Will the US-China ‘Truce’ Hold?
There is nothing in this deal that could not have been achieved a year ago, without the punishing economic costs both sides have inflicted upon each other. The existing tariffs of both sides remain at the level of 25 percent, while further tariffs threatened by Trump to take effect on December 15 are not included […]
Spanish State: Draconian Jail Sentences for Pro-Independence Leaders
The Spanish state has sentenced the leaders of the Catalan independence movement to long prison terms for “sedition”, for the “crime” of organising a democratic referendum on Catalan independence. 7 pro-independence leaders and politicians were sentenced to jail terms of between 10 and 12 years each, with 2 more sentenced to 9 years, and 3 […]