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EXPLAINER: 60 economies in Trump's crosshairs — forced labor and Chinese overcapacity
On June 2, 2026, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer announced a proposal for new tariffs striking 60 economies — virtually all
ANALYSIS: The Section 301 tariff wall, Trump's fallback weapon after his Supreme Court defeat
On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court handed down a ruling that many legal scholars had been anticipating for months:
EXPLAINER: Trump sells the Iran deal as an economic victory — but at what cost?
On June 18, 2026, at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, Donald Trump addressed the press with the satisfaction of a man
ANALYSIS: Down-Blending Under IAEA — America's Retreat on the Iranian Nuclear Issue
On June 18, 2026, Donald Trump signed at the Palace of Versailles a memorandum of understanding with Iran — the same place
FACT-CHECK: The $300 Billion Iran Fund — What the MOU Text Actually Says
This is one of the most spectacular contradictions in contemporary American diplomacy. On June 17, 2026, the United States and Iran signed
ANALYSIS: JD Vance, Architect or Scapegoat of Trump's Iran Deal
On June 18, 2026, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Geneva, Donald Trump let slip a remark that immediately electrified
EXPLAINER: Iran's 14-Point MOU — The Deal That Resurrects the Pre-War Status Quo
On June 17, 2026, amid the gilded halls of the Palace of Versailles, Donald Trump affixed his signature to a 14-point memorandum
FACTCHECK: China is "Neutral" in the War — Dismantling a Calculated State Lie
Since February 24, 2022, every time a Western journalist, diplomat, or chancellor asks the burning question, Beijing's response drops with mechanical regularity:
ANALYSIS: The Yuan as a Weapon — How Beijing and Moscow are Shaking Dollar Hegemony
There was no declaration of war. No detonation, no satellite shot down, no missile launched. And yet, for three years, a battle