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globalsecurity.org | John Pike
By Michael Crane May 13, 2025
PANAMA CITY -- Six members of the Missouri National Guard and professionals from Panama shared expertise and best practices during a three-day expert exchange May 6-8.
The Missouri National Guard's visit to Panama City, Panama, was part of the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program.
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globalsecurity.org | John Pike
By RFE/RL May 12, 2025
The United States and China have agreed to a 90-day cut in reciprocal tariffs levied on an array of traded goods after weekend talks in Switzerland made progress in narrowing differences between the two countries.
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globalsecurity.org | John Pike
Global Times
By Global Times Published: May 14, 2025 02:15 PM
Slamming Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader Lai Ching-te's recent claim that he advocated for the establishment a of a "non-red supply chain" for global semiconductors that excludes the Chinese mainland, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday that the attempt aims to decouple from the Chinese mainland and sever cross-Straits economic ties.
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globalsecurity.org | John Pike
Global Affairs Canada
Statement
May 14, 2025 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada
Global Affairs Canada today issued the following statement:
"Canada welcomes the recent decision of the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council on the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 on July 17, 2014.
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globalsecurity.org | John Pike
European Council / Council of the European Union
European Council
Statements and remarks
14 May 2025 12:35
It is my pleasure to be in Podgorica. Thank you dear Jakov for having us here.
Enlargement is the most important geopolitical investment in the stability, peace and prosperity in the Western Balkans and the whole of Europe.
It is inspiring to see how Montenegro has advanced on its European path. It is the result of your ambition, hard work and focus to become an EU member state.
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globalsecurity.org | John Pike
13 May 2025 21:58
790-13-05-2025
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) issued a press release saying that on May 12, the organisation's Council held a vote on the crash of the MH17 Malaysian Boeing aircraft in 2014. Australia and the Netherlands initiated this procedure back in March 2022.
Russia is not part of the ICAO Council. In its press release, this body alleges that the responsibility for downing this flight rests with the Russian Federation.
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globalsecurity.org | John Pike
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China
Updated: May 14, 2025 09:12
by Wang Yi
Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
The Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum will be held on May 13 in Beijing. It will be an important meeting on the 10th anniversary of the official launch of the China-CELAC Forum. As the hosting country, China warmly welcomes friends from CELAC member states and organizations of the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region.
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globalsecurity.org | John Pike
People's Daily Online
(Xinhua) 13:31, May 14, 2025
BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- China and Colombia should take the latter's formal accession to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as an opportunity to upgrade bilateral cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.
Xi made the remarks when meeting with his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro, who is in Beijing for the fourth ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC (the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Forum.
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globalsecurity.org | John Pike
Global Times
By GT staff reporters Published: May 14, 2025 11:46 PM
Following China-US high-level meeting on economic and trade affairs in Geneva over the weekend that achieved substantial progress by significantly reducing bilateral tariff levels, the two countries have moved to make the relevant tariff adjustments on Wednesday. China-US trade flows, once hampered by steep tariffs, are starting normalizing, according to ports and exporters.
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globalsecurity.org | John Pike
Global Times By Global Times Published: May 14, 2025 04:10 PM When asked to comment on reports that after the China-US high-level economic and trade meeting in Geneva, China will reduce the tariffs on US goods from 125% to 10% within the initial 90 days, while the US will reduce the tariffs on Chinese goods to 30%, including the additional 20% tariffs imposed on China under the pretext of fentanyl, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a press briefing on Wednesday that the...
