Geopolitical Economy Report Ben Norton

Putin met with Xi Jinping in Beijing, where China and Russia released a joint statement blasting Western "colonialism and hegemonism", supporting a multipolar world and more representation for the Global South, and calling for de-dollarization and expansion of BRICS. Ben Norton analyzes the historic document.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ufjxmDLQyBU

Full text of the joint statement with links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/05/24/china-russia-joint-statement-new-era-75th-anniversary/

Topics
0:00 Intro
0:49 Putin's visit to China
1:42 Summary of the joint statement
4:58 Russia deepens economic integration with China
7:18 China expands trade with anti-hegemonic nations
8:50 Note on translation of joint statement
11:20 75th anniversary of China-Russia relations
13:46 Supporting Global South & multipolar world
17:58 Condemning Western neocolonialism & hegemony
20:49 Expanding cooperation
23:03 "True multilateralism"
25:14 Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter
27:35 Shanghai Cooperation Organization
28:33 Expanding BRICS
30:10 Nuclear weapons
30:33 Condemning US militarism
34:26 Climate change & pollution
36:01 Ukraine war
38:58 Non-interference
40:29 ASEAN
40:46 East Asia
41:33 North Korea
42:36 West Asia (Middle East) & Palestine
44:07 Afghanistan
45:18 Africa
46:25 Latin America
48:17 Outro

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for an arrest warrant for Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu over crimes against humanity in Gaza. The Biden administration is threatening sanctions on Prosecutor Karim Khan. US Senator Lindsey Graham warned, "if they'll do this to Israel, we’re next!" Ben Norton discusses Washington's extreme hypocrisy and shows the real face of the so-called "rules-based international order".

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ChZZ3GKiNE0

US politicians threaten to invade Int'l Criminal Court if Israel faces war crimes charges: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/05/07/us-threat-icc-israel/

US senator says Israel should drop nuclear bombs on Gaza: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/05/12/senator-lindsey-graham-israel-nuclear-weapons-gaza/

Intro
0:00 "We're next!"
0:15 ICC seeks to arrest Israeli officials
1:50 US gov't threatens ICC
4:08 Lindsey Graham quote: "if they'll do this to Israel, we’re next!"
5:01 Protest
5:27 Bipartisan barbarism
6:57 Karim Khan dropped previous investigation into US/NATO war crimes
8:26 Both sides-ism
9:35 ICC charges against PM Netanyahu & DM Yoav Gallant
10:38 ICJ or ICC?
11:59 Western officials says ICC "was built for Africa"
12:39 Netanyahu responds: "No one will stop us"
13:16 20,000 US citizens in IDF
14:04 Israel is an outpost of the US empire
15:29 Biden, Blinken, & Republicans agree
16:54 Trump imposed sanctions on ICC
18:53 US hypocritically backs ICC charges against Putin
20:15 US & Israel: rogue states
22:57 Outro

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, sought to unite the Global South against Western imperialism. He joined BRICS, advocated de-dollarization, supported Palestine, promoted a "Look East" strategy toward China and Russia, and allied with Africa and Latin America. Ben Norton analyzes the late Iranian leader's anti-colonial foreign policy.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pzPKOhHcnvc

Topics
0:00 Raisi's death & Iran's future
2:51 Raisi's anti-colonial foreign policy
4:54 Palestine
6:10 Anti-imperialism
8:42 BRICS
10:53 Dedollarization
11:45 Shanghai Cooperation Organization
12:46 "Look East" strategy
13:19 China
18:11 Russia
20:02 Indonesia
20:42 Africa
23:32 Latin America
28:40 Nicaragua & Iran: sister revolutions
33:08 Outro

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by Professor C.P. Chandrasekhar to discuss what is really happening in India's economy, if its government growth statistics and other official data are accurate, the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party BJP, and the country's 2024 elections.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3zt1ZYzWP7k

You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

The Joe Biden White House imposed high tariffs on Chinese technological products, including electric vehicles (EVs), solar panels, batteries, and semiconductors. Ben Norton analyzes the hypocrisy of US government accusations that Beijing provides unfair subsidies to its industries, while Washington is spending trillions on industrial policy -- and how this exposes the "free trade" dogma spread by neoliberal economists as a myth.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=a7okuN2qJU8

Our related video: "Is China producing too much? US 'overcapacity' accusations: new tactic in economic war" - https://youtube.com/watch?v=GUpWxNcdnYU

Topics
0:00 Biden puts tariffs on China
1:05 Elon Musk demanded tariffs on Chinese EVs
1:55 US "overcapacity" allegations
2:40 Europe threatens tariffs too
3:19 Biden condemned tariffs in 2019
4:58 Climate change hypocrisy
6:13 "Free market" myth
8:47 "Forced" technology transfer myth
13:12 BYD outcompetes Tesla
13:56 Neoliberalism: de-industrialization & financialization
18:26 Subsidies: US gov't plans trillions in benefits
23:52 More tariffs on Chinese products
25:30 Washington Consensus
29:01 US destroys WTO (after creating it)
31:28 Protectionism: How US & UK really developed
39:39 Outro

US Senator Lindsey Graham insisted in a TV interview that Israel should drop nuclear bombs on Gaza, where more than 2 million Palestinian civilians, including 1 million children, are trapped under what the Israeli defense minister called a “complete siege”. Ben Norton discusses Washington's bipartisan complicity in crimes against humanity.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4jJpA11Z5N8

Atomic bombing of Japan was NOT necessary to end WWII. US gov't documents admit it: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/08/07/atomic-bombing-japan-not-necessary/

Links and sources here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/05/12/senator-lindsey-graham-israel-nuclear-weapons-gaza/

Topics
0:00 Intro
0:31 Lindsey Graham says Israel should nuke Gaza
1:11 Fact check
1:59 Israeli minister called to nuke Gaza
3:55 Crimes against humanity
4:47 US support is bipartisan
5:26 Israel's nuclear weapons
6:45 Israel offered nukes to apartheid South Africa
9:05 US atomic bombing of Japan was not necessary
13:10 Outro