worried about a quote full fledged trade war with no end in sight and in a speech to the economic club of washington house speaker paul ryan republican house speaker for gosh sakes said about trade policy quote new tariffs are not the solution all of these back and forth the trade wars and the end still reaction surrounding them remind me that t. shirt on. read the other day the beatings will continue until morale improves it sounds like we're getting closer to a time when there might be sort of some intervention between republicans and mr trump we'll keep an eye on it and let you know what's taking place. and mexico has a new president elect leftist andres manuel lopez obrador the former mayor of mexico city was elected on july first with fifty three percent of the boat at thirty thirty points ahead of his closest rival on his third try to become president lopez obrador his party merino which he founded won a majority of seats in both chambers of the mexican congress with thirty seven percent of the parliamentary vote and here to explain it all as mark weisbrot the co-founder of the center for economic a