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Trump agrees to delay 50% EU tariffs after call with von der Leyen
WASHINGTON / BRUSSELS (Realist English). President Donald Trump has agreed to postpone his planned 50% tariffs on European Union imports...
China imposes up to 74.9% anti-dumping tariffs on U.S., EU, Japanese, and Taiwanese engineering plastics
BEIJING (Realist English). China announced on Sunday the imposition of anti-dumping duties of up to 74.9% on imports of POM...
China declares victory in US trade deal as tariffs cut from 145% to 30%
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s government, state media, and online influencers are hailing a temporary trade agreement with the United States...
US-China trade talks end without deal, but both sides cite ‘substantial progress’
GENEVA (Realist English). Two days of high-level talks between the United States and China concluded on Sunday with no formal...
China’s March export surge beats forecasts, but imports decline signals fragile recovery
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s exports surged past expectations in March, offering rare positive momentum for a slowing economy. Yet a...
Trump hits pause on tariffs, markets surge — but trade war far from over
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump announced a surprise 90-day pause on sweeping new tariffs Wednesday, replacing his controversial...
Trump threatens 50% tariff hike on China as trade war escalates
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose an additional 50% tariff on Chinese imports if Beijing...
Jacques Attali: The world is facing a large-scale financial crisis
PARIS (Realist English). A huge financial crisis is looming. Unless we act quickly, it will strike, probably in the summer...
More than 2 thousand British companies continue to do business with Russia
LONDON (Realist English). The total number of Russian commercial companies, whose founders are residents of Britain, is 2,370 legal entities,...
«The Kurdish card is a weapon of major powers»: Yaşar Yakış on why Turkey missed its chance to solve the Kurdish issue
ANKARA (Realist English). Yaşar Yakış — a Turkish diplomat and statesman who served as Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs, ambassador to Saudi...
Dmitry Novikov on his path to politics, the intelligentsia, the left movement, and why US aggression against Iran is a threat to Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Dmitry Novikov, Deputy Chairman of the CPRF Central Committee and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma...
“We Are Witnessing the Messianic Footsteps”: Avigdor Eskin on Israel’s War with Iran
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli public figure and publicist Avigdor Eskin argues that we live in an era of “incredible acceleration,” when...
“Israel is not fighting the Iranian people, but the regime”: Alexander Tsinker on the goals of the operation against Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). The war in the Middle East, which began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, has entered its fifth...
The deal was close, but Trump blew it up with social media posts
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Toward the end of last week, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal...
The story of Russian girl Kristina Romanova: a Mexican thriller with a terrible ending
MEXICO CITY (Realist English). Tatyana Poloskova, Doctor of Political Science, First Class State Advisor of the Russian Federation, based on her...
From Ayatollahs to Generals: Has Iran Shifted Under the Rule of Security Forces?
TEHRAN (Realist English). The Islamic Republic of Iran was built to be governed by clerics. It is now widely acknowledged as...
Lebanon Ceasefire: Israel Keeps Finger on the Trigger
TEL AVIV (Realist English). The phone call that US President Donald Trump predicted never happened, but he left little doubt about...
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