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By Rhod Maceknzie

The US government intends to introduce fresh measures this week to further impede Beijing's acquisition of cutting-edge chips and production equipment. These latest restrictions aim to bolster the prohibition measures set in place precisely one year ago, in October 2022. Specific...

Once again,civilisation takes centre stage with Vladimir Putin at the podium of the Vladai Club. The subjectof his speech is about Russia's unique path during the era of our naive globalism was pushed underground alongside Russian philosophy, Danilevsky, Dostoevsky, and the entirety of the great Ru...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The export of goods from China to the United States decreased by 16.4%, and its imports from there decreased by 6% according to data published by the General Customs Administration of the People's Republic of China based on the results of the first three quarters of 2023. What i...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The United States and the European Union have agreed to establish a collective tariff zone that will levy tariffs and duties on steel and aluminium imports from "non-market" economies.(by which they mean primarily China. )

On October 3, Politico reported that the parties entere...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Trade turnover between Russia and China rose by 29.5% to nearly £176.4 billion in the first three quarters of 2023, as per the data released last week by the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China.

During the reporting period, China imported goods...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The undeclared conflict between OPEC and the autonomous US shale firms that persisted in recent years has ended with the triumph of the oil cartel. Unexpectedly, it was the major oil and gas companies were responsible for OPEC's triumph , as they are currently buying up every sig...