A Stumble for German Soccer
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BOB DYLAN SUPREME COURT MAKING MEZCAL HOW HIS MUSIC ECHOES OF 1991 IN THE TRADITION BEHIND FITS THE STAGE NEW ACCUSATION A SPIRIT’S SMOKY FLAVOR PAGE 18 | CULTURE PAGE 7 | WORLD PAGE 19 | TRAVEL .. INTERNATIONAL EDITION | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 Don’t force Trump says Palestinians tariffs will to negotiate save U.S. Dana H. Allin factories Steven Simon WASHINGTON OPINION But similar past efforts Are President Trump’s advisers check- ing his worst impulses? From trade to have generally failed to NATO, we’ve been assured that the protect existing jobs “adults” in the White House are work- ing quietly to prevent the president BY BINYAMIN APPELBAUM from following through on his often erratic foreign policy proclamations. President Trump is building a wall of In fact, many of those advisers are tariffs around the United States econ- leaving their own mark on American omy, attempting to protect American international relations by amplifying jobs by limiting imports. But a tire fac- the president’s instincts or, in some tory that opened last year in Richburg, cases, using the opportunity to ad- S.C., offers a reminder that globalization vance their own radical agendas. While is hard to stop. we focus on the president’s latest In 2009, American tire makers per- utterances, they have been fundamen- suaded the Obama administration to im- tally altering the direction of United pose tariffs on Chinese tires, and im- States foreign policy, from one based ports of tires from China fell sharply. But on cooperation and Chinese companies did not stop making Diplomacy leadership to one tires in response to the tariffs — they as coercion rooted in punish- simply moved production to other ment and domina- places, including to the United States. goes against tion. Giti, a Singapore-based company that everything Nowhere is this is one of the largest tire makers in China, American more clear than in built the South Carolina factory to make foreign policy America’s Middle low-cost tires for Walmart. Two Chinese stands for. East policy. Last tire companies are building plants in the week John Bolton, JES AZNAR FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES neighboring states of Georgia and North President Trump’s Running out of hope Search-and-rescue workers dug through the mud, sometimes with their bare hands, looking for the bodies of mine workers and their fam- Carolina, and another Chinese company national security ilies after Typhoon Mangkhut’s drenching rains unleashed landslides that inundated bunkhouses and mountain homes, killing dozens in Itogon, the Philippines. PAGE 6 acquired a tire factory in Georgia this adviser, announced the closing of the year. Palestine Liberation Organization’s Mr. Trump this week said the United office in Washington; the administra- States would begin imposing tariffs on tion also revoked the visas for the $200 billion worth of Chinese goods next organization’s envoy and his family. Monday, on top of the $50 billion worth Mr. Bolton suggested that the Pales- of products he previously taxed. The tinians needed to be punished, for both new tariffs hit many of the consumer their readiness to refer Israeli con- A stumble for German soccer products that Americans use every day, struction in occupied territory to the like food, clothing and electronics, and International Criminal Court and their MUNICH roots in Germany’s sizable Turkish com- the president threatened to go even fur- reluctance to engage with the Trump munity has become a central focus in ther, saying he is prepared to tax all Chi- administration’s peace efforts. Germany’s campaign to stage the 2024 nese imports if Beijing retaliates. Both charges are spurious, and in Euro, soccer’s biggest tournament out- The president has also imposed tariffs any event trivial. It is true that Pales- Ugly exit by star player side the World Cup. The only opponent on steel and aluminum imports from tinian leaders have a habit of investing — Turkey. most foreign countries, and has threat- unrealistic expectations in an interna- and charges of bigotry mar Grindel, the 61-year-old bespectacled ened to tax imports of cars and car parts. tional community as a kind of deus ex bid to host the 2024 Euro former politician with Chancellor An- Tariffs are taxes ultimately paid by machina. What is also true, however, is gela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Un- American consumers, in the form of that they have hardly any other op- BY TARIQ PANJA ion, said Özil’s statement represented a higher prices. The purpose of a tariff is tions. low point for him, even lower than the to raise the price of imports above the Sanctions and deterrence should For Reinhard Grindel, the leader of Ger- moment South Korea eliminated