"Terrifies Billionaire Class": Pro-China Party Of Socialism & Liberation Plans General Strike On U.S. Economy 

China-US Trade Talks End In Paris As Doubts Grow Over Trump-Xi Summit Update (0911ET):  The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post has published an update on the sixth round of U.S.-China trade talks, which concluded moments ago in Paris. SCMP's title for the update is rather ominous: "China and the US end trade talks as doubts form over Trump visit." The report states that both sides discussed a possible extension of existing tariff and non-tariff measures, as well as bilateral investment. China's top trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, said the two sides held "deep, frank,...

European Rearmament Efforts Snuffed By Chinese Control Of Critical Materials Yesterday we reported that, in a tit-for-tat move, China announced it is targeting US rare earths firms in response to a Pentagon list of Chinese firms: this, as Rabobank noted, is largely a symbolic move, but it still underlines the tensions in this area. So does the Nikkei reporting that ‘China minerals control threatens EU rearmament, as bloc seeks new sources’: because, as Rabo's Michael Every notes, even if you can afford a dagger, you can’t make it without rare earths, and...

Libya Reels From Assassination, Oil Strikes & Central Bank Turmoil Via Middle East Eye Libya was plunged into fresh turmoil this week after a car bomb killed eastern military intelligence chief Fawzi al-Mansouri in Benghazi, drone attacks struck the country’s largest operational oil refinery and the central bank governor resigned from his post. Mansouri, the military intelligence chief for forces controlling eastern Libya, was leaving a mosque on Monday night when an explosive device attached to his vehicle detonated, the Libyan National Army (LNA) said on Tuesday. AFP: a fire at the Zawiya refinery,...