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02 August 2026 23:50

🇪🇺🇺🇸🇨🇳 China draws 'red lines' around its economic model ahead of EU, US trade talks

China is energetically defending its economic policy mix that favours advanced industries over consumption, adopting a posture analysts see as demonstrating increasing confidence ahead of looming trade talks with Europe and the United States.

President Xi Jinping and U.S. counterpart Donald Trump plan more face-to-face meetings ‌this year, while Brussels has set an October deadline for Beijing to settle disputes as worries grow over China's trillion-dollar-plus trade surplus.

Western countries frame China's policies as mercantilist and opposing ‌global trade rules, saying its priority for producers over households pushes cheaper goods into global markets, hollowing out industry in nations seeking more balanced growth.

But a meeting of top Communist Party leaders signalled policy continuity on Thursday, calling for targeted support rather ​than the consumer-focused stimulus and structural changes long urged by China's trading partners and many economists.

Days earlier, the commerce ministry accused the West of protectionism in a position paper on "so-called industrial overcapacity" that rejected the notion as rooted in "logical flaws" and "ulterior motives".

The ruling Communist Party's flagship theoretical journal, Qiushi, also defended China's low consumption in July, as a "historically justified" outcome of the investment-led, catch-up development model.

Such messages stop short of telling the West that China will not change course, said Xu Tianchen, a senior economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit, but send two posturing signals.

"The first is about hoping others understand where it comes from. A better mutual ‌understanding helps in negotiations," Xu said. "The second is about drawing a red ⁠line."

The commerce ministry paper "made clear that China doesn't accept discriminatory measures against its firms and products," he added.

China says its model reflects the needs of a country still converging with advanced economies. Its products are not only cheaper, but increasingly better, while its tech and science investments can ⁠benefit the entire world.

Now the European Union, whose trade deficit with China averaged $1 billion a day last year, is pursuing its own industrial and domestic procurement policies to defend its market.

But the latest statements from China suggest Beijing's confidence is growing that it can soften trade disputes without making significant concessions.

🔗 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/analysis-china-draws-red-lines-170613120.html

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02 August 2026 23:05

🇲🇦🇪🇸🇪🇺📝 The Moroccan government tried to steal Spanish territory by sending 60k people over the border, overshadowing all previous migrant crises involving the cities of Ceuta and Melilla and the EU did absolutely nothing.

In 2021, a little over 8.000 migrants jumped the border fence with Ceuta and Melilla, in 2026 the number was close to 8 times higher and all the EU president, Ursula von der Leyen could muster in response to this blatant act of hostility by Morocco towards one of its member states was to say that "thankfully the migrants in Ceuta and Melilla didn't find any ferries to jump on and reach Spain proper". Problem solved.

Spanish PM, Pedro Sánchez, reinforced the border with a few dozen soldiers and then attacked other European governments calling for Spain's suspension from the Schengen Area, providing migrant statistics which indeed show Spain is not the number one entry point for illegal migrants into the EU, a poor deflection from the situation which isn't really about illegal migration, but a hostile act from Morocco.

In 2021, the EU sanctioned the Belarusian airline, Belavia, several hotels, bus companies, a state owned tourism agency and several chiefs of the Belarusian state border guards for their involvement in transporting migrants to the Polish and Lithuanian borders. Why isn't the EU punishing Morocco for this act of aggression, which was far worse and more dangerous than anything Belarus has done?

The reason is simple, Morocco is too important for the EU economy to be punished. Take for example the significant reliance of the French automotive industry on Morocco.

According to a promotional video made by the Renault Group, one in six Renault cars (including its branches like Dacia) are made in the Renault car factory in Tangier. The French government directly benefits from every Renault car sale as it owns a 15% stake in the company. Sanctioning Morocco could derail the European automotive industry. The best selling car in the EU in 2024 and 2025 was the Dacia Sandero, a model that is entirely built in Renault's Moroccan car factories in Casablanca and Tangier because of Morocco's low labour costs making it extremely cheap and capable of competing with Chinese, South Korean and Japanese alternatives.

German companies invested heavily in Morocco in recent years to build factories for intermediate products used in the automotive industry like electrical wiring, logistics companies invest in warehouses as Morocco is a transit route for Chinese products into Europe and more recently, pharmaceutical companies like Bayer are expanding to the country too.

