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WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard has released a new strategy to enhance global safety, security, and stewardship of the maritime domain by combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, Coast Guard Headquarters said in a Sept. 17 release.
Tiếp tục đọc “USCG Releases New Plan to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing”BY GREGORY POLING | JULY 14, 2020
AMTI UPDATE
Yesterday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced an important shift in U.S. declaratory policy on the South China Sea. This morning, Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell elaborated further during remarks at CSIS’s annual South China Sea Conference. The press statement from Pompeo listed specific Chinese maritime claims the United States considers illegal. The statement marks a significant clarification of prior U.S. positions but not a radical break from past policy. It makes explicit things that had been implied by previous administrations. And in that it sets the stage for more effective diplomatic messaging and stronger responses to China’s harassment of its neighbors. U.S. partners and allies in the region were seemingly briefed in advance—the Philippine defense secretary, for instance, was ready with a positive statement within hours. And the new policy sparked excited, and often hyperbolic, coverage in the press and social media.
Tiếp tục đọc “HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THE NEW U.S. SOUTH CHINA SEA POLICY?”Washington isolated as global allies and adversaries say its unilateral move targeting Tehran has no legal standing.
by Maziar Motamedi 20 Sept 2020, Al Jareeza
Tehran, Iran – The United States has broken with all other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and unilaterally declared the re-imposition of all UN sanctions against Iran – a claim rejected by Iran and the international community, including Washington’s close allies, as having no legal basis.
Tiếp tục đọc “US claims UN sanctions on Iran reinstated. The world disagrees”Trump administration is seeking to block Iran’s energy trade and to bring down Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
25 Jun 2020 Al Jareeza
![Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC. Pompeo announced new US sanctions against Iran on Wednesday [File: Nicholas Kamm/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2020/4/23/10643c13caab4a4cab319e7726067be0_18.jpg "US slaps new sanctions on Iranians for Venezuela trade")
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who had delivered oil to Venezuela, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed the Trump administration’s backing for Venezuelan opposition leader, Juan Guaido.
Tiếp tục đọc “US slaps new sanctions on Iranians for Venezuela trade”16 January 2020, BBC
The world’s two largest economies have been locked in a bitter trade battle.
The dispute has seen the US and China impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of one another’s goods.
US President Donald Trump has long accused China of unfair trading practices and intellectual property theft.
In China, there is a perception that America is trying to curb its rise as a global economic power.
Negotiations are ongoing but have proven difficult. In January, the two sides signed a preliminary deal but some of the thorniest issues remain unresolved.
Uncertainties around the trade war have hurt businesses and weighed on the global economy.
Mr Trump’s tariffs policy aims to encourage consumers to buy American products by making imported goods more expensive.
The US has imposed tariffs on more than $360bn (£268bn) of Chinese goods, and China has retaliated with tariffs on more than $110bn of US products.
Washington delivered three rounds of tariffs in 2018, and a fourth one in September last year. The most recent round targeted Chinese imports, from meat to musical instruments, with a 15% duty.
Beijing hit back with tariffs ranging from 5% to 25% on US goods.
Under the so-called “phase one” deal signed in January, China pledged to boost US imports by $200bn above 2017 levels and strengthen intellectual property rules.
The US agreed to halve some of the new tariffs it had imposed on China.
The White House said it will tackle additional issues in a second, “phase two” deal but analysts said they didn’t expect anything concrete anytime soon
TTCT – Xứ sở đã có 5.000 năm lịch sử Lebanon vừa trải qua một biến cố chấn động. Vụ nổ ở cảng Beirut cướp đi sinh mạng 157 người ngày 4-8 như một thảm kịch thu nhỏ hình ảnh đất nước kỳ lạ của khu vực Trung Đông này.
