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China banned exports of several critical minerals to the United States in December, but enterprising American buyers have found ways to obtain the metals through third-party nations like Thailand and Mexico, and some Chinese companies have proven willing to work around the ban. China banned exports of antimony, gallium, germanium, and some other materials at the end of the Biden administration, in retaliation for U.S. restrictions on sales of advanced computer chips to China. China restricted exports of the same minerals for a few months in 2023 to demonstrate its control of the crucial supply chain. Antimony is used in…
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said on Tuesday he found it “deeply regrettable” that President Donald Trump announced he would impose reciprocal tariffs of 25 percent on exports from Japan. Ishiba said negotiations would continue, but “as of now, there are still issues that both Japan and the United States cannot resolve.” Trump said on Monday he notified the leaders of Japan and South Korea they would be facing higher tariffs on August 1 because they did not reach acceptable trade agreements with the United States. Trump’s letters to Tokyo and Seoul said that barring a last-minute breakthrough in negotiations…
Kimberly Guilfoyle, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Greece, pledged at her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday to be a fierce advocate for U.S. interests, vowing to deepen defense cooperation, expand energy partnerships, and counter growing influence from China and Turkey. Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Guilfoyle called the ambassadorship a “uniquely humbling honor,” citing Greece as “the very birthplace of democracy.” In her opening remarks, she paid tribute to her Puerto Rican mother, Irish immigrant father, and her son Ronan, before pledging to be “a proud and loyal representative of the President and the…
The US President has said he will “have to take a look” at a Ukrainian request for another unit of the US-made air defense system US President Donald Trump has said that the Patriot air defense system, another unit of which Ukraine has reportedly asked for, is “very expensive.” He added that the request was under consideration, stopping short of revealing whether Washington would accommodate it or not.Trump has repeatedly criticized his predecessor, Joe Biden, for writing a blank check to Ukraine with respect to weapons deliveries.When asked by a reporter on Wednesday whether he was considering providing Ukraine with…
This is what jobs reports are supposed to look like: Americans—not foreign-born workers—first! The Gateway Pundit reported, The latest jobs report under the Trump administration reveals a stunning turnaround: American-born workers have gained more than 2 million jobs since January, while foreign-born workers — including potentially illegal immigrants — have lost over half a million. According to the June report released by the U.S. Department of Labor, American-born workers have gained a stunning 2,056,000 jobs, while foreign-born workers have lost a jaw-dropping 543,000 jobs. The data comes from the Household Survey, a lesser-covered but critical portion of the monthly Employment Situation report.…
Millions of young Americans are denied careers because Harvard and other elite universities prefer foreigners and selected minorities, Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreesen told an audience at the Ronald Reagan National Economic Forum. “If you’re a family … where I grew up [Wisconsin], and you’ve got a smart kid, and you think you’re going to get them into a top university in this country … there is no chance,” Andreeson told his rapt audience. “It is nearly impossible for somebody coming from, like, a Midwestern or rural background or southern background to get in,” because of migration and group favoritism…
An illegal alien, previously deported from the United States, will serve just 90 days in prison for chasing and threatening the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, John A. Sarcone III, with a knife in the sanctuary state of New York. Saul Morales-Garcia, a 40-year-old previously deported illegal alien from El Salvador, had been charged last month with second-degree attempted murder in Albany County, New York, after he allegedly approached Sarcone as he was leaving a hotel and threatened him with a knife. Sarcone backed away from the illegal alien, police say, and made his way back inside the hotel as…
Sen. Thom Tillis has a warning for the Trump administration as he finishes out his time in office. The retiring Senator from North Carolina says in a TV interview that he’ll oppose any future nominees of President Donald Trump who have expressed support for the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “The president should know if there is anyone coming up for a nomination through any committee of my jurisdiction that excuse Jan. 6 that they’re not going to get confirmed in my remaining tenure in the US Senate,” Tillis said in an interview with CNN. Tillis said…
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has cited two wars and a trade dispute as the reason for his delay Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has lamented that he is overwhelmed by international crises, calling himself “the unluckiest minister in history.” Tajani said that on Tuesday after arriving late to a conference being held in the Italian parliament devoted to democracy and parliamentarism in the Mediterranean region.Apologizing to participants, he said it had been a difficult day: “The foreign minister is the unluckiest in history – there’s always something happening: two wars plus the trade one,” in an apparent reference to the…
Screenshot: ZDNET / Gage Skidmore Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) announced Tuesday that she is pursuing a formal effort to freeze the U.S. assets of Neville Roy Singham—a tech billionaire linked to the Chinese Communist Party—after he refused to comply with a congressional request to testify regarding his alleged role in funding violent Marxist uprisings across the United States. The Gateway Pundit reported last month that Rep. Anna Paulina Luna confirmed that the Committee will issue a formal document request to Singham over his alleged financial support of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) — the extremist Marxist group…