Spain's car brand, SEAT, because its part of the Volkswagen group, also relies on the same Moroccan electric wiring manufacturers as Germany

Without Morocco, a lot of goods EU citizens buy for cheap will become a lot more expensive or be replaced by East-Asian alternatives.

The 2026 Ceuta and Melilla migrant crisis reveals how incapable not just the Spanish government is to assert its sovereignty, but more so Brussels, as Brussels or the European Commission to be precise, wants to be the sole authority responsible to protect the sovereignty of the EU and by extension its borders.

If the EU can't stand up to Morocco, how does it expect to be able to stand up to Russia, the U.S. or China or even a regional power like Turkey? The lack of a response from Spain and Brussels will embolden Morocco to try this again in the future until it forces a Spanish withdrawal from what it considers "rightful" Moroccan territory.

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02 August 2026 21:53

🇲🇦🇪🇸 There's still a few thousand Moroccan and Subsaharan Africans loitering inside Ceuta and Spanish authorities are not doing anything to send them back over the border.

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02 August 2026 20:11

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Over the last few weeks, the situation for Ukraine on the frontline has rapidly deteriorated in an unprecedented manner not seen since early 2025.

In the northeastern corner Kharkov Oblast, Russia has achieved two localised breakthroughs, threatening to encircle more than 360 km² of Ukrainian-controlled territory.

In the Dobropolye direction, one of the most formidable Ukrainian strongholds which has stood for over a year has been breached, with Russian forces now flooding Ukrainian positions in the urban agglomeration between Pokrovsk and Dobropolye.

In the Kramatorsk/Slavyansk direction, Ukraine has been unable to slow down Russian advances, with Russia now coming within 4.7 km of both Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, and coming close to fully capturing the crucial tactical ridgeline east of these two final Donbas cities.

In the Konstantinovka direction, Russia has captured Chasov Yar after 840 days of battles, and has almost completed the capture of Kostantinovka. The salient west of Chasov Yar is falling apart day by day as Ukraine withdraws.

In the Druzhkovka direction, Russia achieved a localised breakthrough of up to 6 km, capturing 3 villages and entering 3 others, coming within 5.1 km of Druzhkivka, and threatening the Ukrainian salient west of Kostantinovka with encirclement.

In the Omelnyk direction, Russia has finally captured the Ukrainian stronghold town of Zaliznichnoe after over 7 months of battles, and are making new advances west of the Gaichur River towards Vozdvizhevka.

In the Stepnogorsk direction, Russia has halted the Ukrainian counterattacks and have begun retaking previously lost ground, advancing northeast of Kamenskoye and north from Malye Shcherbaky.

In the Kupiansk direction, the crucial Ukrainian bridgehead east of the Oskol River continues to shrink day by day, with Russian forces expanding their zone of control in the area of Novosynovo, Kovsharovka, Peshchanoe, Petropavlovka, and Kupiansk itself.

Ukraine is losing incredibly important defensive positions necessary for holding the frontline in the future, especially the areas south of Dobropolye which should not be falling this quickly. However, they are seemingly intent on concentrating their assault forces in counterattacks north of Lyman, west of Komar, and south of Novopavlovka, which have questionable (at best) strategic reasoning for the heavy cost being endured.

The new Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Mikhail Drapaty has inherited a situation that is getting worse by the day, and will have to make some serious and difficult decisions in order to try stabilise it towards the end of Summer.

📝 Mark Ames: We may soon learn that Zelensky expended unsustainable levels of Ukrainian manpower in the first half of 2026 to create his "Ukraine turning the tide" PR campaign to try to win over Trump by the July NATO summit. And now the damage is coming due.

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02 August 2026 19:43

🇺🇸⚡️ — Earlier footage from Spokane, Washington.

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02 August 2026 19:26

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡️ — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told today's cabinet meeting that negotiations with Oman over the management of the Strait of Hormuz are in their final stages and are nearing completion.

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02 August 2026 19:20

📝 🇮🇪 🇺🇸 Keith Woods on X: As Jared Taylor often points out, there is not one Republican legislator that would call themselves pro-White, talk openly about race and IQ, defend the right of White people in America to build their own communities, or call for the repeal of the Civil Rights Act.

