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  • French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that being a US ally did not mean being a "vassal", after he gave a controversial interview on the subject of Taiwan.

    04/12/2023 10:40:14 AM PDT · by JonPreston · 22 replies
    AFP ^ | 4/12/23 | AFP
    French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that being a US ally did not mean being a "vassal", after he gave a controversial interview on the subject of Taiwan."Being an ally does not mean being a vassal... doesn't mean that we don't have the right to think for ourselves," Macron told a press conference in Amsterdam at the end of a state visit to the Netherlands.Macron also said that "France is for the status quo on Taiwan" and sought a "peaceful resolution of the situation".
  • Sen. Cotton Calls for Targeted 'Decoupling' From China

    02/19/2021 6:45:46 PM PST · by cba123 · 29 replies
    Newsmax ^ | 19 Feb 2021 7:43 PM | By Brian Trusdell
    Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has called for the United States to ''decouple'' from China, saying it should revoke its permanent normal trade relations status and take the same strategy as it has against the Soviet Union for what his report calls the ''breakup or the gradual mellowing'' of the ''Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) power.'' Cotton announced his push during a speech at the Reagan Institute in Chicago on Thursday while unveiling a report compiled by him and his office, ''Beat China: Targeted Decoupling and the Economic Long War.'' ''The will and need to confront Communist China is growing,'' he said....
  • Biden suspends Trump’s bulk-power system executive order

    02/17/2021 5:59:40 PM PST · by yesthatjallen · 23 replies
    Transformers Magazine ^ | January 25, 2021 | Staff
    USA, Washington: President Joe Biden suspended for 90 days “Executive Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System,” signed by former President Trump. Biden’s “Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis” noted that the Secretary of Energy and director of the Office of Management and Budget are to jointly consider whether to recommend that a replacement order be issued. As the source reported, in his 1 May 2020 executive order, Trump said that he finds that “the unrestricted acquisition or use in the United States of bulk-power system electric equipment...
  • China Applauds Biden for ‘Showing Respect’ to Xi Jinping in Lunar New Year Call

    02/11/2021 5:09:56 PM PST · by BeauBo · 47 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 11 Feb 2021 | FRANCES MARTEL
    Chinese media outlets praised President Joe Biden on Wednesday for what they characterized as a respectful, “positive” call between the head of state and Chinese dictator Xi Jinping. The Xinhua news agency and the Global Times state propaganda newspaper both highlighted the timing – on the eve of the Lunar New Year – as a gesture of goodwill from the new presidential administration. The former expressed hope that, after President Donald Trump’s tenure featured policies designed to contain the influence of the Chinese Communist Party abroad and frequent condemnations of its human rights atrocities, America under Biden would return to...