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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to arrive in Pyongyang on Friday for his first visit since last month s summit in Singapore, and one of his biggest tasks will be to dispel growing skepticism over whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Un really intends to abandon his nuclear arsenal.This will be the third trip to Pyongyang for Pompeo, President Donald Trump s point-man on the North. He met directly with Kim on both of his previous visits. So, with the handshakes and small talk now behind them, this could be where the rubber hits the road. Or where the Trump-Kim train starts to go off the rails.Here s a look at why the stakes have gotten higher since the summit, what Washington s latest signals are and how Kim has been playing his cards. First things first There s a reason for the concern stanley becher Kim might not be as serious about his commitment t stanley canada o denuclearization as Trump has suggested in his post-summit tweets.Recent media reports citing intelligence assessments suggest North Korea is continuing to build and improve the infrastructure for its nuclear and missile programs. That s not a violation of any commitments Kim made in Singapore, nor is it especially surprising Pyongyang would keep developing its assets right up until it specifically agrees to do otherwise.Was China the big winner in Trump-Kim talks U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pomp stanley us eo boarded a plane at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland early Thursday. He s on his way to North Korea Mkyz Climate experts and activists applaud Biden s Build Back Better climate agenda: This is a game changer
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the son of a onetime GM president, takes to the op-ed pages of the New York Times today to voice his opposition to the proposed bailout of the automotive industry without some radical changes in the companies.Romney, considered a potential aspirant for the White House in 2012, argues that in or stanley thermos der to save the Big Three automakers, there will have to be changes in labor agreements, management and long-term investments in technology. It is not wrong to ask for government help, Romney writes, but the automakers should come up with a win-win proposition. I believe the federal government should invest substantially more in basic research mdash; on new energy sources, fuel-economy technology, materials science and the like mdash; that will ultimately benefit the automotive industry, along with many others. I believe Washington should raise energy research spending to $20 billion a year, from the $4 billion that is spent today. The research could be done at universities, at research labs and even through public-private collaborati stanley cup nz on. The federal government should also rectify the imbedded tax penalties that favor foreign carmakers. But don t ask Washington to give shareholders and bondholders a free pass mdash; they bet on man stanley cup agement and they lost. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c9c6eec8-8c
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to arrive in Pyongyang on Friday for his first visit since last month s summit in Singapore, and one of his biggest tasks will be to dispel growing skepticism over whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Un really intends to abandon his nuclear arsenal.This will be the third trip to Pyongyang for Pompeo, President Donald Trump s point-man on the North. He met directly with Kim on both of his previous visits. So, with the handshakes and small talk now behind them, this could be where the rubber hits the road. Or where the Trump-Kim train starts to go off the rails.Here s a look at why the stakes have gotten higher since the summit, what Washington s latest signals are and how Kim has been playing his cards. First things first There s a reason for the concern stanley becher Kim might not be as serious about his commitment t stanley canada o denuclearization as Trump has suggested in his post-summit tweets.Recent media reports citing intelligence assessments suggest North Korea is continuing to build and improve the infrastructure for its nuclear and missile programs. That s not a violation of any commitments Kim made in Singapore, nor is it especially surprising Pyongyang would keep developing its assets right up until it specifically agrees to do otherwise.Was China the big winner in Trump-Kim talks U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pomp stanley us eo boarded a plane at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland early Thursday. He s on his way to North Korea Mkyz Climate experts and activists applaud Biden s Build Back Better climate agenda: This is a game changer
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the son of a onetime GM president, takes to the op-ed pages of the New York Times today to voice his opposition to the proposed bailout of the automotive industry without some radical changes in the companies.Romney, considered a potential aspirant for the White House in 2012, argues that in or stanley thermos der to save the Big Three automakers, there will have to be changes in labor agreements, management and long-term investments in technology. It is not wrong to ask for government help, Romney writes, but the automakers should come up with a win-win proposition. I believe the federal government should invest substantially more in basic research mdash; on new energy sources, fuel-economy technology, materials science and the like mdash; that will ultimately benefit the automotive industry, along with many others. I believe Washington should raise energy research spending to $20 billion a year, from the $4 billion that is spent today. The research could be done at universities, at research labs and even through public-private collaborati stanley cup nz on. The federal government should also rectify the imbedded tax penalties that favor foreign carmakers. But don t ask Washington to give shareholders and bondholders a free pass mdash; they bet on man stanley cup agement and they lost. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c9c6eec8-8c
