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Trade War and Sanctions: An Illusory Link

... China have not disappeared. This means that the risk of sanctions will persist regardless of success in resolving the trade war. Xu Wenhong:: The SWIFT System: A Focus on the U.S.–Russia Financial Confrontation The key difference between sanctions and trade wars is the existence of specific political goals. By introducing economic restrictions, the country which initiates them is trying to force the target country to introduce political changes or to make decisions favourable to it. Of course, trade ...

10.02.2020

Asia Under Fire of US Sanctions

... the afore-mentioned changes. What Kind of Sanctions Are We Talking About? The concept of sanctions includes a fairly wide range of restrictive measures and requires a clear conceptual framework. To begin with, economic sanctions are different from trade wars. These two concepts are often confused in the Asian region, especially when it comes to relations between the US and China. In fact, they differ both in goals and in methods. Trade wars are aimed to achieve economic advantages for national ...

20.11.2019

Semiconductor War between Japan and South Korea

The discord between Tokyo and Seoul threatens to dismantle the current global technological chain in microelectronics In the summer of 2019, a trade conflict broke out between Tokyo and Seoul and the matter is about more than the history between the two countries. The two developed economies have long been locked in a competition on the global cutting-edge technologies market. At the same time, they are links in the same technological chain. At first glance, the exchange of trade restrictions that...

15.10.2019

Andrey Kortunov Speaks at European Council on Foreign Relations Annual Meeting

... the multipolar world, the impact of new technologies on world politics, regional crises in the Middle East and Africa, etc. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, made a speech at the plenary session on the future world order in the context of global trade wars. Andrey Kortunov also had a meeting with Mikhail Kamynin, Russian Ambassador to Portugal, and Alexander Bryantsev, Counselor of the Russian Embassy in Lisbon, to discuss the issues of expanding the interaction between Russian and Portuguese ...

28.06.2019

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
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