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US releases $200billion list of Chinese products for possible new tariffs to begin in 60 days


RT
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 23:03 UTC
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Accusing China of not negotiating "seriously" on trade, the Trump administration has released a list of products it wants to impose a ten percent tariff on, amounting to $200 billion. The new tariffs would kick in within 60 days.

The 200-page document, released on Tuesday by the US Trade Representative's office, gives notice to those who wish to comment on the proposal and lists hundreds of products that would be subjected to the new tariffs. The Trump administration intends to impose a ten percent duty on the products listed, Reuters reported, citing US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) was quick to condemn the proposal, saying it will punish American consumers.

"The President has broken his promise to bring 'maximum pain on China, minimum pain on consumers,' and American families are the ones being punished," Hun Quach, RILA VP of international trade, said in a statement. "Consumers, businesses and the American jobs dependent on trade, are left in the crosshairs of an escalating global trade war."

Comment: The US has itself in a bind of its own making. So while Trump may be working towards the best deal for the US, it has greatly benefited from the former trade set up and it will probably have to make some concessions or risk being sidelined: Also check out SOTT radio's:

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China to reduce tariffs on Indian medicines after Xi-Modi summit - Other members of Asia-Pacific trade agree to similar reductions


Sputnik
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 13:26 UTC
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China has agreed to cut tariffs and increase imports of medicines, especially anti-cancer drugs, as a result of negotiations on tariff reductions under the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement. Other members of the trade agreement, including South Korea, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Laos, have also agreed to cut tariffs.

As part of a crucial move to broaden its trade ties amid strained relations with the US, China will now import more medicines from India. According to an agreement reached between India and China, New Delhi will reduce tariffs on 8,549 products, while Beijing reduces tariffs on 3142 products.

Comment: With the rise of China and Russia, the US now has to compete with who can offer the best deals to the world - experience it is sorely lacking in - and it seems that the multi-polar powers, as evidenced by recent deals, have much more to offer: Also check out SOTT radio's:

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US buying 27,000 laser-guided rockets that only work on clear days and on planes that struggle to stay in the air for more bombing in Iraq and Syria


Sputnik
Wed, 11 Jul 2018 01:19 UTC
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Defense contractor BAE Systems was awarded a contract to produce 10,000 more APKWS laser-guided rockets on June 29, evidently on top of the 17,000 units already ordered under the US Defense Department's fiscal year 2018 budget, National Interest reported Tuesday.

Warrior Maven reported that unguided Hydra 70 2.5-inch rockets are being upgraded with laser-guidance packages under the so-called Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS).

Speaking with the news outlet, a US Air Force spokesperson said APKWS "provides the warfighter [with] a precision-guided, moving-target capability" that can be mounted on an F-16 Fighting Falcon or A-10 Warthog. Officials in the service have said that the demand for guided rockets among aircrews conducting operations against Daesh in Iraq and Syria has been high, which might explain why so many more are being sought.

Comment: The US needs more missiles to fight terrorists it is actually supporting in Syria - and where they're not invited by the host country - and Iraq, where the war, started in 2003, is supposed to be over? Moreover, It's all well and good having laser guided missiles but if the planes themselves struggle to stay in the air, one wonders what good (other than filling the pockets of contractors) more missiles will do?

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Nasrallah: Resistance in Gaza, Syria & Iraq wil be victorious, Hezbollah prepared to fight Saudi-US coalition in Yemen

Hassan Nasrallah
Fort Russ News
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC
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Hassan Nasrallah
"In Gaza, Syria and Iraq, the Resistance will be victorious" - Speech of June 29th


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Washington's 'revolutionaries' in Iran will fail - but not without inflicting damage first

Tony Cartalucci
New Eastern Outlook
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 23:11 UTC
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The US backed Iranian opposition are neither "revolutionary," nor even "in" Iran. Yet they have been designated as Washington's proxies of choice, and an alternative government they seek to place into power in Tehran.

As the US-led proxy war in Syria reaches a relative stalemate and with time on Damascus and its allies' side, Washington's wider agenda of using the conflict as a stepping stone toward regime change in Iran is leading into a much larger conflict.

Geopolitical expert F. William Engdahl has pointed out the means through which Western oil corporations have orchestrated global schemes to raise oil prices to make American shale oil production profitable. At the same time, the US has for years now used sanctions against Iran, political subversion in Venezuela, war in Libya, and proxy war in Ukraine to prevent Tehran, Caracas, Libya's opposition, and Moscow from benefiting long-term from higher oil prices.

For Iran, undermining its oil revenues and reintroducing sanctions and secondary sanctions on nations that refuse to recognize America's withdrawal from the so-called Iran Nuclear Deal, is done in tandem with direct, covert subversion inside Iran itself.

Together, these efforts seek to cripple Iran as a functional nation state, as well as reduce its influence through the Middle Eastern and Central Asian regions.
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Surprised? US shelved plan to stop Taliban's production of Heroin in Afghanistan

Paul Antonopoulos
Fort Russ News
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC
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In 2013, US officials presented former President Barack Obama with a detailed plan to combat drug trafficking in Afghanistan, but then-deputy chief of mission in Kabul Tina Kaidanow ordered not to adopt the strategy citing political concerns.

