By Adnan Akfirat, Chairman of the Turkish-Chinese Business Development and Friendship Association On April 9, US President Trump imposed new tariffs on US imports under the name of “reciprocal tariffs”. Trump had announced that on April 2, 2025, which he called “Independence Day”, he would impose self-justified tariffs on almost every country in the world. China, declaring that it would ...
By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China “The best thing to do now is to declare war on Taiwan. Because Trump once said he would impose a 100% tariff on China if we did so. But the current rates are way higher than that. At least this way, we would reunify with Taiwan and also reduce tariffs…” The above comment was ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the United States ramps up its rhetoric about China being the “preeminent geopolitical and technological rival,” a familiar but flawed narrative is once again dominating Washington’s policy discourse: that America’s challenges in innovation stem not from internal fragmentation, but from China’s rise. This storyline, amplified by figures like Michael Kratsios—recently nominated as Director of the ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen Donald Trump has been reelected, sparking concerns across Europe. The Atlanticist media are recalling the tensions that marked US-Europe relations from 2017 to 2021 during Trump’s first term as president. Before the 2016 election, Trump’s rhetoric notably diverged from that of aggressive globalist neoconservatives. He advocated for collaboration with Russia in the fight against ISIS in ...