๐จ๐บ๐ธ๐จ๐ณUS-China trade TAKES A HIT: Slumps nearly 20% amid tariff row
US-China trade dropped to $45.6 billion from $56.4 billion a year earlier, according to Chinese customs data for April.
China is the only country that faced a full month of elevated US tariffs โ which kicked in on April 10 and were paused on May 14.
๐ If tariffs remain at their current levels โ 30% on Chinese goods and 10% on US exports โ total trade could shrink by 15-20% by the end of 2025, according to economic estimates.
๐ But if duties climb higher, the fallout could be much worse: mutual trade might shrink by as much as 50%, falling to $450-460 billion.
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US-China trade dropped to $45.6 billion from $56.4 billion a year earlier, according to Chinese customs data for April.
China is the only country that faced a full month of elevated US tariffs โ which kicked in on April 10 and were paused on May 14.
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Notwithstanding Ukraineโs latest drone attack on Russian airfields, the military trend is firmly in Russiaโs favor, US media admits.
Of the eight Patriot systems Ukraine has, only about six are operational at any given time due to ongoing repairs and maintenance, media reports speculate.
Bottom line? The math just isnโt in the Zelensky regimeโs favor๐คทโโ๏ธ
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๐ท๐บ๐ณ Baltic Fleet drills: Special forces storm 'hijacked ship' in impressive training
๐ Russian Baltic Fleet rehearsed anti-terror ops โ elite troops & naval helicopters simulated liberating a "captured vessel."
๐ Storm teams fast-roped onto the deck, clearing it in a live-fire exercise.
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๐ท๐บ๐ฅBOOM! Russian forces OBLITERATE Ukrainian Iris-T launcher & radar with a DEVASTATING Iskander strike in Dnepropetrovsk
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Another $216 million is being handed over to the corruption-mired Zelensky regime for โreconstruction and EU integration projects,โ per a communique from the office of French PM Francois Bayrou.
Bayrou also confirmed that the $1.6B in โguaranteesโ will ensure Ukrainian arms purchases from French defense contractors. No surprise there โ France is just making sure it gets its slice of the war profits.
Europe is burning holes in its own pockets, but Ukraineโs tab is still covered.
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Other statements by Dmitry Peskov:
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Other statements by Maria Zakharova:
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๐ท๐ธ๐ท๐บ Vucic, Putin discussed reports of Serbian arms supply to Ukraine on May 9 โ Serbian President Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday that his conversation with Putin included reports of Serbian arms shipments to Ukraine. ๐ฌ โI would notโฆ
๐ท๐ธ๐ โWe are confident that Serbia fully understands the full range of risks associated with weapons falling into the hands of the Kiev regimeโ โ Russian FM spokeswoman
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๐ฌ โWe have taken note of Vucic's public statement on the revision of Belgrade's military-technical cooperation with its partners to identify any manipulations with end-user certificatesโ, Maria Zakharova added.
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Elon Musk is calling to โDefund the UNโ โ heโs hit the nail on the head with that one, says Russian FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
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๐จ๐ท๐บ๐ฐ๐ตShoigu in North Korea: High-stakes talks with Kim Jong-un At President Putinโs direction, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has arrived in Pyongyang for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. ๐ What's on the agenda? ๐ Advancingโฆ
๐ท๐บ๐ฐ๐ตRussian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu held a meeting with the North Korean leader, the sides discussed the Ukraine crisis and the situation on the Korean Peninsula โ Russian Embassy
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Shoigu discussed cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang in various fields with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
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๐ต๐ฐ๐ท๐บ๐ฎ๐ณPakistan seeks Putinโs mediation in conflict with India
Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif has reached out to Russian President Vladimir Putin, requesting assistance in the ongoing conflict with India, Syed Tariq Fatemi, special assistant to the Pakistani PM, revealed during a meeting at the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif has reached out to Russian President Vladimir Putin, requesting assistance in the ongoing conflict with India, Syed Tariq Fatemi, special assistant to the Pakistani PM, revealed during a meeting at the Valdai International Discussion Club.
