US Policy

EU Reveals List of $20 Bln of US Goods Under Threat of Tariffs Amid Boeing Row
Last week, US trade authorities published a preliminary list of EU products which could face additional duties in retaliation to EU subsidies to Airbus. The EU, in turn, stated on Tuesday that it will release on Wednesday a list of products that might face new duties over US state subsidies to aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing. [...]
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Trump vetoes congressional resolution to end US support of Saudi-led Yemen war
US President Donald Trump has vetoed a resolution passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives that sought to end US involvement with the Saudi-led war in Yemen. It is the second veto of his presidency. [...]
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‘I know nothing about Wikileaks. It’s not my thing,’ says Trump following Assange’s arrest
US President Donald Trump, who said he loved WikiLeaks during his election campaign, tried to distance himself from the arrest of Julian Assange, which was carried out by Britain on the request of the US. [...]
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‘Ashamed to be an Englishman’: Roger Waters slams UK as accomplice of US Empire in Assange saga
Assange is a thorn in the side of the US elites which explains the effort they made to capture him, ex-Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters told RT, adding that it’s appalling the UK has become an accomplice “of the American Empire.” [...]
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Netanyahu thanks Trump for designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guards ‘terrorists’
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed the US decision to label Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a “terrorist organization” for allegedly financing and promoting terrorism in the region. [...]
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Escalation of US-China bilateral tariffs to shave off $1 trillion from America’s GDP
Escalation of US-China bilateral tariffs to shave off $1 trillion from America’s GDP. A study by the US Chamber of Commerce shows how the deterioration in the trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies, China and the United States, will drastically affect the American economy. [...]
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Trump is ‘for socialism’ … but only when it comes to funding US military industry – Tulsi Gabbard
US President Donald Trump, who has been relentlessly bashing everything linked to what he sees as ‘socialism,’ is himself no stranger to using socialist principles to support the US arms industry, Tulsi Gabbard has claimed. [...]
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Pentagon Working on Secondary Supply Sources for Turkish-Made F-35 Parts
The US Defence Department is searching for new sources to replace Turkish-made F-35 aircraft parts after Washington suspended activities associated with Turkey's F-35 operational capability, Pentagon spokesperson Charles Summers said in a statement. [...]
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US suspends F-35 deliveries to Turkey over Russian S-400s purchase – Pentagon
The United States has stopped shipping equipment related to the F-35 fighter jet to Turkey. Washington’s move comes after Ankara insisted on purchasing the Russian S-400 missile defense system. [...]
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It’s sad to see US diplomacy reduced to ultimatums and sanctions – Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov lamented the adversarial style of the current US policy towards Moscow, saying Washington shows no intent of seeking compromise contrary to what diplomacy is supposed to be about. [...]
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Saudi Arabia ‘absolutely rejects’ any steps impacting Syrian sovereignty over Golan heights
Saudi King Salman said he “absolutely rejects” any steps that would undermine Syrian sovereignty over the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, after US President Donald Trump recognized the area as Israeli territory. [...]
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Trump’s America lost mediator’s role in Arab-Israeli conflict – Palestinian Authority’s Abbas
The pro-Israeli bias of Washington under President Donald Trump has become so glaringly obvious that the Palestinian Authority will not accept the US as a mediator in the conflict with the Jewish state, Mahmoud Abbas said. [...]
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US lecturing Russia to ‘keep out of Western Hemisphere’ is hubris & hypocrisy on steroids
With US military assets scattered to the four corners of the planet, and entrenched on Russia’s border, Washington believes the world is a playground that no other nation may enter. This is arrogance at its finest. [...]
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Miami-Dade mayor gives Guaido’s wife ‘key to the county’ as US fawns over rebel ‘first lady’
Fabiana Rosales, the wife of Venezuela's US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido, was given the royal treatment by officials in Miami-Dade, who gave the self-proclaimed 'first lady' the key to the county. [...]
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Do the right thing? Venezuelan defense minister responds to Bolton’s calls to defect
US National Security Advisor John Bolton has been flooding Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino with messages asking him to "do the right thing," playing the "Good Cop" to his own "Bad Cop." [...]
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Turkey can buy Su-35s from Moscow if US doesn’t ship promised F-35s – military analyst
Washington risks losing the Turkish arms market if it continues to delay the delivery of F-35s agreed upon with Ankara, as Turkey can simply switch to buying warplanes from Russia, RT was told. [...]
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Trump wrecked summit with Kim by suggesting N. Korea give all its nukes to US – report
US President Donald Trump reportedly proposed that North Korea transfer all its nuclear weapons to the US, a denuclearization template borrowed from Libya before the NATO intervention and brutal murder of its leader. [...]
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US orders foreign firms to further cut oil trade with Venezuela regardless of sanctions – report
Washington has demanded non-US oil trading houses and refiners cut operations with Venezuela beyond the already imposed sanctions or face sanctions themselves, according to a Reuters report. [...]
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German Party Urges Parl’t to Order US Envoy’s Expulsion Over Interference
From his very first day, Donald Trump’s emissary Richard Grenell has evoked discontent in Germany with remarks some considered blatant blackmail. The irritation has peaked over recent months as he has threatened to cut sharing intelligence data with Germany for cooperation with Huawei and warned companies, involved in Nord Stream 2, of sanctions. [...]
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Stalled Coup: US’ Allies May Soon Regret They Rushed to Embrace Guaido – Journo
The Venezuela coup attempt is not going well at all and Washington's global allies may soon regret rushing to recognise Juan Guaido as the legitimate interim president of Venezuela, French journalist and geopolitical analyst Gilbert Mercier told Sputnik. [...]
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US senators draft bill to stop transfer of F-35 jets to Turkey unless it ditches S-400 deal
US senators have proposed a bipartisan bill to make good on Washington's blackmail of Turkey – by halting the agreed transfer of 100 F-35 jets until Ankara tears up its deal with Moscow to buy S-400 air defense complexes. [...]
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US says it won’t rule out nuclear first strike, because allies wouldn’t trust it otherwise
A Pentagon official has said that the US will retain the right to carry out a nuclear strike in response to a conventional attack. A 'no-first-use' policy would erode US allies' belief that they are protected, he said. [...]
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