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Apr 06 2025 
Chinese Government’s Position on Opposing U.S. Abuse of Tariffs: Global Response
https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/xw/zyxw/202504/t20250406_11589042.html
April 5, 2025
Recently, the United States has imposed tariffs on all its trading partners, including China, under various pretexts.
This severely infringes upon the legitimate rights and interests of all countries, severely violates World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, severely undermines the rules-based multilateral trading system, and severely disrupts the global economic order.
The Chinese government strongly condemns and resolutely opposes such move.By taking… Continue reading
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Apr 06 2025 
Mission to Moscow (1943 film about Joseph E. Davies’ visit to Russia as US Ambassador to the Soviet Union)
Eric Arnow, our Bumble Buddist from the China Writer’s Group presents a movie. It is perfect day today, to take in some history and step outside of Tariffs (so much noise, so little substance), and current wars.
A little about Eric: “I trained as a Zen monk and continue practicing Zen and Buddhism. I’m interested in… Continue reading -
Apr 05 2025 
Michael Hudson & Richard Wolff with Nima
Can the World Unite Against U.S. Trade Weaponization?
Revenge Economics: How Trump’s Trade War Hurts America First
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, April 3rd, 2025, and our friends, Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff are back with us. Welcome back.
Let’s talk about the “Liberation Day,” and the new tariffs on each and every country on this… Continue reading
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Apr 05 2025 
Kurabiye: Middle Eastern flower cookies that became truly Soviet
It is slowly getting to be hot summer in the tropics and the airconditioner is almost in full use. I don’t bake because it is too hot, but I do check out lovely baked goods and plan for the cooler months.
To my surprise, I found these cookies from my favorite Russian recipe site, https://www.russiaislove.com/russian-kitchen/332305-kurabiye-east-flower-cookies-recipe-photo
The description… Continue reading
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Apr 05 2025 
Vietnam Blinks (or did they Wink?)
After Trump’s 46% tariff thunderclap on Vietnamese imports, Hanoi didn’t flinch, it countered. Not with confrontation but with conditions. It is important to check the actual response from Hanoi vs. Trump’s post.
Vietnam has signaled readiness to cut tariffs to zero, but only as part of a mutual agreement. In other words: reciprocity, not subjugation.
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Apr 04 2025 
China’s Done With USA: Brutal 54% Tariff Signals End Of Trade, BRICS Is The Future
I went to check Chinese commentary and found that China is not playing games. So, I wanted to write about that, but thought .. let me check what Seun Foo says.
Let’s just see … China has not stopped since just literally a few hours ago it declared reciprocal tariffs. It did not stop there. Since… Continue reading
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Apr 04 2025 
Trump 2.0: Between the slip and the fall
From Quantum Bird
Most people have witnessed someone slip and fall while trying to go down a slippery, wet slope. The person’s actions in the short moments between the initial slip and the inevitable fall are crucial to the final severity of the episode. Logically, it would be better to avoid going down such a slope,… Continue reading
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Apr 04 2025 
Mao Tse-Tung and I Were Beggars: Part 3
Prepared and published by Godfree Roberts, for his substack
The Buddhist Monastery on Wei Shan
Part 1: Mao’s Struggle for Learning, Farm boy buys freedom.
Part 2: He Hu-tzu’s House.In the evening we arrived at Wei Shan. As we approached, the uniform green background gradually resolved into trees surrounding the great white Buddhist temple. Soon, we reached its… Continue reading
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Apr 04 2025
Michael Hudson & Richard Wolff with Nima
The Geopolitical Chessboard: Trump, Iran, and the Shadow of War
Ed Note: This interview was done BT – before Tariffs. I look forward to hear this dreamteam discuss the tariffs. Yes, this is my dreamteam because of the rich historical knowledge and the skill in which current affairs are placed into the ‘what… Continue reading
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Apr 04 2025 
Dmitry Polyanskiy at the latest UNSC Briefing on the Situation in the OPT
Statement by First Deputy Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy at a UNSC Briefing on the Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Mr. President,
We note the statement by Mr. Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. We thank Mr. Younes Al-Khatib, President of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, for his thorough briefing on the situation in the… Continue reading
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Apr 04 2025 
Kirill Dmitriev : US Interview with Greta von Susteren
Image: File Image
On Thursday’s “The Record with Greta Van Susteren,” Putin Investment Envoy Kirill Dmitriev responded to questions about American hostages, the war in Ukraine, and restoring Russian American relations and business.
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Apr 03 2025 
How Trump’s Tariff Tizzy is Burning Down the House
Global Majority, rejoice! And step on the high-speed rail de-dollarization train.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
Circus ringmaster Trump’s Tariff Tizzy (TTT), christened by himself as “Liberation Day”, is being largely interpreted around the world – Global North and Global South alike – as Slaughterhouse Day.
This de facto uncontrolled economic demolition gambit starts with… Continue reading
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Apr 03 2025 
Trump’s Tariff World War Will Kill the Dollar
On April 2, Donald Trump announced tariffs of at least 10% across all countries, with rates going even higher for 60 countries. CNBC reports goods imported from China now face a 54% tariff rate, CNN stating “China hit hard”.
However, China’s Xinhua News Agency called it “self-defeating bullying.” Chinese strategist, Professor Wang Xiangsui, pointed out two… Continue reading
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Apr 03 2025 
The Alliance of Sahel States is visiting Russia: Mr Lavrov’s Statement
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2006951/
Good afternoon, respected members of the media.
We have held the first meeting in the new Russia-Alliance of Sahel States format with our friends from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. I would like to once again welcome our friends from this young but dynamically developing association, which was established less than a year ago, to Moscow.
We… Continue reading
