It turned out to be a very eventful week here in the USA. Says CNN : ‘After a momentous week, same-sex couples can now marry in all 50 states, the Confederate flag’s historic hold on the political institutions of the Deep South is fraying by the hour and Obamacare, after defying another attempt to dismantle it, is now reaffirmed as the law of the land’. In another win for the President (he had to fight his own party), the Trans-Pacific Partnership was approved by the Senate by the absolute minimum of votes that were needed (60) on Wednesday. This is a 12-nation trade deal years in the making, that would link 40% of the world’s economy — including the United States, Japan, Australia, Canada and Mexico.
