Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa called out China for currency manipulation Monday on Fox Business, but also urged caution to avoid a full blown trade war. Grassley said he was fearful of China’s response to America’s trade policy under President Donald Trump, prompting host Host Maria Bartiromo to ask what the government’s plan is. […]
Xi Jinping, Emmanuel Macron Pledge Over Phone to Deepen Ties, Jointly Build Global Trade System…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Thursday pledged over phone that China and France would jointly implement their consensus on deepening ties and promote multilateralism to build an open global trade system. Macron congratulated Xi on being elected Chinese president on Saturday at the annual session of the National People’s […]
Speaker Ryan Invites President Emmanuel Macron of France to Address Congress…
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) today invited President Emmanuel Macron of the French Republic to address a joint meeting of Congress when he visits Washington next month. “France is not only our oldest ally, but one of our strongest,” said Speaker Ryan. “This is a special opportunity to build on the historic relationship between our […]
Macron Admits France Would Vote to Leave EU If Country Held Referendum…
Emmanuel Macron has sent shockwaves throughout Europe after he conceded that French voters would quit the EU if France held an in/out referendum on the Brussels-led bloc. No other European Union country has risked putting membership of the bloc to a public vote since Britain surprised member-states by voting to leave the bloc in 2016. […]
Germany’s Voice Suddenly Missing in Brussels…
European Union Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger wanted to know what is going on in Germany. To find out, he set up a number of meetings in Berlin this week, including one in the Chancellery. He also arranged to chat with Christian Lindner, the head of the Free Democrats (FDP) and the man who unexpectedly turned […]
Macron Spent $30,000 on Makeup in Three Months…
One year ago, when he was still president, Francois Hollande scandalized the establishment when it emerged that amid record unemployment, painful labor reforms, a sliding economy and the most serious social unrest in decades, the French president’s personal hairdressed was getting paid a gross salary by the state of ~$11,000…
WikiLeaks Releases Macron’s Campaign Emails…
Today, Monday 31 July 2017, WikiLeaks publishes a searchable archive of 21,075 unique verified emails associated with the French presidential campaign of Emmanual Macron. The emails range from 20 March 2009 to 24 April 2017. The 21,075 emails have been individually forensically verified by WikiLeaks through its DKIM system. The full archive of 71,848 emails…
CONFIRMED: U.S. and France Abandon Regime Change in Syria…
The hints and signals that have been flickering on and off from Washington and Paris since the change of governments in the US and France that the regime change attempt in Syria is being officially abandoned has now received formal confirmation. This has come in a joint news conference by Presidents Trump and Macron following […]
Macron Says France Needs a King…
Emmanuel Macron, France’s new President-elect, is a man known for his charm (and his wife Brigitte), but less known for his agenda. Is he centrist or socialist, pro-Europe or Eurosceptic? We translated some extracts of the new book Macron Par Macron (Macron By Macron), in which journalist Eric Fottorino questions the politician about his love […]
‘Centrist’ Macron? Yes, a Dead-Center Insider for Global Capitalism…
Everything about France’s newly elected president Emmanuel Macron suggests a theatrical production of hype and illusion. He is being “sold” to the masses as an “outsider” and “centrist”, a benign liberal. In reality, enter the economic hitman who will blow French society apart in the service of the oligarchy. At age 39, Macron has been […]