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Sometimes, the shortest press releases generate the most headlines. Take Thursday’s press release from China’s state broadcaster: “Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday held phone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the latter’s request.” As you’d expect, given the feverish geopolitical climate of today, those 18 words were enough to trigger a visceral reaction in any US-China […]
It’s finally June, and you know what that means! Summer’s The Shangri-La Dialogue is finally back, bringing together generals, leaders, security folks, and academics from 47 countries. Here are five of the most intriguing quotes from this year’s summit: In keeping with the tone of Trump 2.0, Hegseth’s keynote speech was anything but low-key. In this instance, […]
We used to get bombshell trade news like once a decade. These days? Try once a day. Wednesday spiced things up when a US court you never heard of overruled most of President Trump’s tariffs. Then an appeals court took Thursday by overruling the overrule. First, who’s the Court of International Trade (CIT)? It’s a […]
When China’s Wang Chuanfu switched from making batteries to cars back in 2003, he didn’t even know how to drive one. His investors were furious. And they might be feeling similar vibes this week after he offered discounts of up to 34% on 22 BYD models until the end of June. Yay for Main Street, boo for […]
All the best things about the International Intrigue newsletter, straight to your podcast app of choice.
Sometimes, the shortest press releases generate the most headlines. Take Thursday’s press release from China’s state broadcaster: “Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday held phone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the latter’s request.” As you’d expect, given the feverish geopolitical climate of today, those 18 words were enough to trigger a visceral reaction in any US-China […]
It’s finally June, and you know what that means! Summer’s The Shangri-La Dialogue is finally back, bringing together generals, leaders, security folks, and academics from 47 countries. Here are five of the most intriguing quotes from this year’s summit: In keeping with the tone of Trump 2.0, Hegseth’s keynote speech was anything but low-key. In this instance, […]
We used to get bombshell trade news like once a decade. These days? Try once a day. Wednesday spiced things up when a US court you never heard of overruled most of President Trump’s tariffs. Then an appeals court took Thursday by overruling the overrule. First, who’s the Court of International Trade (CIT)? It’s a […]
When China’s Wang Chuanfu switched from making batteries to cars back in 2003, he didn’t even know how to drive one. His investors were furious. And they might be feeling similar vibes this week after he offered discounts of up to 34% on 22 BYD models until the end of June. Yay for Main Street, boo for […]
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