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By Rhod Mackenzie

In another of his moments of bombast Donald Trump has threatened to punish buyers of Russian energy resources with 100% trade tariffs if the situation in Ukraine is not resolved to his liking and satisfaction within the next 50 days. The first countries likely to be hit are China...

 
In the lead-up to the European-Chinese summit, the EU is allegedly taking steps to enhance its relations with Beijing. However, the head of the EC Ursula von de Lyon has turned to a somewhat unconventional way of communication, by starting the dialogue by with a diatrabe comprised of a long lis...

By Rhod Mackenzie
The President of Poland has closed the main channel of Western arms supplies to Ukraine, and the Estonian Foreign Ministry has promised to block the new package of anti-Russian sanctions of the European Union. It appears that the leadership of these countries has adopted policies...

By Rhod Mackenzie

 It seems that the situation in Finland in regards to the economic situation and the business climate has now become balanced,it is now two companies closing down against one new company openining up. Plus there has been a notable increase in bankruptcies in science and techn...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Another pulp mill has closed in Finland due to a lack of inexpensive raw materials from Russia. The Finnish timber processing industry has been experiencing significant challenges since 2022. However, Finnish businessmen are now expressing further irritation over another matter:...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Since 2014, the European Union has been systematically destroying almost all sectors of its economy. Initially it started back in 2014 with the initial sanctions on Russia the introduction which saw Russian introduce counter measures that have since cost the EU food and agricutur...