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Don't let US-China trade disputes turn into a shooting war

Don't let US-China trade disputes turn into a shooting war

Video: Washington hawks may be taking things to extreme, at what cost?

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The U.S. and China are in a fierce competition over who dominates the global economy. While Washington has rightly zeroed in on the need for supply chain independence, China's unfair trade practices, and intellectual property theft, hawkish voices have blurred the lines between economic and security concerns, and the Biden administration's economic "fixes" have tended to be to impose exclusionary measures that end up pushing Beijing even further into a defensive crouch.

In this video, the Quincy Institute's Jake Werner talks about how this is putting the two powerful nations into an escalatory spiral.


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Top photo credit: Parts of the Mirador de las Americas monument, commemorating 150 years of Chinese presence in Panama since the first migration for railway construction, is seen near the Panama Canal, in Arraijan, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama, January 24, 2025. REUTERS/Enea Lebrun/File Photo

Panama court could trip Trump's wire over China linked ports

Latin America

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump made very clear his thoughts on the Panama Canal: “We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made, and Panama’s promise to us has been broken.”

Chief among his concerns was that China was in effect operating the waterway. “We didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back,” Trump said. And almost exactly one year later, a court decision may make Trump’s dream a reality.

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Top image credit: Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Group B - England v Iran - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - November 21, 2022 England's Jude Bellingham celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Paul Childs TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY|(Shutterstock/ kovop58)

World Cup shaping up to be proving ground for Trump's Golden Dome

Military Industrial Complex

This summer’s World Cup in the United States could very well be the biggest proving ground for Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” and a showcase for a host of sophisticated new surveillance technologies, including facial recognition — a boon for defense contractors who are jockeying to get a piece of a federal pie that is billions of dollars in the making.

An undertaking akin to multiple Super Bowls in scope, the World Cup will soon draw millions of soccer fans from around the world to the United States. It is only the second time in history that the U.S. has hosted the event.

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Top photo credit: Hemicycle during a conference of the group Patriots for Europe (PFE) on the thematic of Iran with the title Dictatorship or Democracy : Iranians Facing Their Destiny in the European Parliament an institution of the European Union in Brussels in Belgium on 1st of July 2025 (Reuters)

EU's far left and right coding obliterated by Iran and Israel votes

Europe

The European Parliament Thursday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution condemning the “brutal repression against protesters in Iran.”

While the final numbers look impressive — 562 MEPs voted for, 9 against and 57 abstained — scrutiny of voting patterns on individual amendments reveals a more nuanced picture, one of an emerging political realignment across ideological divides not dissimilar to recent developments in the U.S. Congress.

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