Ger- price of domestic alternatives. The bill always be part of the American diplo- many’s soccer federation, this has be- many from the World Cup. Özil had tak- for this method of protecting domestic matic arsenal. But punishment for its come an awkward moment to promote en aim at Grindel personally, perhaps jobs is paid disproportionately by lower- own sake is not how the United States his country’s campaign to stage the Eu- even more so than the federation he income households. And it is often very traditionally conducts diplomacy. Nor ropean Championship in 2024, or, really, leads. large. One study of the Obama tire tar- is there much evidence that punish- anything having to do with a national Özil’s comments — whether fair or not iffs found in a single year, 2011, Ameri- ment works — just ask Israel, which team program that only months ago was — represent a fundamental challenge to cans spent an extra $1.1 billion on tires has been using it for years to try to considered a symbol of unity for the an image the soccer federation has been as a result of a tariff that preserved, at wring Palestinian concessions. country and one of the most unstop- keen to cultivate since it successfully most, 1,200 jobs. That is just over In the Israeli view, Palestinians must pable forces in sports. played host to the 2006 World Cup. Be- $900,000 per job, for jobs paying an av- be taught a lesson — for example, by Earlier this month, a mob waving ginning with that event, the D.F.B. has erage of about $40,000. withholding tax revenues — whenever German flags and flashing Nazi salutes MICHAEL DALDER/REUTERS showcased soccer as a force for racial Steel tariffs imposed in 2002 by Presi- they go outside the confines of bilateral rampaged through the streets of Chem- Germany’s Mesut Özil, dejected after Germany’s loss to South Korea eliminated it from and religious integration. Twelve years dent George W. Bush yielded similar re- negotiations with appeals to the United nitz, in eastern Germany, chasing dark- the World Cup, later accused the country’s soccer federation of discrimination. on, if a figure like Özil, heralded as a sults, penalizing not just consumers but Nations or other international bodies. skinned bystanders as the police, for a symbol of integration, could feel com- companies that use steel to make other Not only do the Palestinians ignore the time outnumbered, could only watch. pelled to walk out on such terms, what products, like construction companies punishment, but each episode further After the images were broadcast the ugly departure this summer of an immigrant when we lose,” Özil wrote does it say about modern Germany as it and carmakers. Douglas Irwin, an econ- ALLIN, PAGE 13 around the world, they became yet an- Mesut Özil, a World Cup-winning play- in a lengthy screed a week after the end seeks to secure its first major tourna- TRADE, PAGE 10 other event for Grindel and the German maker, from the national team after a of the World Cup, in which Germany fin- ment since that cheery month of sun- The New York Times publishes opinion federation to explain away. For weeks, historically awful performance from the ished last in its group, its worst showing shine and soccer 12 years ago? CHINA’S LIMITED TRADE WAR OPTIONS from a wide range of perspectives in the federation, known as the D.F.B., has defending world champions in the since 1938. “We all thought sport would be capa- As President Trump orders more tar- hopes of promoting constructive debate attempted to answer accusations of rac- World Cup. Now the allegation of bigotry and dis- ble of integrating people into society, but iffs, Beijing finds that it is running out about consequential questions. ism and discrimination stemming from “I’m a German when we win, but I am crimination from a soccer icon with GERMANY, PAGE 4 of American goods to target. PAGE 10 Dragon tales and wisecracking housewives OCTOBER 9–11, 2018 during sketch series “Saturday Night INTERCONTINENTAL LONDON PARK LANE Top Emmy honors go Live,” which won eight apiece. For Netflix, the 2018 Emmys repre- OILANDMONEY.COM to ‘Game of Thrones’ and sented a triumph. But the result came as ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ a relief to HBO, which can now say that it has technically finished in first place BY JOHN KOBLIN among all broadcast and cable networks for 17 years running. The dragons held off Netflix. The rest of HBO’s awards were “Game of Thrones” stormed the 70th spread among several shows in acting Primetime Emmy Awards, taking home categories, including wins for Henry the best drama Emmy for the third time Winkler (“Barry”), Bill Hader THE NEW ENERGY MAP in the past four years and defeating last (“Barry”), Thandie Newton (“West- year’s winner, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a world”) and Peter Dinklage (“Game of Hulu series.