by Luis Brito

MEXICO CITY, June 12 (Xinhua) -- In the latest chapter of turbulent ties between Mexico and the United States, U.S. President Donald Trump proved to be a rash decision-maker who uses trade sanctions to score electoral points, despite its impact on the global economy, observers have said.

by Dr Mohammad Makram Balawi

12 June 2019; MEMO: It was a revealing and quite intersecting interview that Jared Kushner had with Jonathan Swan on Axios on HBO aired a week ago. Sawn asked Kushner a few direct questions on his mission as advisor on the Middle East peace negotiations.

10 June 2019; MEMO: As the unveiling of US President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” remains uncertain and probably postponed, the international community has pitted itself against the proposal and deeming it an incentive to stand unequivocally in favour of the two-state compromise, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has repeatedly described as the only possibility.

by Xinhua writer Tian Dongdong

BRUSSELS, June 10 (Xinhua) -- In the name of putting "America First," Washington's trade hawks have been continuously making protectionist and isolationist waves around the world.

However, the trend of economic globalization is irreversible no matter whether those trade hardliners like it or not.

by Xinhua writer Yang Xiaojing

LONDON, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Reckless moves by the U.S. government to intervene in international trade has posed a great political risk to production related to global value chains (GVC), Fu Xiaolan, founding director of the Technology and Management Centre for Development at Oxford University, told Xinhua in a recent interview.

By PETER ORSI and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN

MEXICO CITY (AP) — As Washington and Mexico City both took victory laps Saturday over a deal that headed off threatened tariffs on Mexican imports, it remained to be seen how effective it may be and migration experts raised concerns over what it could mean for people fleeing poverty and violence in Central America.

by Prabir Purkayastha

The US sanctions on Huawei has transformed what started as a trade war between the US and China into a full-blown tech war. The US has followed the additional tariffs of 10-25% on $200 billion Chinese goods by putting Huawei, the Chinese telecom and mobile manufacturing giant, on the “entities list”, which is effectively a sanctions list.

by Verena Hölzl

8 June 2019; DW: Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban, have issued a joint anti-Muslim statement. The Burmese leader has finally lost the moral standing she once enjoyed, says Verena Hölzl.

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER

WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharp pullback in U.S. hiring for May intensified fears that the economy has weakened and that many employers have grown nervous, in part from President Donald Trump’s escalating trade wars.

Yet the stock market soared and bond yields fell because investors found a reason to cheer: The tepid employment report magnified their expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in the coming months, perhaps beginning in July, to support the economy.

by Abderrahim Chalfaouat

7 June 2019; MEMO: US Envoy and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s visit to Morocco is indicative of many things, not least that he is busy shoring up regional consensus for the Bahrain conference about Palestine, before unveiling the economic portion of the “deal of the century”.

Many believe that the harsh sentencing and the following media propaganda of Bangladeshi student is directed to bring White Australians out of the psychological guilt they are facing after Christ Church Whitist terror act.

by Chase Winter

2 June 2019; DW: Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators peacefully marched in Berlin amid a struggle to define the line between criticism of Israel and anti-Semitism. The government urged people to show support for Jews and Israel.

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters snaked through the streets of the German capital on Saturday shouting anti-Israel slogans against the backdrop of rising concerns about anti-Semitism in the country.