The United States violated international trade agreements when tariffs on aluminum and steel were imposed under former president Donald Trump. This was decided by the World Trade Organization WTO. The United States rejected the organization’s decision. Nor will it lead to the removal of taxes. Under Trump, in 2018, import duties of 25 percent were imposed on global imports of …

Tuesday, November 29, was a date that was circled in red on the calendar in both Moscow and Washington. For a week, the so-called “start treaty”, the only nuclear agreement still standing between the two countries, was to be negotiated. One day earlier, First Russia, and later also the USA, renounced. It means a new freeze in the relationship between …

Twitter owner Elon Musk advises people to vote for the Republicans on Tuesday in the midterm elections for the US Senate and House of Representatives. The richest man in the world shared that message in a tweet with his almost 115 million followers on the social medium. Musk argues that a shared power curbs the worst excesses of both camps. …

The US government expects to make a deal with allies on new measures against China in the near future. These measures should limit the Asian’s access to advanced chip production tools. A source in the US Department of Commerce told Reuters. The Ministry published a series of new export restrictions aimed at China earlier this month. In doing so, it …

Higher oil prices and Saudi Arabia’s flirtation with Russia show that the United States no longer has control over the Gulf states. A few days ago, OPEC+, a partnership of thirteen countries that export oil, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, decided to drastically reduce oil production: two million barrels a day less. This has led to a much higher …

President Joe Biden has signed a decree calling for Europeans ‘to be better protected’ from possible abuse by intelligence agencies. It is now up to the European Commission to determine whether the pact meets the requirements. The presidential decree instructs the US government to take certain measures against the use of data of European citizens, according to a press release. …

A U.S. judge has dismissed a Mexican government complaint against U.S. arms manufacturers. Under US law, manufacturers cannot be held liable for what is done to their weapons. Mexico demanded $ 10 billion in damages (10.2 billion euros) from weapons manufacturers such as Smith & Wesson, Glock and Colt for their weapons smuggled from the US being used by violent …

U.S. officials are in talks with Suriname to send Afghans detained on a U.S. base in Kosovo to Suriname, after failing to meet the entry requirements for admission to the U.S. Suriname’s ambassador to the U.S., Marten Schalkwijk, confirmed that talks with the U.S. are in a preparatory stage and that Suriname is considering moving forward, reports the U.S. newspaper …

The crypto industry has grown at an appalling rate in recent years. While at first it was only known to a small group of tech fanatics, now almost everyone has heard of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. The industry has grown so fast that governments are still a few steps behind in terms of regulation. Here and there, almost out of …

U.S. election officials see potential violence and disruptions as the biggest threats to the November midterm elections, with misinformation fueling that concern, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said on Sunday. Benson, a Democrat, said election officials from both parties are working with law enforcement to protect the november 8 election and make it clear that there will be consequences …