly. If allowed to stand, this would completely destroy Presidential Power — The Presidency would never be the same!

This decision is being hailed all over the World by every Country, other than the United States of America. Radical Left Judges, together with some very bad people, are destroying America. Under this decision, Trillions of Dollars would be lost by our Country, money that will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. It would be the harshest financial ruling ever leveled on us as a Sovereign Nation. The President of the United States must be allowed to protect America against those that are doing it Economic and Financial harm.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!” (source)

To truly understand the anger, you must remind yourself that MAGAnomics, the construct of every economic policy and strategy, is entirely controlled by President Trump.  There is not one component of the larger economic policy agenda that he delegates to another.

The economy and building American wealth are his primary focus. It is the entire reason Donald Trump decided to be in politics.

May 30 2025

NEC Director Kevin Hassett Outlines Trade Court Conflict, Optimal Tariff Approaches and Pending Congressional Legislation on Big Beautiful Bill


PPosted originally on CTH on May 29, 2025 | Sundance

Shortly before the federal appeals court decision to stay the lower court intervention, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett appeared on Fox Business with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the frustrating trade court decision and the pending legislation on budgets and taxes.

Director Hassett is always a solid analytical mind to follow because his job is to look into the future and see if current alignment of economic policy retains the objective of economic growth, and he does it well.  Within the interview a key point made by Hassett on the trade/tariff conflict with the court is that USTR Jamieson Greer has multiple legal pathways to support the intent of the tariffs as applied.

This is a point CTH will continue to make; both the USTR and the Dept of Commerce Secretary have alternate legal trade tools that support the tariffs.  The bottom line is that whether IEEPA is used or Sec.301/302 are used the tariff outcome remains the same, the only difference is the amount of time for the countervailing duty to trigger; put another way, ‘optimal solutions.’  WATCH:

Despite the noise and media drumbeat, Kevin Hassett continues to carry the maganomic agenda forward with a smile.  He is able to do this because all of the economic policy is grounded in America-first realism.  It can be achieved, and it will be achieved, entirely because it is achievable. Remember that!

When you reach frustration, ask yourself, “is there bread in the kitchen?”  If yes, then focus on solving the immediate non-critical problem; do not allow the dark imaginings to disrupt your focus. It’s the guys like Kevin Hassett who are keeping the bread in the kitchen.

May 30 2025

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Grants Pause Over Trade Court Ruling – Tariffs Remain in Force


Posted originally on CTH on May 29, 2025 | Sundance

Like I said last night, the Trump team followed their legal due diligence in several aspects of the tariff/trade deficit reset strategy, and it did not appear the New York trade court looked at any of the supportive material from the USTR and the Dept of Commerce.

Today, a full panel of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted a “stay” and paused the lower court ruling pending full appeal outcome and possible Supreme Court intervention.  [Ruling pdf Here]  The President Trump trade tariffs remain in place, and the ridiculous court-ordered refunding of previously collected tariffs is set aside.

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The court is suspending the lower court decision until the appeals motions are filed and reviewed.  The multinational corporations have until June 5th to file their responses to the appeal, and the Trump administration has until June 9th to file their full appeal brief.

VIA CNBC – A federal appeals court on Thursday granted the Trump administration’s request to temporarily pause a lower court ruling that struck down most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The Trump administration had earlier told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that it would seek “emergency relief” from the Supreme Court as soon as Friday if the tariff ruling was not quickly put on pause.

The judgment issued Wednesday night by the U.S. Court of International Trade is “temporarily stayed until further notice while this court considers the motions papers,” the appeals court said in its order.

The pause gives the Trump administration some breathing room as it prepares to argue that the trade court’s ruling should be halted for the duration of the appeals process.

The appeals court gave the plaintiffs — a group that includes state attorneys general and a handful of domestic businesses — one week to respond to the administration’s bid for a stay pending appeal. The U.S. will be able to reply to that response by June 9.

“This is merely a procedural step as the court considers the government’s request for a longer stay pending appeal,” said Jeffrey Schwab, a lawyer for the business plaintiffs, in a statement.

“We are confident the Federal Circuit will ultimately deny the government’s motion shortly thereafter, recognizing the irreparable harm these tariffs inflict on our clients,” Schwab said. (read more)

NBC is claiming the court, “barred the administration from making any future modifications to the tariffs in question.”  However, I do not see that in the order.  That looks like wishful thinking on behalf of the parent company who owns NBC.

Like I said last night…. Stay Calm. Be angry, but stay calm and frosty. Good, smart people are rapid firing legal analysis, supportive documents and strong ‘standing’ strategic information into the pipeline to assist.

For now, at least, the tariffs remain in place as they were before the trade court intervention.