“We know that these are merely symbolic investigations initiated by China, which is in fact the world’s most profligate disrupter of supply chains and trade in green products.  No one is fooled,” said Ambassador Greer.  “For the past year, China has disrupted global supply chains with unprecedented restrictions on basic commodity goods such as rare earth elements, fertilizers, and refined fuels. And when it comes to green products, China’s non-market excess capacity has flooded economies with electric vehicles and solar panels to the detriment of workers and manufacturing across the industrialized world.  Despite this posturing, the U.S. objective continues to be economic stability and balanced trade with China, in line with the U.S.-China deal reached last year in Busan, Korea.”

Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby struggling to explain today why US struck Iran and how its aims are different from Israel Comes after Rubio said that US needed to act because Israel was about to strike Iran, which would have responded by attacking US forces.