Complex Event Analysis - Report

Key Focus

  • The Biden campaign also pointed to an uptick in foreign procurement and continued outsourcing of jobs by U.S.-based corporations during Trump's presidency.
    Republicans nonetheless have made clear they will attack Biden on trade and the economy, framing the Democratic establishment figure as a tool of the far left on taxes and a willing participant in decades of trade policy that gutted American workers
  • They cast Trump's imposition of tariffs and uneven trade negotiations with other nations as
    a slapdash isolationism compromised further by tax policies that enrich multinational corporations
  • Trump also has lampooned Biden as "weak on China."
    On trade, at least, it's a similar line of attack Biden withstood from the Democratic primary runner-up, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and one that Trump used effectively against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016.
    Biden voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement in the Senate in 1994, an anchor of Trump's criticism and Sanders'attacks before that
  • Trump opposed TPP as a 2016 candidate. China is not a TPP member.
    Trump and Biden have called out China for unfair trade practices, but Biden accuses Trump of instigating a trade war with a commensurate economic power that the president "has no plan" to win.
    Biden's team insisted his approach falls within World Trade Organization rules, but aides also acknowledged that a Biden administration would try to modify an existing WTO deal, the Government Procurement Agreement, which effectively creates a shared open international
    market for participating governments to secure goods and services.
    For now, Biden has not identified how he'd pay for the proposed new spending
  • No momentum supporting factor found

    Challenge supporting factors

  • (trade, trump)
  • (china, trump)
  • (trump, workers)
  • (trade, workers)
  • (american, trade)
  • (campaign, trade)
  • (china, trade)
  • (tpp, trump)
  • (taxes, trump)
  • (tariffs, trump)
  • Work-in-progress supporting factors

  • (trade, trump)
  • (trade, wto)
  • (trump, wto)
  • (trump, world_trade_organization)
  • (spending, trade)
  • (spending, trump)
  • (services, trump)
  • (economic, trade)
  • (china, trade)
  • Complex Event Time Series Summary - REPORT


    Time PeriodChallengeMomentumWIP
    Report76.92 0.00 23.08

    High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

    High Level Abstraction (HLA)Report
    (1) (trade,trump)100.00
    (2) (china,trump)44.94
    (3) (trump,workers)37.34
    (4) (trade,workers)31.01
    (5) (american,trade)28.48
    (6) (campaign,trade)24.68
    (7) (china,trade)24.05
    (8) (spending,trade)22.78
    (9) (trade,wto)21.52
    (10) (trump,wto)20.89
    (11) (trump,world_trade_organization)20.25
    (12) (tpp,trump)17.72
    (13) (taxes,trump)17.09
    (14) (tariffs,trump)16.46
    (15) (spending,trump)15.19
    (16) (slapdash,trump)14.56
    (17) (services,trump)13.92
    (18) (president_barack_obama,trump)13.29
    (19) (policies,trade)12.03
    (20) (jobs,trade)9.49
    (21) (economic,trade)6.96
    (22) (democratic,trade)5.70

    Complex Event Analysis - REPORT

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    Supporting narratives:

    • challenge (Read more)
      • They cast Trump's imposition of tariffs and uneven trade negotiations with other nations as
        a slapdash isolationism compromised further by tax policies that enrich multinational corporations
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (trade,trump)
        • (tariffs,trump)

    • challenge (Read more)
      • The Biden campaign also pointed to an uptick in foreign procurement and continued outsourcing of jobs by U.S.-based corporations during Trump's presidency.
        Republicans nonetheless have made clear they will attack Biden on trade and the economy, framing the Democratic establishment figure as a tool of the far left on taxes and a willing participant in decades of trade policy that gutted American workers
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (jobs,trade)
        • (democratic,trade)
        • (trade,trump)
        • (campaign,trade)

    • challenge (Read more)
      • Trump also has lampooned Biden as "weak on China."
        On trade, at least, it's a similar line of attack Biden withstood from the Democratic primary runner-up, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and one that Trump used effectively against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016.
        Biden voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement in the Senate in 1994, an anchor of Trump's criticism and Sanders'attacks before that
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (china,trade)
        • (democratic,trade)
        • (china,trump)
        • (trade,trump)

    • challenge (Read more)
      • That includes joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership that Biden advocated when he served as President Barack Obama's vice presiden
        t. Trump opposed TPP as a 2016 candidate. China is not a TPP member.
        Trump and Biden have called out China for unfair trade practices, but Biden accuses Trump of instigating a trade war with a commensurate economic power that the president "has no plan" to win.
        Biden's team insisted his approach falls within World Trade Organization rules, but aides also acknowledged that a Biden administration would try to modify an existing WTO deal, the Government Procurement Agreement, which effectively creates a shared open international
        market for participating governments to secure goods and services.
        For now, Biden has not identified how he'd pay for the proposed new spending
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (china,trump)
        • (president_barack_obama,trump)
        • (tpp,trump)

