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Stacked containers in American and Chinese national colors symbolize a trade war between the US and China.

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Beijing and Brussels react to Trump tariffs

China has retaliated against US President Donald Trump’s 10% tariffs with a range of strategic countermeasures, to take effect Feb. 10. These include import taxes on US coal and liquefied natural gas of 10%, and a 15% charge on crude oil. But since the US accounted for only 1.7% of China’s total crude oil imports in 2023, the impact on its economy should be minimal. Similarly, while Beijing is slapping tariffs on US agricultural machinery, pick-up trucks, and large cars, China buys most of its automobiles domestically or from Japan, so consumers likely won’t suffer much.
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Putin trolls Europe about "the master" Trump

Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

What does Putin mean when he says Europe "will stand at the feet of the master"?

It means that he loves to troll his adversaries. Don't you remember when he said that he actually thought Biden would be a better president from Russia's perspective than Trump? He trolls. It's all misinformation. It's propaganda. It's all served to undermine and show that he's powerful, and he can say whatever he wants. And of course, he would love to see a fight between the Americans and their allies, whether it's the Nordics on Greenland or it's Canada on 51st state, or it's Panama on the canal, or it's Europe on tariffs. And he wants to undermine the countries that gets a divide and conquer kind of response from Putin. And that is what he is doing when he trolls the Europeans.

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This illustration photo shows the DeepSeek AI application logo on a black background displayed on a cell phone with a kaleidoscope-effect China flag in the background.

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What DeepSeek means for the US-China AI war

A Chinese startup might have achieved what many thought was impossible: matching America’s best artificial intelligence systems at a fraction of the cost.

DeepSeek's latest AI model, DeepSeek-R1, was released earlier this month. The open-source model performs as well as top models from OpenAI and Google while using just a fraction of the computing power and cost to develop; it’s also a fraction of the cost to use.

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Marco Rubio speaks after he is sworn in as Secretary of State by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, on Jan. 21, 2025.

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Tough talk on Taiwan

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in their first phone call on Friday over the independence of Taiwan, according to State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce. During the conversation, Wang reaffirmed China’s position that the island nation is part of China and reportedly told Rubio “I hope you will act accordingly,” a Chinese phrase usually employed by a superior warning a student or employee to behave and act responsibly. Rubio has previously called Beijing the top US threat and was twice sanctioned by China in 2020.

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President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, in 2019.

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Trump creates a power vacuum in the world.

During his first week in office, Donald Trump took steps to withdraw the US from two major international commitments: the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization.

Trump’s reasoning on both was, broadly speaking, the same: Like many American conservatives, he sees international obligations as needless constraints on US power and sovereignty. But that may create opportunities for other global powers, not least China.

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Container ships in front of the port of Bremerhaven.

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How scared should the world be of Trump’s economic threats?

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump used his social media platform to threatenVladimir Putin with “high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States” unless he struck a bargain over Ukraine.

There’s just one problem: Russia has very little trade with the US. Americans imported just $2.8 billion in goods from Russia from Jan. to Nov. 2024, less than a tenth of the pre-war figure and less than 1% of all US imports over the same time period. The extensive sanctions already in place have hardly brought Moscow to its knees, and arguably benefited US rivals like China, Iran, and North Korea. It’s tough talk, but it’s not likely to push Putin to the table.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya in Bolu province, Turkey, January 21, 2025.

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Hard Numbers: Ski resort fire in Turkey, Bolton loses Secret Service protections, Putin and Xi hold joint meeting, Historic snow in the South

76: A devastating fire at Turkey’s Grand Kartal Hotel ski resort killed 76 people and injured scores of others on Tuesday. The blaze began at 3:30 a.m. on the restaurant floor of the 12-story building, quickly engulfing it and forcing desperate guests to jump from windows or attempt escapes using bed sheets.

17: President Donald Trump revoked John Bolton’s Secret Service protection hours after taking office on Monday, despite ongoing threats against Bolton from Iran. Bolton, who served as Trump’s national security advisor for 17 months and had previously lost protection after leaving the administration but had it restored by Biden, expressed disappointment but not surprise. The move comes amid documented Iranian assassination plots against Bolton and follows Trump’s revocation of Bolton’s security clearance.

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum attends the vice president?s dinner ahead of the inauguration of Trump, in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2025.

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Doug Burgum’s coal-filled energy plan for AI

The AI race depends on fossil fuels. That was the message from Doug Burgum in his Senate confirmation hearing last Thursday.

Burgum is currently auditioning for two jobs. If confirmed by the US Senate, the former North Dakota governor will not only serve as secretary of the interior but also as the head of a new committee called the National Energy Council.

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