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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
REPORT: The China-EU Trade Abyss Pushes Brussels Toward a Strategic Rupture
One billion euros. Every day. This is not a metaphor, it is not an alarmist extrapolation: it is the rate at which
INVESTIGATION: How China Became Putin's Economic Lifeline
Since February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin's Russia should have collapsed economically. More than 15,000 individual and sectoral sanctions have been imposed by
FACTCHECK: Do Sanctions Against Russia Really Work? Verification of Key Figures
On one side, Vladimir Putin tirelessly repeats that Western sanctions haven't changed a thing, that the Russian economy is weathering the storm,
ANALYSIS: The EU Embargo Against Russia Since 2022 — €48 Billion Banned in Exports, €91.2 Billion Banned in Imports
Since February 24, 2022, the European Union has engaged an economic war machine of unprecedented scale. Twenty sanctions packages adopted, more than
ANALYSIS: China, Putin’s Lifeline — How Moscow Sold Its Soul to Beijing to Survive Sanctions
In 2024, bilateral trade between Russia and China reached an absolute record of roughly $250 billion. In 2025, this volume slipped to
PORTRAIT: Scott Bessent, the Silent Architect of the Economic War Against Beijing
On May 19, 2026, in Paris, on the sidelines of a G7 finance ministers' meeting, Scott Bessent granted an exclusive interview to
ANALYSIS: Section 301 Against Chinese Overcapacity—The Right Weapon, Too Wide a Net
On March 11, 2026, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) triggered a trade bombshell: the launch of a Section
ANALYSIS: Trump’s 10% Tariff Hits Asia and Hands the Region to Beijing on a Silver Platter
A WTO report has been circulating discreetly since June 13, 2026, in the halls of a World Trade Organization committee. It is