    • challenge (Read more)
      • "We're going to take a monumental step forward for the prosperity, power, safety and dignity of all American workers."
        The Democrat's agenda carries at least some rhetorical echoes of Trump's "America First" philosophy, but the former vice president's aides describe his approach as more coherent
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (american,trade)
        • (trade,workers)
        • (trump,workers)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (american,trade,trump) [inferred]

    • challenge (Read more)
      • The Biden campaign also pointed to an uptick in foreign procurement and continued outsourcing of jobs by U.S.-based corporations during Trump's presidency.
        Republicans nonetheless have made clear they will attack Biden on trade and the economy, framing the Democratic establishment figure as a tool of the far left on taxes and a willing participant in decades of trade policy that gutted American workers.
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (american,trade)
        • (trump,workers)
        • (taxes,trump)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (american,trade,trump) [inferred]

    • challenge (Read more)
      • They cast Trump's imposition of tariffs and uneven trade negotiations with other nations as
        a slapdash isolationism compromised further by tax policies that enrich multinational corporations.
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (policies,trade)
        • (slapdash,trump)

    • challenge (Read more)
      • ET
        By Associated Press
        Launching an economic pitch expected to anchor his fall presidential campaign, Democratic candidate Joe Biden is proposing sweeping new uses of the federal government's regulatory and spending power to bolster U.S. manufacturing and technology firms.
        Biden calls for a $400 billion, four-year increase in government purchasing of U.S.-based goods and services plus $300 billion in new research and development in U.S. Among other policies expected to be announced Thursday, he proposes tightening current "Buy American" laws that are intended to benefit U.S. firms but can be easily circumvented by government agencies.
        An outline released by Biden's campaign also touts his long-standing promises to strengthen workers'collective bargaining rights and repeal Republican-backed tax breaks for U.S. corporations that move jobs overseas.
        "This will be the largest mobilization of public investments in procurement, infrastructure and (research and development) since World War II," senior adviser Jake Sullivan told The Associated Press, with the campaign promising additionally that Biden would require that effort in domestic markets before negotiating any new international trade deals.
        The former vice president will discuss the proposals Thursday at a metal works concern in Dunmore, Pennsylvania
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (policies,trade)
        • (american,trade)
        • (trade,workers)
        • (jobs,trade)
        • (economic,trade)
        • (spending,trade)
        • (democratic,trade)
        • (campaign,trade)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (american,trade,trump) [inferred]

    • WIP (Read more)
      • Trump opposed TPP as a 2016 candidate. China is not a TPP member.
        Trump and Biden have called out China for unfair trade practices, but Biden accuses Trump of instigating a trade war with a commensurate economic power that the president "has no plan" to win.
        Biden's team insisted his approach falls within World Trade Organization rules, but aides also acknowledged that a Biden administration would try to modify an existing WTO deal, the Government Procurement Agreement, which effectively creates a shared open international
        market for participating governments to secure goods and services.
        For now, Biden has not identified how he'd pay for the proposed new spending
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (china,trade)
        • (trade,trump)

    • WIP (Read more)
      • China is not a TPP member.
        Trump and Biden have called out China for unfair trade practices, but Biden accuses Trump of instigating a trade war with a commensurate economic power that the president "has no plan" to win.
        Biden's team insisted his approach falls within World Trade Organization rules, but aides also acknowledged that a Biden administration would try to modify an existing WTO deal, the Government Procurement Agreement, which effectively creates a shared open international
        market for participating governments to secure goods and services.
        For now, Biden has not identified how he'd pay for the proposed new spending
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (economic,trade)
        • (trade,wto)
        • (trump,wto)
        • (trump,world_trade_organization)

    • WIP (Read more)
      • China is not a TPP member.
        Trump and Biden have called out China for unfair trade practices, but Biden accuses Trump of instigating a trade war with a commensurate economic power that the president "has no plan" to win.
        Biden's team insisted his approach falls within World Trade Organization rules, but aides also acknowledged that a Biden administration would try to modify an existing WTO deal, the Government Procurement Agreement, which effectively creates a shared open international
        market for participating governments to secure goods and services.
        For now, Biden has not identified how he'd pay for the proposed new spending.
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (services,trump)
        • (spending,trade)
        • (spending,trump)

    Target rule match count: 23.0 Challenge: 0.38 Momentum: 0.00 WIP: 0.12