Germany, China seek closer alliance over trade spat with US

posted in: Germany, News

Government consultations between Germany and China in Berlin on Monday aim to send a signal of closer bilateral cooperation in light of a worsened trade spat with the US. But some hurdles have yet to be overcome. German Chancellor Angela … Read More

5 things to watch as Trump heads to NATO summit

President Trump will arrive in Brussels on Tuesday night with an eye toward pushing allied members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to boost their defense budgets. Despite Trump’s push, the heads-of-state confab risks being overshadowed by growing tensions between the U.S. … Read More

Trade rocks already unstable U.S.-China relations

FILE – In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands during a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Trump’s trade battle with China will exacerbate … Read More

This is How Russia Could Test NATO, Warns Former US Army Europe Commander

Ben Hodges co-authors a new report that explores how Russia might engineer a military crisis on the Poland-Lithuania border. At Poland’s northeast border there’s only a narrow strip of inland border connecting it to NATO members Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. It’s called the … Read More

Lindsey Graham blames China for North Korea’s nuclear pullback

posted in: Far East, News

Sen. Lindsey Graham said on “Fox News Sunday” that he sees “China’s hands all over” North Korea’s latest statement calling the U.S. push for complete denuclearization “regrettable.” He added, “If I were President Trump, I would not let China use … Read More

Russia will respond to US protectionism affecting China & global economy – Kremlin

posted in: News, Russia

Maksim Blinov / Sputnik US tariffs on Chinese goods is all about US protectionism, which can hurt the global economy as a whole, according to Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “We are now seeing a number of measures exclusively of … Read More

Fires menace US West, tornado touches Colorado wildfire site

DENVER –  An erratic wildfire charging through extremely dry land in the heart of Colorado ski country destroyed three homes and forced people to flee, authorities said Thursday. Elsewhere in Colorado, a rare high-elevation tornado touched down at the site … Read More

Tariffs on Chinese goods now in effect

When the clock stuck midnight, U.S. tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese imports took effect. Beijing vowed to respond immediately in kind, the two biggest economies are on a collision course for a full-blown trade war. China’s customs authority, said … Read More

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