By Tom Ozimek Remarking on the ongoing U.S.–China rare earth export dispute, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during an Oct. 15 news conference that if Beijing refuses to act as a reliable trading partner, the United States and its allies may have no choice but to decouple. While emphasizing that decoupling—severing trade ties entirely or […]
Tag: Illegal Drug Trade
The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs that are subject to drug prohibition laws. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs through the use of drug prohibition laws.