A perilous trade confrontation between the US and China began April 2018, when the US side announced a list of 1.3 thousand Chinese goods against which import duties might be introduced. The sanctions were ordered allegedly in response to Beijing violating the intellectual rights of American products. China in turn blamed Washington for unleashing the “largest trade war in the ...
Nord Stream – 2 A scandal erupted over “Nord Stream-2” with the US lobbing accusations against Germany. The finalized statement poignantly states that the NATO countries agree to ensure the safety of the alliance from “political manipulation in the energy sector.” “Stable and reliable energy supply, diversification of import routes, suppliers and energy resources, as well as interconnection of energy ...
On the eve of Trump’s visit, a British government report was published with proposals for future relations with the EU after Brexit (the so-called “White Book”). Trump gave the interview to The Sun before meeting with May, in which he speaks extremely harshly about May’s policies (the headline speaks for itself: “I told May how to do Brexit.” She broke ...
NATO summit: the main results and difficulties On July 11-12, 2018 the NATO summit was held in Brussels. On the agenda were key issues regarding how the military bloc functions, defense spending of member countries and the construction of “Nord Stream-2”. Results: • The leaders of the 29 NATO countries approved the creation of 30 battalions and 30 air squadrons ...
The 2018 NATO Summit was held in Brussels (Belgium) on 11th and 12th of July 2018. Two articles of the Brussels Summit Declaration were directly concerned with Turkey. The 23rd article of the declaration refers to a threat from the south border to Turkey: “Assurance measures continue to provide the fundamental baseline requirement for assurance and deterrence. In addition, tailored ...
On the 9th of July Brexit Secretary David Davis resigned. In his resignation letter, Mr Davis criticised the PM’s Brexit plan – agreed by the cabinet on Friday – saying it would leave Parliament with “at best a weak negotiating position”. The context Uk after voting for Brexit will leave Eu on 29 march, 2019. The period of 2019-2020 is called ...
A New economic war: The first battles of the China – USA trade conflict A new economic war has begun. This week the US imposed tariffs against Chinese products (26% ) to a total amount of $36 billion. Сhina imposed similar tariffs in response. The Chinese government criticized the US’s economic behavior as aggressive and strategically oriented towards a ...
Pekin showed interest in creating a free trade zone in Palestine. The President of China promised to send $ 15 million to support Palestinians, another $ 90 million will go to humanitarian support of Yemen, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. In total, the Chinese authorities allocated a $ 20 billion credit line for the restoration of the economies affected by Arab ...
Results: The leaders of the 29 NATO countries approved the creation of 30 battalions and 30 air squadrons which can be deployed within 30 days or less, all by the year 2020. The alliance decided to update the structure of their military management bodies, which will include over 1,200 personnel, and to create two new command structures to ensure rapid ...
Turkey Elections The turkish elections shows that Ergogan is a legal and legitimate president of the country. His coalition with MHP had shown the course to consolidating of new turkish nationalism. Republicans with the support of kurds didn’t manage to get enought votes for the secound round. Erdogan is once more the master of situation. EU summit – ...