While Trump later proposed 15% global tariff, Bloomberg Economics estimated that it equals about 12% effective rate, the lowest since his 'Liberation Day' tariffs were released in April.
China rubbishes claims, says US allegation an attempt to gain sole control over nuclear power after the official expiration of the arms control treaty with Russia.
Even with the option of EU markets, China will have to be a significant part of India’s economic policy. But the difficult security relationship is an important complication.
Beijing is content to avoid resolution, distract with historical revisionism, and provoke through offensive rhetoric. This is hardly the posture of a country seeking peace.
Pakistan is a master of running with hares and hunting with hounds, as it did with the US from 2001 to 2021. It will carefully calibrate its proxy war to keep the pot simmering.
IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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