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Will the US and other Western countries really boycott the Beijing Olympics?
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Will the US and other Western countries really boycott the Beijing Olympics?

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are nearly a year away, but discussion of a potential boycott over human rights is already stoking US-China tensions. Would the US and its allies walk out on the games like America pulled out of Moscow 1980, and how might China respond? Eurasia Group analysts Neil Thomas and Allison Sherlock explain the drivers of the boycott movement, and its possible fallout.

US oil companies fill their coffers
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US oil companies fill their coffers

While the average American household has spent $1,100 more on gas and diesel since the start of the Iran war, oil companies have been profiting from higher fuel prices.