Exclusive: Ukraine prepared to cede territory held by Russia & ‘breach’ sparks eastern front alarm
Exclusive: Ukraine prepared to cede territory held by Russia & ‘breach’ sparks eastern front alarm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkEB6WCgqVU
Tag: foreign policy
This Diplomat Saw the Fall of the Shah Coming. Jimmy Carter Ignored Him.
It’s important to have in-country experts who can see and feel the changes afoot in a foreign country.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/08/06/washington-ignored-his-warnings-about-iran-then-he-was-taken-hostage-00495072
Trump’s trade deal is killing a British industry
“Vivergo’s plant is now at risk of closure due to the U.K.-U.S. trade deal, which allows 1.4 billion liters of tariff-free American ethanol into the British market. It’s a volume Vivergo’s managing director Ben Hackett says is equivalent to the entire U.K. bioethanol market.
Unless ministers intervene, 160 staff at Vivergo — one of only two major bioethanol producers in the U.K. — will lose their jobs from Aug. 18. Thousands more in farming and haulage will also feel the impact.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-trade-deal-us-uk-wheat-farming-ethanol-market/
Fareed’s Take: Trump’s tariffs have caused a seismic shift in world affairs
The U.S. created a world based on relatively free trade. Most benefited from it. Now Trump is pulling us back from that world, and most people, including most Americans, will be hurt by that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4wiPYWVV_4
USA Vehicle Disaster
The Japanese trade deal is actually bad for U.S. car companies. Cars manufactured in Japan will have a 15% tariff on them, but cars made in Mexico by U.S. companies will have a 25% tariff, giving U.S. companies a disadvantage. They could move that back to the U.S., but the move itself is costly, and the cost to make the cars in the U.S. is even costlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfxC6hCMlmI
Is Pressure on Indo-Pacific Allies Working?
Trump’s careless policies toward countries in the Indo-Pacific will make it harder for future administrations to cooperate with these countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3rPY695Roc
Did Trump Just Trick the E.U. Into a Trade Deal? | Raging Moderates
Prof G and Jessica Tarlov are big fans of Hilldog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5dgHs_wIkE
Europe Caves to Trump on Tariffs
Trump’s EU trade deal is only a win if a 15% tax on imports from Europe is a win. Things from Europe being more expensive, and importing companies making less money, are bad for the economy and the people in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6htfcWxknU
EU admits it can’t guarantee $600B promise to Trump
“The European Union has admitted it doesn’t have the power to deliver on a promise to invest $600 billion in the United States economy, only hours after making the pledge at landmark trade talks in Scotland.
That’s because the cash would come entirely from private sector investment over which Brussels has no authority, two EU officials said.
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The EU officials said that the estimated $600 billion will add to the EU’s current $2.8 trillion private investments in the U.S. that accounts for approximately 3.4 million jobs.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/eus-600bn-us-investment-will-come-exclusively-from-private-sector/
Is America Ceding Ground to China in the Pacific?
U.S. tariffing and ending aid to Pacific countries in such a way that makes the U.S. look like an erratic and bad partner, and makes China look relatively better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B77a8o3RSUw