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 Who really knows? Yes, attacks are being exchanged, but that was happening under the MOU. And while the odds of true peace actually occurring was a dream at best (see: Brian Berletic and the Policy Papers), there was some hope that maybe there would be a reprieve; that perhaps for the summer (or at least up until November) there'd be little but the occasional harsh comment and calls for Israel to restrain itself.  But alas, this was not to be:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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As we close on on Day 15 of the 90-Day Tariff Pause ( with no deals at the moment ), let's focus a bit on the two big players: China and the United States. China says that, " Any claims about the progress of US-China trade negotiations are groundless as trying to catch the wind and have no factual basis " and that the US " should cancel all unilateral measures on China " (read: tariffs) if they want to proceed.  President Trump's tone regarding China and their tariffs has seemed to change , and everyone's taken notice. Seeing as we're entering a slightly new phase in these Trade Wars, here's recent posts/videos related to the matter... First we have CNN talking about whether Trump "chickened out" to China (keep in mind that the guests on here agree with Trump on principal more than execution): Danny Haiphong hosts a segment with Dr. Warwick Powell, Carl Zha, and KJ Noh that highlights when and how China took the advantage: On his own ch...