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The G20 countries summit is currently holding in Osaka, Japan. Meaning that the world's powerful leaders are in Osaka to discuss developments, as it affect their progress. An issue that quickly crosses people's in mind as the G20 leaders meet, in term of progress and problems militating against economic progress, is the current trade imbroglio between the United States and China. The United States has accused China of cheating in its trade interactions to favor China. Consequently,the U.S. and China have been been using trade tariffs against one another. Xi jinping has traveled from Russia to North Korea, in efforts to use diplomacy against the U.S. China is behaving like the U.S is alone in the accusation against China of corner-cutting in trade dealings. Has not Canada also accused China of insincerity? If China knows the accusation of insincerity is true, why cannot China choose to be sincere than running from pillar to the post in efforts to curry favors? Will Vladimir Putin tell Jinping the need to be sincere than expecting an unnecessary protection from him?

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You have heard of the two million people protest in Hong Kong and Hong Kong leaders' response in form of an apology without a single word that has terminated the cause of the protest. What do you think has happened in term of leadership in Hong Kong? It is understandable that the people have rejected an extradition bill. Have you been able to see that the problem is more about Hong Kong leaders seeking their own formula to deal with dissent in Hong Kong seemingly to satisfy their China overlords without China asking for such highhandedness? Hong Kong leaders are too zealous to keep their own people under excessive control, but putting the responsibility on China. Bad for China. The master servant/relationship does not augur well for China in the 21st Century. Ch Hong Kong needs total independence for the people to hold their own leaders completely accountable. The one country, two systems policy, is outdated.

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Mexico has avoided what would have resulted as punishment for bad behavior by embracing dialogue instead of allowing the United States to push it into accepting tariffs for its imports into the U.S. And the U.S. quickly accepted Mexico's option for a dialogue instead of tariffs for its imports. Of course, the U.S. opted for the tariffs, in the first place, to get Mexico to cooperate, in the handling of the immigration problem at the southern border. Since Mexico has offered to cooperate instead of its earlier stance of competing with a more powerful country, the U.S. has no choice than to stop the tariffs on Mexico imports expected to be effective from Monday, which result would have been increased prices for Mexico imports and a fall in demand., depending on the products elasticity or inelasticity to change in prices.

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China and the United States are at loggerheads over trade and tariffs.. Iran has issued confusing signals over its own state of affairs, which it says has been caused by sanctions from the U.S, Iran's words don't seem to be like begging or threatening Armageddon. But the European Union, EU, says that it is not welcoming Iran's 60 days ultimatum, despite iran's claim to economic ruin and the pressure on President Hassan Rouhani. On the other hand, the domestic political issue in the U.S. has not abated against expectations that the release of Robert Mueller's report should calm nerves. North Korea's Kim Jong un arrived from a visit to Russia and began to test his rockets.. Iran and America's duel over the Strait of Hormuz, North Korea's resumption of rockets test and the U.S. test of its own either before or after North Korea's tests, raised concerns and fears.

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Abiodun Karim Giwa is a Nigerian Journalist based in the United States of America. Giwa began his Journalism career as a freelancer while he worked as an advertisement officer for the defunct Daily Times in Nigeria (1980-1985). He wrote for the Times and other major newspapers in the country and worked briefly for the Insider magazine as a news reporter. He holds a bachelor's degree in English from Mercy College, New York (2012) and a Master in Journalism from Hofstra University, New York (2015). After a stint at the Long Island Herald community newspaper, he is currently studying Public Administration at Rutgers University of Newark in New Jersey, for a second master's degree. Giwa has no political affiliation to any party or organization and has no political or financial allegiance to any personality. He writes based on facts and moral convictions on issues from around the world.