“Even if Trump gets his wish, an import ban is highly unlikely to have the effect he’s looking for. Both BMW and Mercedes-Benz maintain large US manufacturing presences.”
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/05/trump-wants-a-total-ban-on-german-luxury-car-imports/
“All are anxiously watching what might happen next. But the German credit unions won’t give up easily.”
Read more: https://global.handelsblatt.com/finance/small-german-banks-iran-deals-sanctions-924599
“When you can throw your weight around with nothing to stop you, why not? Crime, but no punishment. Up, but no down.”
Read more: https://bonnerandpartners.com/who-sanctions-america/
“Several hedge funds have become newspaper barons in recent years. Alden Global now owns about 60 daily newspapers. Private-equity firm Fortress owns almost 150.”
“We are experiencing what the State Department and intelligence agencies had in mind when the domestic propaganda ban was overturned but these few short years ago.”
“The bottom line is that no one – not the United States, not Israel, not the International Atomic Energy Agency – ever really believed Iran was developing nuclear weapons.”
“Pompeo’s newly unveiled ‘Plan B’ for nuclear negotiations comes around two weeks after President Donald Trump violated the Iran nuclear accord and placed the U.S. on the path to yet another war in the Middle East.”
“One young Christian lady asked me, on a Palm Sunday when I was there, ‘Why do Americans want us all dead?'”
Read more: https://russia-insider.com/en/treatment-christians-assads-syria-vs-us-backed-rebel-areas/ri22984
“WikiLeaks has called for a ‘global blockade’ of Coinbase, after the world’s biggest bitcoin brokerage banned the whistleblowing organisation’s online store from using its service.”
“The ultimate goal of countries like Venezuela, Iran and Russia seems to be to create a parallel financial system under a new alliance of nations.”
Read more: https://moneyandmarkets.com/iran-russia-launching-cryptos/