| A US-China trade war is a lose-lose proposition, The West must bring Russia to the negotiating table, The UAE and Saudi Arabia’s enthusiasm for Pompeo will be brief, The EU should stop appeasing Erdogan, Time to take back control of our personal data Posted: 07 Apr 2018 03:00 AM PDT ![A US-China trade war is a lose-lose proposition, The West must bring Russia to the negotiating table, The UAE and Saudi Arabia's enthusiasm for Pompeo will be brief, The EU should stop appeasing Erdogan, Time to take back control of our personal data]( "A US-China trade war is a lose-lose proposition, The West must bring Russia to the negotiating table, The UAE and Saudi Arabia's enthusiasm for Pompeo will be brief, The EU should stop appeasing Erdogan, Time to take back control of our personal data") "If [President] Trump were to slap a 25 per cent duty ... on US$50 billion worth of Chinese imports, we estimate the direct and first-order impact could be worth 0.1-0.2 percentage point of Chinese GDP," writes Aidan Yao. "Russia made headlines for all the wrong reasons [recently] ... when a clutch of countries led by the U.S. expelled more than 100 of its diplomats and intelligence officers over suspicion that the Kremlin was behind a nerve agent attack on a Russian spy and defector to the U.K...," states an editorial. "Rexit – the firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo's nomination as his replacement – has unnerved many in Qatar, but was applauded by pundits in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...," writes Sultan Barakat.
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| Readers write: Blessings from a radio station, hearing from the other side, peaceful unity of the future Posted: 07 Apr 2018 03:00 AM PDT ![Readers write: Blessings from a radio station, hearing from the other side, peaceful unity of the future]( "Readers write: Blessings from a radio station, hearing from the other side, peaceful unity of the future") Regarding the Feb. 9 Monitor Daily article " 'Calls From Home': How one Kentucky radio station connects inmates and families": This article speaks to the heart. Recommended: Could you pass a US citizenship test? Regarding the Jan. 9 Monitor Daily article "Gun rights: Bid to federalize concealed carry puts GOP in unfamiliar territory": It is refreshing to come away from an article, after reading well-made arguments from people whose position is opposite my own, thinking "Well, they have a good point there!" Frustrating, mind you – it's always comforting to read articles that just reinforce one's own beliefs – and uncommon, but refreshing.
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