military exercise The exercise takes place under the name “Balikatan” (“shoulder to shoulder”). (Foto: Bloomberg) Peking China accuses the US of stoking tensions in the Asia-Pacific region. The United States would move military to the region, the Defense Ministry said in Beijing on Thursday. The regional powers should beware of an escalation, it said with a … Read more
Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden at a press conference in Washington on December 1. The Head of State is visiting the United States. He insisted on doting the -i with regard to Franco-American trade relations. In front of elected officials he expressed his dismay, judging the subsidies granted by the American administration “super-aggressive”. “Super aggressive … Read more
Kishore Mahbubani The Asian political scientist believes that the war in Ukraine will ultimately be just a “footnote in the epochal conflict between the US and China for world domination”. Dusseldorf Sometimes a change of perspective helps to understand. Kishore Mahbubani, one of Asia’s most prominent geostrategists, has a different view of the West that … Read more
– China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Despite their strategic rivalry, the world’s two largest economies remain important trading partners. – (Photo: AP) – – – – Washington / Peking US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has again called on China to condemn Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. … Read more
What seemed like an unstoppable process, the globalizationwith the ‘reset’ of borders and customs, at least for capital and merchandise (people are another thing) it turns out that it wasn’t so. Lose gas. With the access of Donald Trump to the presidency of the USA in 2017 all the alarms went off, before the rise … Read more
Qingdao A recent study from China lists the country’s weaknesses in technological competition with the USA – and apparently aroused the displeasure of government agencies. The investigation, which was published in the Wechat app at the end of January, was “deleted by the author” four days later, according to the app without further explanation. However, … Read more
Outgoing US President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the fall 2020 presidential election (Photo: Getty Images, Editing: Les Affaires) – GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS. The honeymoon is over with Joe Biden, and our illusions permanently lost on our so-called privileged economic relationship with the United States. Economic nationalism and protectionism among our neighbors are … Read more
– Joe Biden At the beginning of the week, the US President and the Chinese head of state met for a virtual meeting. – (Photo: AP) – – – – Washington An important body of the US Congress is pushing for drastic measures against economic ties with China. In its annual report published on Wednesday, … Read more
An agreement was reached this Saturday between Brussels and Washington to put an end to this measure decided by Donald Trump in June 2018. In return, the European Union will not impose the envisaged retaliatory measures. The United States and the European Union reached an agreement on Saturday to lift additional tariffs on European imports … Read more