The Trump-Xi Summit Produced One Thing: a New Deadline of 10 January
Xi's first US state visit in 11 years ended with warm words and a two-month extension of the trade truce. That single deliverable now sets one clock for tariffs, rare-earth export curbs and everything else left unresolved.
The “Biggest Oil Deal in World History” Pays Venezuela Less Than It Earned Last Year
Trump announced US majority control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan reserves. Caracas put the figure at $209 billion over 25 years — about $8.4 billion a year, against the $18.4 billion Venezuela earned in 2025. No contract text exists, and $170…
Canada Bought 64 Senior Researchers for $541 Million. The Number That Matters Is 5,800 to 2,100.
Ottawa named 64 research chairs on August 27, 48 of them leaving US institutions. Sixty-four people is not a brain drain. What makes the hires worth watching is the pipeline arithmetic sitting behind them — and that number is far larger.
Washington Revived a Dead 1930 Tariff Law Against Canada. Read the Exclusion List, Not the Rate.
The US invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 for the first time in the statute's history, hitting Canada with 50% duties. But energy, potash and critical minerals were carved out — and that tells you more than the headline number does.