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We hope the Links for International News of the Day will help you stay abreast of happenings in the broader world that may affect your corner of it. U.S. With Bolton’s departure, an Iran hawk leaves the chessboard. Reuters. Tensions over Afghan talks ended with Bolton’s exit: sources. Reuters. New U.S. sanctions target Hamas, Islamic … Read more
We hope the Links for International News of the Day will help you stay abreast of happenings in the broader world that may affect your corner of it. Iran Trump says he could meet with Iranian President Rouhani. Reuters. Trump says he can solve Iran’s problems ‘in 24 hours’ if Tehran is willing. Times of … Read more
China has again said it’s ready to come to the trade table. That sounds good but we can’t know what that means until it happens. And no one goes in giving in, you always ask for more than you think you might get. But what does China have that Trump wants?
We hope the Links for International News of the Day will help you stay abreast of happenings in the broader world that may affect your corner of it. Afghanistan As potential deal with the Taliban looms, Pompeo says U.S. ‘delivered’ on mission in Afghanistan. Washington Post. Taliban suicide bomber kills at least 10 civilians, two … Read more
We hope the Links for International News of the Day will help you stay abreast of happenings in the broader world that may affect your corner of it. China China and U.S. agree to meet in October for trade negotiations: Chinese Ministry of Commerce. CNBC. Top IT official names China as main cyber threat to … Read more
Folks in Hong Kong got some good news and some bad. First, mainland China has agreed to scrap the extradition bill that started the protests. It will not be scooping up Hong Kong deplorable and ferreting them away in some prison while they await “justice.”
We hope the Links for International News of the Day will help you stay abreast of happenings in the broader world that may affect your corner of it. Iran: Trump admin sanctions Iranian space program for covering nuclear weapons work. Free Beacon Iran building new classified military base in Syria: intelligence sources. Fox News Rouhani … Read more
We hope the Links for International News of the Day will help you stay abreast of happenings in the broader world that may affect your corner of it. Afghanistan To start Afghan withdrawal, U.S. would pull 5,400 troops in 135 days. New York Times. A blast hit Kabul after the briefing on U.S.-Taliban deal to … Read more
We hope the Links for International News of the Day will help you stay abreast of happenings in the broader world that may affect your corner of it. China China, U.S. kick off new round of tariffs imposition in trade war. Reuters. Stocks shiver as new U.S.-China tariffs add to global gloom. Reuters. China takes … Read more
Israel White House announces peace plan will not be released prior to Israeli election. The Foreign Desk. Iran Trump talks up credit line for Iran, but no sign of imminent policy change. Voice of America. U.S. sanctions networks it says are connected to Iran’s government, military. The Algemeiner. U.S. sanctions Iranians it says are linked … Read more
Iran’s Rouhani says there will be no talks with Trump until sanctions are lifted according to the New York Times.
As noted last night, America is not alone in our trade war with China. Everyone that trades with the Chinese could do better. And as of this morning, China is ready to talk to Donald Trump. Their currency and markets are collapsing.
Mr. Trump appears to have had a trade deal done with Japan prior to the most recent set of tariff hikes against China. It has a few tweaks but is complete in principle, with Japan agreeing to buy any excess corn China refuses because of US tariff hikes.
So the Dow Jones dropped over 600 points on Friday after Fascist China announced it would increase tariffs on $75 billion of United States goods, and President Trump said he would respond in kind. The press, including Fox, have been calling the trade issues between Fascist China and the United State’s “Trump’s trade-war.” But Fascist … Read more
In his 1958 novel George Young coined the term meritocracy. Classicists complain about the word because it has two roots. Merit is from Latin and cracy is from Greek. They claim the term is a hound dog in a thoroughbred language. Yeh, yeh, it’s a niggle. The more correct term would be the all Greek … Read more
The Pakistani Prime Minister’s (PM) remarks come as tensions rise over India’s removal of special status in Kashmir. Imran Khan described India’s decision to revoke Kashmir’s special status as ethnic cleansing. He called it an attempt to change demographics. He went a step further with his inflammatory rhetoric likening the Indian government to Nazis. Nazi’s, really? … Read more
India and Pakistan have suspended trade ties. India has clamped down on its area of control in Kashmir. The area is and has been a flashpoint for violence. It has been a contested area for a very long time. Both countries have nuclear weapons. They have gone to war in this region before. The conflict … Read more
The U.S. withdrew from the 2015 Iran accord last year and re-imposed sanctions. In recent weeks, Iran and Britain have seized a tanker each. Those actions add pressure to the 2015 accord. Iran also admits breaching restrictions on its production of enriched uranium.
We’ve outlined the Trump Doctrine when it comes to Trade with China. He’s playing a short game and a long game because he knows something lefties don’t. First, target tariffs so they hurt companies in China more than the American consumer. Second, Global high-tech needs the US Market.
The US Media hasn’t been covering it well, but there is an uprising in Hong Kong going on over Communist Chinese President Xi Jinping’s efforts to absorb the former British colony into the mainland China’s grip.