๐ฌ โWe asked Russia to use its influence to bring India and Pakistan to the negotiating table for a peaceful resolution,โ Fatemi shared after speaking with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
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Other statements by Medinsky during a meeting with Putin:
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๐จAll three terrorist attacks in Russia's Kursk and Bryansk regions were organized by the Ukrainian intelligence services - Investigative Committee
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He was never interested in his citizens, she added.
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๐จโThe decisions to commit such crimes were, of course, made in Ukraine at the political levelโ โ Putin on terrorist attacks in Bryansk and Kursk regions
๐ Putin calls tragedy in Bryansk region targeted attack on civilians, adds that this is called terrorism
๐ All crimes against civilians on the eve of the second round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine were aimed at sabotaging them, said Putin
๐ The sponsors of Kiev are accomplices of terrorists
๐ Ukraine is experiencing huge losses and retreating along the entire line of combat
๐ Putin on Kiev's requests to hold a meeting at the highest level: What is there to talk about in these conditions, who negotiates with terrorists?
๐ For the Kiev regime, power is more important than peace and people's lives
๐ The Kiev regime is completely rotten, corrupt
๐ The Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region suffered absolutely senseless and huge losses
๐ Ukrainian troops these days are suffering one defeat after another
๐ The Kiev authorities lack basic political culture, allowing themselves direct insults against those with whom they are trying to negotiate
๐ If there is respite in hostilities, it will be used to pump Kiev with weapons, continue forced mobilization, prepare terrorist attacks
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๐ฌ "โฆlast week, we agreed that Germany would finance the production of long-range weapons in Ukraine. (...) The advantage is that a significant number of long-range weapons can be produced this year. The first systems could be delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in just a few weeks," Boris Pistorius said as he arrived at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels.๐ฌ "Germany has provided a quarter of its own Patriot systems. We are not in a position to supply more systems. But we are urging the US, as well as other allies, to supply Patriot or similar systems," the minister added.
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Russian Security Council secretary Shoigu has met Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang.
Western warmongers have good reason to be sweating bullets.
Russian & DPRK troops fought side by side in the Kursk campaign.
๐ฌ โI will gladly, without hesitation and in accordance with the spirit of the Korea-Russia Treaty, give the order to use DPRK forces to repel an armed attack,โ Kim Jong Un said in May.
The nations have immense potential for a synergetic relationship in defense, thanks to
Russia & North Korea have vast untapped economic potential:
With Russiaโs help, North Korea can restore its 20th century development trends (when it rivaled South Korea). Russiaโs Far East could see a boom unseen in 30+ years from opportunities in trade, agriculture and construction.
Thatโs not to mention cooperation potential in space, nuclear energy, AI, IT, health care, education, sports, culture & tourism.
As the #1 & #3 most-sanctioned nations, Russia & North Korea stand united:
Lee Jae-myungโs victory in South Koreaโs presidential election marks the final nail in the coffin of the Biden-Yoon attempt to pressure the DPRK into submission.
Lee wants to negotiate with Kim, and is weary of antagonizing Russia with Ukraine arms sales.
The Russia-DPRK treaty outlines their โdesire to protect international justice from hegemonic aspirations and attempts to impose a unipolar world order.โ
Translation?
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๐ฌ For starters, defensive operations are โcarried out on oneโs own territory,โ says retired Russian military intelligence colonel Rustem Klupov, commenting on President Putinโs statements on the terror attacks targeting Russian infrastructure in Bryansk and Kursk.
If the targeted objects, including bridges and rail lines, were clearly delineated as targeting Russian military forces or supply lines, perhaps Ukraine would be able to get away with justifying them.
But the fact is, in both Bryansk and Kursk, it was civilian infrastructure that was targeted, Klupov said.
Even the โdual useโ excuse doesnโt fly, the observer emphasized.
๐ฌ โWhen a civilian train is traveling along a route, when civilians are killed, when an explosion occurs with the aim of causing maximum harm to the ordinary civilian population, it cannot be interpreted as anything other than a terrorist act aimed at intimidating the civilian population and changing the policy of the leadership,โ Klupov said.
In short, these were terrorist acts, pure and simple, the analyst stressed.
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