Trade
China Fights Back and Raises Tariffs on U.S. Products to 84%
China has taken forceful countermeasures to defend its interests, the State Council said.
Apr. 9, 2025
On Wednesday, the Chinese Finance Ministry announced raised tariffs on...
Attacking China
Trump imposes 104 percent tariff on China, as financial turmoil grows
Nick Beams
April 9, 2025
A week after US President Trump launched his economic war against...
Will Liberation Day transform the world? The Nixon Shock set a...
by Yanis Varoufakis
April 3, 2025
“My philosophy, Mr President, is that all foreigners are out to screw us and it’s our job to screw them...
China announces retaliation against Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs”
By Nick Beams
4 April 2025
China has retaliated against the Trump administration’s imposition of a 34 percent “reciprocal tariff” by announcing a 34 percent tariff...
Trump’s Big, Bad, Destructive, and Unpeaceful Imperialism
It may seem laughable to hear Trump lusting after Canada and Greenland, but his vision of U.S. domination indicates we need to take him...
Trump launches trade war against Canada, Mexico and China
China Has Edge Over US on Much More Than AI Models
Jan 28, 2025
The shock release of a new Chinese AI known as DeepSeek that’s...
How Trump coerced Colombia to accept deportees by threatening US tariff...
US President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on imports from Colombia after Bogota initially refused deportation flights.
By Sarah Shamim
27 Jan 2025
The United States and Colombia pulled...
Trump’s tariff threats could destabilize the global economy
Trump's protectionist policies threaten to radically unbalance the balance of payments and exchange rates throughout the world, preventing countries from earning the dollars needed...
Brics, the Johannesburg Declaration
Johannesburg II Declaration. BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development and Inclusive Multilateralism, Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa, 23 August 2023
Preamble
1. We,...
US Chip War Version 2: Decoupling from China or Declaring War?
Prabir Purkayastha
October 23, 2022
THE US has gambled big in its latest, across-the-board sanctions on Chinese companies in the semiconductor industry, believing it can kneecap...