Were reports that china wasas on to reaching at leastea a ptial deal. But late today, there were additional reports that even those expectations were being lowered by chinese officials. Investors have been getting used to such mixed messages. Clearly, any time theres even a hint of a pential truce, intentions between the worlds two largest economies, stock rise. Thats what happenedd today. The dow industrial average rose 181 points. Na gained 79. Aq26,346. The s p was up 26. Here is what ton expect whe two sides meet tomorrow. For First Time Since may, the u. S. Trade represeative and treasury secrery will receive chinas vice premiere on their home turf to contie negotiations for a 13th round as the trade waron drags reuters reporting expectations from china for a deal are low, after u. S. Banned business with eight chinese tech giants. I think they feel that im iving a tough bargain. But i have to. In earlier reports, chinese officials suggested they a open to a parti deal and are wil
University, if you dont have your heart set on working in the u. S. Government or if youre retired. [laughter] but its hard to find people inside the Foreign Policy establishment who are willing to say what they think on this issue out loud. Just look at how chuck hagel and Samantha Power had to contort themselves during their confirmation hearings, and you see the lob bys continued lob bys continued influence. And please dont forget were still a long way from a deal with iran or a twostate solution, and the lobby will be working 24 7 to make sure that the United States doesnt do anything israel doesnt want. In short, reports of the lobbys demise have been greatly exaggerated, and given that fact, what do i think we ought to do about it . Ill just give you, i hi, four basic lessons here. Lesson number one, its just politics, stupid. First lesson i would emphasize is this is all about politics. Israel lobby is powerful because it has all the features that make an Interest Group powerful
Where girls dont have a whole lot of power. Thank you for the question. Thank you. I think, are we running out of time . We have time for one more question . Please. Thank you. I just want to thank you more your contribution. I think its important for us to learn about latin america. Im curious, youve talked about his tannic culture a lot hispanic culture a lot, mainly as a synonym to the spanishspeaking countries of latin america. Could you comment on the port tweeze influence portuguese influence, did you see interaction with bolivar and the portuguese or brazilians . Thank you. What happened, of course, is when napoleon came in and invaded the peninsula, the portuguese royal family got into boats, a whole convoy of boats, and sailed to brazil which was their colony. So they transplanted the royalty to brazil, and they felt they kept the portuguese power and the portuguese monarchy going. It was a very different story from the rest of pushspeaking america. There really is a distincti
He had a lot of goals in life but those were then enhanced when he met and married mary todd. She also was very ambitious. She said she wanted to marry a man of good mind and hopes for a Bright Future and to marry a man who would be president. There was something about Abraham Lincoln that she saw the potential and encouraged it. Mary helped to basically showcase what her husband had done and how far he had calm and kind of hinted at where they were headed stating to the world that Abraham Lincoln had made it and he was ready to move on. He next, Alvaro Vargas llosa discusses his look global crossings which looks at some of the reasons people migrate to foreign lands even in situations where they might risk their own lives. Hosted by the Cato Institute in washington d. C. , this is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] welcome everybody to the Cato Institute. I am the director here at cato. Since the beginning of this year immigration has become a burning Public Policy issue in
Who offered a helping hand and a warm smile. Repeatedly, when i was reading a piece in the the wall street journal written by governor jeb bush, i thought of my familys journey out of the ghetto. He said today the sad real city if youre born poor, if youre parents didnt go to college, if you dont know your father, and if english is not spoken at home, then the odds are stacked against you. You are more likely to stay poor today than at any other time since world war ii. What struck me about governor bushs piece was that all except one of his prerequisite for being condemned forest fire poverty applied to me. Fortunately i know my father. But i was born poor. My parents didnt go to college, and english was not and still is not spoken at home. The odds were stacked against me. So like barack obama has been eager to harp on the odds for political purposes, in the narrative he has been pedaling for the four to five years. The Little People at the bottom of the society dont get a fair shake