EU again shooting itself in the foot by joining US trade war against China

The European Union is introducing tariffs on the import of Chinese electric cars because, as seen with the imposition of the boomeranged US-led sanctions against Russia, the bloc fully follows the policy of Washington, which is satisfied with the trade war against China. However, just like the sanctions against Russia, an economic war against China will only leave the EU weaker. Following Washington’s introduction of a 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars, Brussels decided to introduce different tariff rates depending on the car model and manufacturer. The EU had a customs duty of 10% but is now massively increasing them, in some […] #Asia #Europe #Government
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British Elections and the Routing of the Conservative Tories. “Third Way, a centrist American think tank, composed a memo analyzing the election results as a “victory for ruthless competence,” holding up Starmer’s (new Prime Minister” campaign as model for other center-left leaders confronting right-wing nationalism.This is not a story of British lurching to the left. This is story about something deeper-broken promises and broken trust; about failing public services and household bills you can’t pay, a collective lust for change. It is about deep disillusionment with politics. The tidal wave that swept away the Conservative Party on Thursday night is […] #Featured #Government #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/07/my-take-news-and-commentaries-2/?feed_id=13104

US-made missile suddenly 'transformed' into a 'Russian' one and killed 40 civilians

On July 8, the Russian military launched large-scale strikes on various targets across Ukraine. According to the mainstream propaganda machine, one strike was “particularly deadly”, as it allegedly “killed 41 civilians” and “destroyed a children’s hospital”. Reuters says that “Russia blasted the main children’s hospital in Kyiv with a missile in broad daylight on Monday and rained missiles down on other cities across Ukraine, killing at least 41 civilians in the deadliest wave of air strikes for months”. The report tried playing into the emotional aspects with the graphic descriptions of parents and children affected by these “evil Russian strikes”. Reuters says […] #Featured #UkraineWar #WarZone Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/07/us-made-missile-suddenly-transformed-into-a-russian-one-and-killed-40-civilians/?feed_id=13101

False Flag PsyOp in Kiev Hospital hit by a missile

“The Kremlin categorically rejects the accusations that Russia carried out an attack on a hospital in Kiev,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, as reported by TASS. “We, we reiterate once again, do not carry out attacks on civilian targets, but on critical infrastructures, on military targets, in one way or another always linked to the military potential of the Kiev regime,” declared the Kremlin spokesperson. Peskov recalled that “the Russian Ministry of Defense absolutely excludes that there were attacks on civilian targets, and states that it was the fall of a missile from the Ukrainian defense shield”. “Statements of […] #CounterPoint #FalseFlagWeeklyNews #Featured #Government #Military #UkraineWar #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/07/false-flag-psyop-in-kiev-hospital-hit-by-a-missile/?feed_id=13095

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