Trump’s Chief Economic Adviser Says Justin Trudeau “Stabbed Us in the Back”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser Larry Kudlow accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of “betrayal,” after Trudeau defended Canada against Trump’s proposed tariffs and announced that he would be moving forward with retaliatory measures against the US. “He was polarizing,” Kudlow said during a Sunday…
Move Over Farro: Freekeh Is Your New Favorite Grain
heinstirred/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Freekeh may sound like some punishing gruel savored only within the confines of hippie communes, circa 1976. But don’t let the name freak you out. Consumed throughout the Eastern Mediterranean at least since the 13th century, freekeh is the unripe, toasted grains of an…
Here’s Something to Think About the Next Time You Grab a Plastic Straw
MonrudeeGetty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by CityLab and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Summer is here and so are frozen daiquiris, iced lattes, lemonades, hibiscus mint teas, root-beer floats, frozen margs, Arnold Palmers, chocolate milk, nitro cold brews, bloody marys, Capri Suns, milkshakes,…
US Trade Policy on Dairy Is Simple: We Basically Allow No Imports at All
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s a fascinating chart on an obscure subject. I can’t imagine what prompted me to look this up, but here you go: The barely-visible red bits represent US quotas on dairy imports, part of the wildly complicated array of policies that govern the dairy industry…
Dog Bites Man. Man Bites Dog. Dog Bites…Canada? The G7 Was Lit.
Jesco Denzel/DPA via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump said some stupid things about trade at the G7 today in Quebec City. Dog bites man, am I right? But after this particular dog attack, the man, in the personification of Justin Trudeau, a nice looking fellow from Canada who…
I Am Wrong About Tariffs
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This is news: PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to give a news conference after I left saying that, “US Tariffs were kind of insulting” and he “will not be pushed around.” Very dishonest & weak.…