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By Rhod Mackenzie

Germany and Italy, two G7  European countries which store a significant proportion of their gold reserves in the United States, have been urged by people in the country to bring their bullion back home. But is this possible, and what would the consequences be for the US and the g...

By Rhod Mackenzie

It would appear that despite Donald Trumps bluster it is the US that has blinked first in the tariff war with China.
It has been reported that the US and China have have each had to make made concessions in concluding a trade agreement.How ever it is obvious that the US blinked...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The initial wave of excitement  and applause by the Western world regarding the sabotage by the Ukraininas on Russian military airfields and the destruction and damage to very expensive aircraft has now been replaced by a much more subdued response.
While the most prominent auth...

By Rhod Mackenzie

While Donald Trump was lashing out at China for allegedly not appreciating his kindness and not honoring the agreement to temporarily reduce sky-high tariffs, Emmanuel Macron was speaking in Singapore. If his visit to Vietnam was overshadowed by being  slapped around the face in...

By Rhod Mackenzie

On early Monday Vladimir Putin proposed the resumption of talks on Ukraine in Istanbul. His initiative has been met with approval by both Donald Trump and Tayyip Erdogan. So what the proposal is based on and why does it makes the ultimatums issued by the European "coalition of...

By Rhod Mackenzie

It has ben reported by the  Western media agencies that the BRICS founding India has made a decision to increase its oil supplies from the US to replace fellow BRICS member's Russian oil. However, industry analysts are confident that US oil will not be able to compete with Russia...