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#Amazon has put in a last-minute bid to acquire all of #TikTok, …as it approaches an April deadline to be separated from its Chinese owner or face a ban in the #UnitedStates….

Various parties who have been involved in the talks do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously, the people said. The bid came via an offer letter addressed to Vice President #JDVance & #HowardLutnick, the #commerce secy….

#USpol #Trump #broligarchy #JeffBezos #law #tech #Antitrust
nytimes.com/2025/04/02/busines

Amazon’s bid highlights the last-minute maneuvering in Washington over TikTok’s ownership.
The New York Times · Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S.By Lauren Hirsch

Via #CTV - April 01,2025

The #UnitedStates government has pinpointed #Quebec’s #Bill96, “An Act respecting #French, the official and common language of Quebec,” as a hindrance that could impact #trade between the U.S. and #Canada.

The 2025 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, published last month, highlights “significant foreign barriers to U.S. exports, U.S. foreign direct investment, and U.S. electronic #commerce.”

ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/qu

People take part in a protest against Bill 96 in Montreal on May 26, 2022. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes)
CTVNews · U.S. government classifies Quebec’s Bill 96 as ‘foreign trade barrier’The United States government has pinpointed Quebec’s Bill 96, 'An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Quebec,' as a hindrance that could impact trade between the U.S. and Canada.
L'AGOA va-t-il être renouvelé cette année ? C'est la principale inquiétude qui pèse auprès des pays signataires de cet accord commercial entre les pays africains et les États-Unis. Il prévoit l'accès en franchise de droits de douane pour certains produits, comme les vêtements, en provenance d'une trentaine de pays d'Afrique subsaharienne. Mais Donald Trump pourrait bien tout remettre en question. Récit de Clémence Waller.#Afrique #Commerce #Économie #États-Unis #DonaldTrump #Lesotho
Les entreprises inquiètent par le sort de l'accord AGOA depuis l'élection de Donald Trump
France 24 · Les entreprises inquiètent par le sort de l'accord AGOA depuis l'élection de Donald Trump

Le président chinois Xi Jinping a affirmé vendredi que les portes de son pays s'ouvriraient "de plus en plus grand", lors...

Le président chinois Xi Jinping a affirmé vendredi que les portes de son pays s'ouvriraient 'de plus en plus grand', lors...#COMMERCE #XIJINPING #DONALDTRUMP #CHINE #ENTREPRISES #DROITSDEDOUANE
Droits de douane et Chine : les portes 's'ouvriront de plus en plus grand', dit Xi Jinping aux investisseurs étrangers - RTBF Actus

...it's right in the name!! #capitalism is the aggressive pursuit to capitalize on the ideas, labour, and resources of others via a controlled and preset measure of worth and value, as determined by the capitalizer...

and, yes, that IS very different from #commerce which is a fair and equal exchange of goods and services, whereby "fair and equal" is determined and negociated directly between persons involved in the exhange.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick thinks those who complain about missing Social Security checks are probably criminals. That’s insane.

On Social Security, Trump Cabinet secretary inadvertently gives away the game
msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/m

MSNBC · On Social Security, Trump Cabinet secretary inadvertently gives away the gameBy Steve Benen

#Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government Contracts

Within the #Trump admin’s #Defense Dept, #ElonMusk’s #SpaceX rocketry is being trumpeted as the nifty new way the #Pentagon could move #military cargo rapidly around the globe.

In the #Commerce Dept, SpaceX’s #Starlink satellite internet service will now be fully eligible for the federal govt’s $42B rural #broadband push, after being largely shut out during the #Biden era.

#kleptocracy #broligarchy
nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/poli

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Director of federal broadband program quits
muskwatch.com/i/159516805/dire

"The director of a massive Dept of #Commerce program to improve #rural broadband access has quit the #government over concerns that the agency would delay the initiative to lavish #Starlink with federal funds...

Feinman urged the #Trump admn against changing BEAD “to benefit [satellite] #technology that delivers slower speeds at higher costs"