The plan, dubbed Operation Reciprocity, stipulated the use of US courts to prosecute Taliban commanders and their allied traffickers in Afghanistan, according to an investigation by the Politico portal released on Sunday. The group and allies account for more than 90% of the world's heroin.

The plan, proposed by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and legal advisers to the Justice Department was aimed at stopping the spread of drugs around the world and cutting off that source of funding for the Taliban.

Comment: Indeed. See:

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Trump: The solution to the immigration crisis is for families to come to the country legally


RT
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 23:39 UTC
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© Jose Luis Gonzalez / Reuters
A girl takes part in a protest against Donald Trump's immigration policy on June 30, 2018.
Donald Trump says the solution to the immigration crisis is simple - don't enter the country illegally. It comes after his administration admitted it would not be meeting a deadline to reunite separated families.

"Well, I have a solution. Tell people not to come to our country illegally. That's the solution. Don't come to our country illegally. Come like other people do. Come legally," he told reporters on the White House lawn on Tuesday.

"I'm saying this very simply: We have laws. We have borders. Don't come to our country illegally. It's not a good thing."

His comments come as lawmakers and citizens across the US are divided on how to handle those entering the country from Mexico, and after global outrage was sparked following the administration's separation of children from their parents. That policy was later reversed by Trump, who stated that his wife Melania played a role in convincing him to change course.

However, thousands of children still remain separated from their parents. And despite a court-ordered deadline which stated that 102 of those children should be reunited with their families by 10pm EST on Tuesday, the administration admitted on Monday that it would only be able to reunite just over half of them by then.
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Russia steps in to stop US bullying on the WHO's anti-breastfeeding policy


RT
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 23:19 UTC
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© Ezequiel Becerra / AFP
The US pressured Ecuador to drop a pro-breastfeeding resolution by threatening to drop aid, the NYT reports. A breastfeeding advocate confirmed the report to RT, stating that losing money would be a "big deal" for poor countries.

According to the New York Times, the pressure was piled on this spring in Geneva, as states gathered for the World Health Organization's World Health Assembly. Ecuador had planned to introduce a resolution which encouraged breastfeeding - but they suddenly backed out, because the US reportedly said it would impose damaging trade restrictions and cut military aid if it went through with the measure.

"The resolution had already gone through quite a few meetings and discussions with member states before the World Health Assembly started and a consensus statement was reached and everybody was happy with it," Baby Milk Action policy director Patti Rundall, who was present at the meeting in Geneva in May, told RT.

But suddenly Ecuador, which had been organizing the resolution and relevant meetings, wasn't prepared to go through with it, a move which "shocked everybody," according to Rundall. She also noted that it wasn't just Ecuador that got cold feet.
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Trump treats EU leaders like the bozos they are

Finian Cunningham
Sputnik
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 17:29 UTC
MacMerkTrump
© ERR News
"What's he talking about?" "The heck if I know!"
You can't really blame Trump for treating European leaders with contempt. Frankly, it's because they deserve it, and Trump knows it.

This week, the American president joins European allies at the NATO summit in Brussels, and the gathering is expected to be a bruising one. The Europeans are fearing a drubbing from Trump over financial commitments.

Last month at the Group of Seven summit in Canada, the brash US president gave his counterparts a tongue-lashing, telling them that the NATO military alliance was obsolete due to their lack of financial support.


Comment: He keeps tacking on 'because of their lack of financial support', but Trump's real thinking on it is that NATO is simply obsolete!


Holding back no punches, Trump followed up with a letter to European leaders warning if they don't shell out more on NATO then he would consider withdrawing US troops from Europe.


Comment: I.e., that's actually his goal.


Well, don't you know, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have reportedly jumped to it, to sign off on massive increases in their countries' military budgets, in line with Trump's demands, just ahead of his arrival in Brussels this week. Other European states are also cranking up the military budgets out of fear of an ear-bashing from the man in the White House.

Comment: They stressed and fretted, planned for war...and no one came. There was no enemy. Is there hope?

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Hindsight is 2020: Is Hillary Clinton prepping for a return to electoral politics? The rematch?

Whitney Webb
MintPress News
Mon, 09 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC
Killary
© Julie Jacobson/AP/KJN
Hillary Clinton is using a myriad of Trump controversies to position herself for a potential rematch against Trump in the 2020 presidential elections.

Speculation is mounting that former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is seeking to make a "comeback" and challenge Donald Trump a second time in the next U.S. presidential election of 2020. Rumors of another Clinton campaign in the works comes amid the former candidate's recent uptick in public appearances and fund-raising appeals.

Clinton's recent return to the public arena coincided with her efforts to challenge Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, particularly the scandal caused by separations of migrant families at the U.S. border. Even though Clinton has long advocated for building a border fence and similar "zero tolerance" immigration measures comparable to those of Trump, she used the outrage to launch her return to the public eye, raising more than $1.5 million for separated families.


Comment: They'll be lucky if they get it. Donation corruption is one of Killary's personal assets.


Comment: Just say 'No', 'No' and more 'No'!

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