I mean no idea what theyre doing in terms of treating and quarantining the sick.

I think the answer is they have no idea what they're doing.

In early January, a Lyft driver from Italy told me that the government there is completely corrupt and inefficient. Assuming that most of its hospitals are run by the government, that would probably explain a lot.

Also, I've heard that Italy is closely connected to China economically, so maybe some visitors from Wuhan w/ powerful strands of the viruses arrived there.

the currency agreement is based on provisions in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement trade deal, which require the three countries to disclose monthly data on international reserve balances and intervention in foreign exchange markets, along with quarterly balance-of-payments data and other public reporting to the International Monetary Fund:-reuters quoting trump official

from reuters: The deal includes stronger Chinese legal protections for patents, trademarks, copyrights, including improved criminal and civil procedures to combat online infringement, pirated and counterfeit goods. The deal contains commitments by China to follow through on previous pledges to eliminate any pressure for foreign companies to transfer technology to Chinese firms as a condition of market access, licensing or administrative approvals and to eliminate any government advantages for such transfers. The deal contains commitments by China to follow through on previous pledges to eliminate any pressure for foreign companies to transfer technology to Chinese firms as a condition of market access, licensing or administrative approvals and to eliminate any government advantages for such transfers.

Oops you were wrong. So was the media. So was...as usual, leftist conventional wisdom.

No end in sight? They're about to sign a deal on 60 percent of the issues and the tariff escalation has stopped. What crazy news are u reading?

I hope you're right!

Once more trade dealsare reached, sentiment will rebound to January levels.

Iran-U.S. tensions could also keep oil prices elevated and could cause a huge jump in prices.