tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post7841975623317773710..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Will INSTEX Replace SWIFT Bank Exchange?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-55573520760043589392019-02-06T19:26:52.613-05:002019-02-06T19:26:52.613-05:00I have now realized another aspect of this, in par...I have now realized another aspect of this, in particular why Deutsche Telekomm would be so willing to act as this strong arm for Trump's policy in Germany. I noted that it has this US subsidiary in the US, T-Mobile. When I wrote that I did not remember that T-Mobile has been tryiing to get antitrust approvaal from the administration to carry out a buyout ("merger") of Sprint. Indeed, it has come out that high officials stayed in large numbers for quite a few days at the Trump Hotel in Washington. The T-Mobile people are really going out of their way to effectively bribe and please Trump so as to get this merger approved.<br /><br />This certainly adds to why the owners of T-Mobile in Germany would be willing to play stool pigeon for Trump in Germany by canceling email accounts and so on of companiea that the US Ambassador has been pressuring to withdraw from Iran. This is all pretty disgusting.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-28535249223497663492019-02-04T06:28:39.078-05:002019-02-04T06:28:39.078-05:00Not immediately, but Rome did not fall in a day, o...Not immediately, but Rome did not fall in a day, or even a decade. It's a crack in the wall of dollar dominance, one Russia and China will be keen to enlarge (both are working on SWIFT alternatives).<br /><br />Adam Tooze documents the centrality of Atlantic flows (US-EU via UK) to the world financial system. Instex, Brexit, Trump...Peter Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13289172253358199028noreply@blogger.com