Lie [Down] and Think of The Queen

Bombshell welcomes back Amanda Sloat to dish on all the drama across the pond - Brexit, the selection of the new Tory leader, and Trump’s visit, which was surely not (short)waisted [sic]. Foreign relations are a-twitter with elections in the European Union and Israel (yes, again). And Kim Jong Un thumbed his nose at the world to show that he of course does not murder his failed negotiators – he just imprisons them. The Trump administration has launched another salvo in a trade war with Mexico the same week it noticed USMC-A to Congress, proving that we do indeed contain multitudes. And did you happen to hear about what’s going on with the USS John S. McCain? Also, Radha watched Good Omens and you should too. 

Links

Trade – Mexico

• Andrew Van Dam, "As Mexico Becomes America's Top Source of Imported Goods, Here are the Products That Could Be Most Hit By Trump's Tariffs," Washington Post, May 31, 2019
• Edward Alden, "Why Congress Cannot Allow the Trump Tariffs on Mexico to Stand," Council on Foreign Relations," May 31, 2019
• Tom Hals and Brendan Pierson, "Trump's Mexican Tariffs Test Limits of U.S. Emergency Powers: Legal Experts," Reuters, May 31, 2019

Trade - China

• "China Threatens Sweeping Blacklist of Firms After Huawei Ban," Bloomberg, May 31, 2019

EU Election

• Jon Henley, "EU Elections Turnout Rises As Political Landscape Fragments," Guardian, May 26, 2019

NK Executions

• Laura Bicker, "North Korea Execution Reports – Why We Should Be Cautious," BBC, MAY 31, 2019

Brexit

• Amanda Sloat, "Brexit Endgame: A Withdrawal Agreement for Theresa May, But No Clarity on Brexit," Brookings, May 30, 2019
• Thomas Wright, "How Trump Undermined Theresa May," Atlantic, May 31, 2019
• The Role of Parliament in Today's Britain, Brookings, May 28, 2019

Israeli Elections

• Bernard Avishai, "A Climax to the Saga of Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman," New Yorker, June 1, 2019
• Yaakov Katz, "Why is Israel Really Going to New Elections?" Jerusalem Post, June 2, 2019

USS McCain

• Barbara Starr and Devan Cole, "Shanahan: USS John McCain Request Made Directly to Seventh Fleet," CNN, June 2, 2019