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| Ảnh: annahar.com |
Buổi chiều Địa Trung Hải thì rất đẹp. Chỉ tiếc là quang cảnh tuy nhìn ra biển nhưng bị các kho hàng của cảng Beirut che mất phần nào. Beirut là thành phố hai mặt biển, căn hộ của Lina và Imad đang ở 50 năm trước là thuộc khu bình dân và tạp nham ở phía đông thành phố, dân cư lúc đó chủ yếu là người lao động Kitô giáo. Bên phải là khu vực Karantina (Cách ly) cũ của cảng, khi Israel thành lập (1948) thì trở thành một trong các trại chứa nửa triệu người Palestine bồng con, cõng mẹ chạy sang tị nạn. Tiếp tục đọc “Thảm kịch vụ nổ Beirut: Nghìn lẻ một chuyện Lebanon”
TTCT – Tha thuận giữa Israel và Các Tiểu vương quốc Ả Rập thống nhất (UAE) ngày 13-8 vừa qua quả là “lịch sử” với tên gọi Hiệp ước Abraham, trong ý nghĩa muốn hàn gắn các con cháu của tổ phụ Abraham, nhưng tất nhiên, quan trọng nhất vẫn là chính trị thực dụng.
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| Bộ ba hoàn cảnh Israel, Mỹ, UAE. Ảnh: The Wall Street Journal |
Có một thực tế oái oăm là cả ba tôn giáo “đâm chém” nhau suốt bao thế kỷ qua các cuộc thánh chiến, rồi sau này là bắn giết trong thời hiện đại ở Trung Đông: Do Thái, Kitô, và Hồi giáo, đều có chung một ông tổ là Abraham, được cho là sinh trưởng tại thành phố Ur thuộc đế quốc Babylon (nay ở nam Iraq, gần giáp Kuwait) vào thế kỷ 20 trước Công nguyên.
Sau này phân nhánh, do những khác biệt tầm nhìn về Đấng Tối cao, họ dần xa nhau, thậm chí phủ định nhau. Với thời gian và sau vô vàn những thương đau, chỉ ở thời hiện đại, hi vọng về sự xích lại gần nhau lâu dài mới được nhen nhóm. Sự hòa giải giữa Israel và UAE cũng phải đặt trong xu hướng đó. Tiếp tục đọc “Cùng một tổ phụ Abraham…”
TĐH: See notes verbales by Malaysia, UK & Northern Ireland, France, Germany, and China to United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf here >>
20/09/2020 17:30 GMT+7 vietnamnet
Image copyright Getty ImagesChina says it is conducting military exercises near the Taiwan Strait to “protect its sovereignty” as a top US official visits Taiwan.
Tiếp tục đọc “China holds military drill as US envoy visits Taiwan”
By Ryan Browne and Jennifer Hansler, CNN
Updated 2237 GMT (0637 HKT) September 17, 2020
Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is expected to soon approve another major weapons sale including drones to Taiwan, according to congressional and administration sources. The move comes as the US and Taiwan are strengthening ties and amid mounting tensions between Washington and Beijing.The US is preparing to sell seven packages of weapons systems to Taiwan, a congressional aide told CNN, saying it was unclear when the Congress would be formally notified about the sales, as is required by law.A US official said that the administration will soon formally approve a large sale of MQ-9B Reaper drones. The value of the drones and associated equipment and program support is estimated to be about $600 million.
Tiếp tục đọc “Trump administration readies major arms sale to Taiwan”
By Paul D. Shinkman, Senior Writer, National SecuritySept. 17, 2020, at 10:27 a.m.
China Threatens U.S. Over Taiwan Visit
Undersecretary of State Keith Krach exits a plane upon arrival at the air force base airport on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Taipei, Taiwan.(CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY POOL/AP)
Tiếp tục đọc “China Threatens U.S. Over Taiwan Visit: ‘Stones May Become Torpedoes’”
17 Sep 2020 11:17AM CNA
17 Sep 2020 01:27AM CNA
WASHINGTON: The United States plans to sell as many as seven major weapons systems, including mines, cruise missiles and drones to Taiwan, four people familiar with the discussions said, as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on China.
Tiếp tục đọc “US pushes arms sales surge to Taiwan, needling China: Report”
17 Sep 2020 07:08AM(Updated: 17 Sep 2020 07:21AM) CNA
WASHINGTON: Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced on Wednesday (Sep 16) an ambitious plan to expand the US Navy with a range of unmanned and autonomous ships, submarines and aircraft to confront the growing maritime challenge from China.
Tiếp tục đọc “Eyeing China, Pentagon plans larger, ‘more lethal’ navy”By Justin Harper Business reporter, BBC News
Some of China’s biggest technology firms are expanding operations in Singapore as tensions rise between Washington and Beijing.
Tiếp tục đọc “Singapore becomes a hub for Chinese tech amid US tensions”
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