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It’s hard to keep up with Donald Trump’s trade strategy – both when it comes to NAFTA and with the current discussions between the United States and China. Today in The Conversation Canada, Charles Burton of Brock University provides a sharp analysis of the recent U.S. trade delegation that visited China – one that made headlines when two key members of Trump’s administration got into a profanity-laced shouting match with each other.
Isaac Nahon-Serfaty of the University of Ottawa looks at a different international issue: the state of university education under the authoritarian regime in Venezuela, where professors and students are persecuted for daring to exercise academic freedom.
Joel Lexchin of York University returns with another hard look at Big Pharma – this time, Prof. Lexchin picks apart the argument put forward by Donald Trump that Canada needs to raise its drug prices.
And finally, Rashid Sumaila of the University of British Columbia looks at the financial cost for countries to meet their obligations on the Convention on Biological Diversity – and why it’s an investment worth making.
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In this November 2017 photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare to shake their hands after a joint news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The China-U.S. trade conflict is about far more than trade; it’s about American efforts to change how China deals with the world.
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Charles Burton, Brock University
The recent U.S. trade mission to China failed, allowing no space for future compromise. What follows will likely be much more than a simple trade war.
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Supporters of President Nicolás Maduro hold drawings of him and late President Hugo Chávez during a closing reelection campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 17, 2018.
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Isaac Nahon-Serfaty, University of Ottawa
As Venezuela's May 20 election approaches, scholars and students at the country's autonomous universities continue the fight for knowledge and freedom.
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President Donald Trump releases a ‘blueprint’ to reduce prescription drug prices, with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, May 11, 2018.
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Joel Lexchin, University of Toronto
The logic behind U.S. president Donald Trump's proposal that Canada and other countries have been “free-riding” off high prices in the United States is bizarre at best.
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Nature offers many benefits to people.
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Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia
Governments around the world have vowed to halt the loss of global biodiversity by 2020, but without more investment, we'll miss some of the targets.
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Arts
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William McKeen, Boston University
A journalism scholar and biographer of Tom Wolfe looks back at a literary great's life of challenging cultural standards.
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Health + Medicine
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Alexandra Hansen, The Conversation
Parents worry about giving their kids pain relief. Four out of five experts say it's OK.
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Science + Technology
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Jennell Vick, Case Western Reserve University
Where you come down on the latest internet hullabaloo depends on how your brain fills in gaps in the sounds you hear.
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