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Russia, China Are Outmaneuvering US: Generals
China and Russia are outmaneuvering the US, using aggressive actions that fall short of war, a group of generals and admirals have concluded. To counter them, the US needs new ways to use its military without shooting, concludes a newly released report on the Quantico conclave. The US military will need new legal authorities and new concepts of operation for…
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Trump threatens to hit China with new tariffs on $200 billion in goods
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to impose a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods, escalating a tit-for-tat trade war with Beijing. U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis In a statement,…
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China reportedly lining up countries against US in pending trade war
China is reportedly looking to line up other countries against the U.S. in a pending trade war after the White House took an unexpected move forward on tariffs a day earlier, the Wall Street Journal said Wednesday, citing Chinese officials. On Tuesday, the White House announced it would have a final list of $50 billion in imports that would be…
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Why China ‘holds all the aces’ in a full-blown US-China trade war
On Friday the Trump administration announced it will impose a 25 percent tariff on up to $50 billion in Chinese goods in an effort to protect U.S. intellectual property and technology. The decision brought an immediate backlash from Beijing. China in retaliation said it will introduce taxation measures of the same scale and strength. As the world’s two superpowers inch…
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CHINESE STATE MEDIA SUGGESTS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A ‘FOOL’
China’s state news agency mocked President Donald Trump this week as tensions between Beijing and Washington mounted amid fears of an escalating trade war. Trump announced Friday plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese products in retaliation for what he described as China’s intellectual copyright theft. Washington warned it would go further if Beijing reacted…
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Malaysia power shift hits China infrastructure drive
‘We will be friendly with China, but we do not want to be indebted to China,’ says Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia was once a loyal partner in China’s globe-spanning infrastructure drive but a new government is now pledging to review Beijing-backed projects, threatening key links in the much-vaunted initiative. Kuala Lumpur’s previous regime, led…
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How Beijing is winning control of the South China Sea
Erratic US policy and fraying alliances give China a free hand SINGAPORE — Even by his outspoken standards, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s account of a conversation he had with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, was startling. During a meeting between the two leaders in Beijing in May 2017, the subject turned to whether the Philippines would seek to drill for…
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Trump Hits China With Tariffs On $50 Billion Of Goods; China Says It Will Retaliate
President Trump is enacting a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion of Chinese goods “that contain industrially significant technologies,” after months of exchanging threats amid concerns over a potential trade war. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin to collect tariffs on the first $34 billion worth of Chinese imports on July 6. A second set of imports subject to…
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Next Move Is Trump’s After China Hits Back in Trade-War Opener
China’s in-kind response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of tariffs on $50 billion of imports from the nation left the global economy on the verge of a trade war. Two detailed lists of products on which tariffs will be collected starting July 6 now form the core of the conflict between the world’s two largest economies: One released Friday…
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Shifting US policy leaves Asian allies at sea
Trump’s ‘America first’ attitude plays into China’s hands SINGAPORE — China has long bristled at the U.S. Navy’s “freedom of navigation operations” in the South China Sea, which challenge Beijing’s territorial claims in the disputed waters. So when Zhao Xiaozhuo, a senior colonel in the Chinese army, found himself with a chance to complain about them directly to U.S. Secretary…
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‘2 bottles of water for P3,000 worth of fish in Panatag Shoal’
Filipino fishermen from Zambales province confirm that China Coast Guard habitually takes their catch in Scarborough Shoal ZAMBALES, Philippines – Filipino fishermen from Zambales confirmed accounts that the China Coast Guard in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal has been habitually taking their catch and paying them peanuts. The fishermen appealed to the government to put a stop to the practice. The military’s…
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China: ‘The US has launched a trade war’
US to impose $50 billion worth of tariffs on China The world’s two biggest economies are now at war over trade. China accused the United States of firing the first shot on Friday when the White House said that it would impose tariffs of 25% on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods. The announcement confirms a threat first made by…