Tag: China
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Experts React: How the world is responding to Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs
New Atlanticist April 3, 2025 • 5:22 pm ET Atlantic Council experts “Everybody sit back, take a deep breath, don’t immediately retaliate, let’s see where this goes.” That was the message US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared with foreign countries following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a raft of new tariffs on April 2.…
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Lifting Syria Sanctions, UK Joins Strategic East-Med Power Play
Simon Watkins Simon Watkins is a former senior FX trader and salesman, financial journalist, and best-selling author. He was Head of Forex Institutional Sales and Trading for… More Info Premium Content By Simon Watkins – Mar 26, 2025, 6:00 PM CDT The UK has lifted sanctions on key Syrian firms. The lifting of sanctions is…
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Trump Quietly Ups U.S. Engagement With the Taliban
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: The Taliban release a U.S. citizen from captivity as U.S. officials visit Kabul, Bangladeshi interim leader Muhammad Yunus takes a four-day trip to China, and a bipartisan U.S. bill seeks sanctions on Pakistan’s powerful army chief. Sign up to receive South Asia Brief in your…
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Mike Huckabee, Trump’s Pick for Israel Ambassador, Will Face Senators as Gaza War Restarts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Israel will face a confirmation hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill as U.S. and Arab mediators struggle to get a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas back on track after Israeli forces resumed the war in Gaza last week with a surprise wave of deadly airstrikes.…
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How Beijing uses inducements as a tool of economic statecraft
Report March 24, 2025 • 2:00 pm ET William Piekos Table of contents Executive summary Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Inducements in Chinese economic statecraft Chapter 3: Taiwan’s fight for diplomatic recognition Chapter 4: Targeted inducements in other areas of Chinese foreign policy Chapter 5: Conclusion and recommendations Executive summary As strategic competition between the…
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China and Russia use falsehoods to undermine American power at the UN
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What is happening in Balochistan?
On March 11, militants of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) hijacked a train with approximately 400 passengers in the mountainous region between Quetta and Sibi in Pakistan. After releasing the women and children, the BLA militants demanded the release of their compatriots from prison in exchange for the remaining passengers. The government of Pakistan refused…
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Opinion | India Should Push Trump To Be Practical About Chabahar
“Connectivity is crucial in our century…Armenia is deeply interested in advancing dialogue and developing cooperation in the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) Project and the Chabahar Port Development Commission.” These words were spoken by the Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan last week in New Delhi when he delivered the 52nd Sapru House Lecture at…
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CFR President Michael Froman on Trump, Global ‘Polyamory’ and AI
What’s the role of America’s most influential foreign-policy institution at a moment when the rules of U.S. engagement in the world are being completely rewritten? When I saw Michael Froman, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, in the first few days of the Trump Administration, he was already describing the current geopolitical moment…
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Trump cut off aid to South Africa. Will it tilt the balance in China’s favour?
Donald Trump has been upending the world order since his return to the White House in January. In the second instalment of a three-part series on the implications of Trump’s foreign policy, we look at his move to halt aid to South Africa. US President Donald Trump’s order to cut off aid to South Africa…