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Mueller Indicts: 13 Russian were named in an extremely detailed explanation of the process by which the Russian government sought to harm Hillary Clinton and provoke distrust in U.S. government / institutions. No American citizen was named as knowingly helping and no...

Xi Staying On: the long-rumoured intention of China’s president, Xi Jinping, to retain power beyond the two-term threshold was confirmed. The removal of term-limits sweeps away any remaining vestiges of the rule-by-consensus process which followed the tyranny of...

Tariffs/Trump: the announcement by Trump that he intends to impose a tariff of 25% on steel imports (10% on aluminum) was greeted by a chorus of dissenting voices. Multilateral organisations (especially the WTO) claimed it would retard growth, while Republican leaders...

Let Trump Be Trump: as the president starts to feel more confident in the role he is remaking his governing team and seeking to push his (not necessarily the Republican) agenda. This has increased speculation that further actions on trade will be forthcoming and that...

Koreas/China: with a potential 3-way summit (U.S., South Korea, North Korea) within months it would be unsurprising if speculation that Kim Jong-Un is visiting China were true. China must be a part of the solution to the North Korea crisis – giving it leverage...

Trade: while markets continue to discount concerns about a potential U.S.-China trade war various issues are being debated. At the WTO the legality of U.S. tariffs on China was debated. In communist party mouthpiece Global Times the idea of targeting ‘U.S....