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I share what I find, when I have time I do my own research.

Posts will vary depending on what is going on and what interests me, mainly major geopolitical events.

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US trade Wars 13-03-25
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🇺🇸⚖️📉US TRADE WAR

In the beginning of March Trump officially started a tariff war with Canada, Mexico, EU and China, stating "Addressing Trade Imbalances and Deficits", "National Security Concerns" primarily citing fentanyl trafficking from China and border security with Canada and Mexico, "Boosting Domestic Manufacturing" and "Using Tariffs as a Negotiation Tool".

⚠️The tariffs currently imposed by the US are:

🇪🇺EU: 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium + 25% tariffs on "cars and all the things"
🇨🇳China: 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium + 20% tariffs on all other goods.
🇨🇦Canada: 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium + 25% tariff on all other goods (delayed to April) + 10% on energy exports

⛹️‍♂️Countries immediately retaliated:

🇪🇺EU: Two phase €26 billion retaliatory plan:
1st phase starting in April: 25% on specific American goods such as jeans, motorcycles, peanut butter and bourbon whiskey. (8 billion euros worth)
2nd phase starting mid April: (% will mirror US tariff) Food and Agricultural Products, Household and Consumer Goods, Industrial Products (18 billion euros worth)

🇨🇦Canada Retaliation:
25% tariffs on steel and aluminium,other goods including computers totalling ($30 billion worth)
Additional $20.6 billion worth of US goods announced to take effect on March 13.

🇨🇳China Retaliation (more than $20 billion):
15% tariff on coals and liquefied natural gas
10% tariff on oil and agricultural machines
15% tariff on American chicken, wheat, corn, and cotton
10% tariff on American sorghum, soybeans, pork, beef, aquatic products, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products

+ Unspecified "crippling" tariffs on American-made vehicles and critical auto parts

+ Sanctions on US Firms:
- PVH Corp. and Illumina added to the Unreliable Entity List.
- Antitrust investigation launched into Google
- 15 US firms prohibited from purchasing Chinese goods, including for military drone manufacturing parts.
- Restrictions on Critical Mineral Exports
- Suspension of Lumber Imports
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🇷🇴 Romanian Air Force intercepted a drone over the national airspace, — Antena 3 CNN.

Two F-16 fighters took off from the Fetești airbase at 18:05 to respond to the threat — they tracked the UAV 20 km southwest of Kiliya-Veke when it disappeared from the radars.

- Romania News

This happens just a few days after Nato intercepted several drones over Poland (yt summary), and activating article 4, resulting in the execution of Operation Eastern Sentry.
Forwarded from Denys Davydov
Today NATO countries began exercises to practice the deployment of troops and equipment to Lithuania, — the NATO Joint Forces Command in the Netherlands
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The Russian Armed Forces deployed the Iskander OTRK on the highway in the Kaliningrad region near the Polish border

No escalation.
🇮🇹🇪🇸Italy and Spain deploy warships in defence of the Gaza Sumud Flotilla.

Multiple (10-13) strikes from low flying Israeli drone swarms were carried out against the humanitarian flotilla.

The strikes included explosive, incendiary, flashbang and teargas munitions as well as radio jamming and interference.

Following massive protests that caused chaos in major Italian cities, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto authorized the intervention of the Navy's multipurpose frigate Virginio Fasan (F-591), Spain later also dispatched the offshore patrol ship Furor (P-46).

This marks a significant escalation in the standoff between europe and Israel.

The Italian Virginio Fasan (F-591) is a 144.6 m, 145 crew heavily armed multi purpose/anti submarine vessel which can host a EH- 101 Assault Support Helicopter. Armament:

16-cell Sylver A50 vertical launch system for Aster Aster 15 310kg surface to air missiles.

4 × Teseo Mk2/A 210kg Anti Ship/Surface Strike Missiles

4 × MILAS 800kg Anti Ship Torpedoes

2 × OTO Melara 62/76mm 120rpm multi purpose cannons with DART self guided munitions capable of anti air.

2 x OTO Melara KBA 25/80mm remotely operated machine guns

2 x SLAT anti torpedo decoy launchers

2 x SCLAR-H Multi Purpose rocket launchers


The spanish Furor (P-46) is a 93.9 m, 52 crew lightly armored patrol vessel designed for reconnaissance, it has integrated UAV control center for Alpha A900 UAV Helicopters. Armament:

1 × OTO Melara 62/76mm 120rpm multi purpose cannons with DART self guided munitions capable of anti air.

2 × Mk-38 Mod.2 25/35 mm remotely operated machine guns designed for short-range high-speed maneuvering surface targets.


2 × 12.7 mm Browning M2 manually operated machine guns.
🇷🇺🪖🇺🇦❗️ — At a meeting in Moscow, a Russian diplomat told the British, French and German envoys that the Russian air incursions into Estonia were a deliberate response to Ukrainian attacks on Crimea, officials familiar with the exchange tells Bloomberg.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-25/europeans-privately-tell-russia-they-re-ready-to-shoot-down-jets?srnd=homepage-europe

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🇭🇺🇱🇹🇱🇻🇷🇺La OTAN comparte imágenes de dos cazas Gripen húngaros que despegaron hoy desde Lituania "en respuesta a un Su-30, Su-35 y tres MiG-31 rusos que volaban cerca del espacio aéreo de Letonia."

🇬🇧NATO shares images of two Hungarian Gripen fighter jets that took off today from Lithuania "in response to a Russian Su-30, Su-35 and three MiG-31 aircraft flying near Latvian airspace."

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