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Director, Industrial Policy & Trade . Political scientist studying (democratic+-) economic governance. Teach . PhD.

Washington, DC
Joined February 2011

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    Mar 11

    NEW: Policymakers are calling for restricting trade ties with Russia. In a new piece, and I explore how that will work. Thread👇

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    If you ever find yourself saying something to the effect of “at least Hitler didn’t…” just stop and delete the damn tweet.

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  4. "If McDonald’s pulls out of Russia and closes its 850 stores, those stores are not going to remain empty... If the government nationalizes those stores... the folks in Chicago are not going to be able to make them take down the golden arches.”

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  5. "There is only a single CIPS clearing center in Russia, the Moscow branch of ICBC, and transactions using the messaging system would need to be made in Chinese yuan, which has drawbacks because of Beijing’s strict capital controls"

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  6. "The proposals released Monday are likely to inflame tensions between advocates for more private care and wary unions that fear that care at some facilities that close would be provided instead by non-VA doctors, with the government paying the bills — at a cost to federal jobs."

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  7. In SEC Filings, Maxeon Technology, formerly SunPower notes: "Although in certain countries we have works councils and statutory employee representation obligations, our employees are generally not represented by labor unions on an ongoing basis."

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  8. In California, IBEW and utilities are on one side, and non union rooftop solar installers on the other.

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  10. "Even before the USW/IBEW organizing effort, leaders of Buffalo’s Black community promised jobs as part of the facility’s project labor agreement registered their anger when the minority hiring goal was was lowered to 15% from 25%."

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  11. Efforts to unionize Tesla's Buffalo solar plant have been fiercely resisted, enabled by subsidy schemes that don't require neutrality on unions

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  12. First Solar is the largest manufacturer, and at least they used union labor to build their factory.

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  13. And yikes no does seem like some of these companies could use a union!

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  14. There are few options if you want unionized panels and installation. Here's a rare example of the latter in the larger region.

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  15. Ask if they will use US made panels. A seemingly up to date list here.

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  16. How to find a reliable and affordable solar-panel installer in the DMV

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    As a result of the war in Ukraine, international economic agreements are likely to become more reflective of shared values, "perhaps transforming the multilateral trading system," write &

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    Tens of thousands of German Jews - Germans - fled Germany during the Holocaust and were ruthlessly hunted by the SS in Holland, France, Poland, Italy, and other countries over the course of the war. This is 8th grade level history.

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    Mar 11

    Promoting energy security has real impacts on American families. Shifting away from fossil fuels can take away a major source of volatility, as can smart clean energy transition policies, like consumer-friendly regulatory designs and strong supply chains. /end

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    Would this tweet of comments by the former us ambassador to Russia be geoblocked in Germany

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    16 hours ago

    Many worry that the 🇺🇦-🇷🇺 war could escalate to World War III. But are we ALREADY in a World War? [THREAD]

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