More Republicans than ever say diversity is a good thing for America and have liberal views of race; people who advocate for Whites explicitly are still subject to extreme censorship – far more now than in 2015; the Supreme Court (and Trump's appointee) just voted to enshrine birthright citizenship; Republicans have backed down on mass deportations. Whites are still projected to become a minority in the United States and two Donald Trump terms have done little to reverse this trend.

The U.S. is currently in a war with Iran for Israel. Trump is a historically unpopular President that spent his political capital on Bush-era tax cuts and Bush-era foreign policy.

I don't think if you went back ten years and told the alt-right about these developments they would worried about MAGA "supplanting" them.

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02 August 2026 19:03

🇺🇸🇮🇪⚡️- Nationalist influencer Keith Woods has been barred entry into the United States by the Trump Administration due to his political activities. Woods posted this notice from the US denying him entry.

Woods also says the US has denied other European nationalists entry to the US due to the Admin's policy of barring visa's from those critical of Israel.

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02 August 2026 15:25

🇸🇩🇮🇷⚡️ — Sudanese Army fighters have been spotted on the front line with newly manufactured Iranian PG-7AT1 "Fath" anti-tank rockets for RPG launchers.

The rocket is marked with a 2025 production date, indicating that Iranian weapons continue to reach the SAF through an active supply chain.

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02 August 2026 13:26

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Forward Russian assault groups are now just 4.7 km from the eastern outskirts of both Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.

In fact, Russian forces are now closer to both these cities than even Druzhkovka, where forward assault groups are approximately 5.1 km away.

However, its important to note that this is only for the eastern outskirts. The distance from the frontline to the centre of Kramatorsk is approximately 8.7 km, while the distance to Slavyansk city centre is about 13.4 km.

This time last year, Russian forces were around 17 km from the eastern outskirts of Kramatorsk and 20.6 km from Slavyansk. These final Donbas cities are slowly transforming into dead cities, becoming more and more unliveable for the civilian population. Soon they will fully complete the transformation from Zaporozhye-type civilian cities to Druzhkovka or Dobropolye-like military hubs.

Every day, they are increasingly being struck by KAB glide-bombs, artillery, MLRS, and drones of various types (including FPVs), resulting in large amounts of destruction to their infrastructure.

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02 August 2026 05:06

🔥 🇺🇸 👨‍🚒 What a tragic day for Washington as extreme fire weather is causing extreme fire behavior. My heart goes out to all the communities being affected by these fires and to the amazing fire fighters that risk their lives to help.

📎 Jonathan Pulley

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02 August 2026 04:47

🇺🇸⚡️— Aaaaaaaand now the Fairview fire is back up to 970 acres.

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02 August 2026 04:39

⚡🇳🇷 Nauru has officially changed its name to Naoero.

The country's parliament passed a constitutional amendment to change the name in May without first holding a referendum as expected.

The government said the name was changed to more faithfully honour the nation's heritage, language, and identity.

Naoero is the most obese country on earth, with 94% of their population being medically classified as obese.

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02 August 2026 04:20

🇺🇸⚡️ — Dwight Merkel Sports Complex, Spokane is currently burning down as a result of the Old Trails fire; fire more southbound than expected.

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02 August 2026 03:48

🔥 🇺🇸 👨‍🚒 The Old Trails looks a bit dire for Spokane at the moment

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02 August 2026 23:27

📱 Apple received a $2.2B tariff refund this quarter.

Consumers were stuck with the price of tariffs, with corporations now receiving massive refunds from the government, effectively passing Trump’s tariffs, which the president promised wouldn’t hurt consumers, onto the very people he promised to help.

Corporate wealth has exploded relative to the average American’s wealth under Trump.

Corporate wealth is exploding under Trump, thanks to many pro-business policies, allowing the rich to get richer while the average American still faces a historic affordability crisis.

Press Sec. Karoline Leavitt spoke openly, saying Gen Z was “lazy” and had a “silver spoon” in their mouth when discussing the affordability crisis, amid the backdrop of the widening wealth gap.

🔗 https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/apple-got-2-2-billion-231210663.html

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02 August 2026 21:56

🇪🇸 A Spanish soldier deployed in Ceuta has claimed troops are “only authorised to ask” migrants to return to Morocco.

🔗 Europa.com (@europa)

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02 August 2026 21:50

🇲🇦🇪🇸 While most of the Moroccan migrants who assaulted Ceuta left, the ones that remained inside the Spanish city have begun to fight amongst each other.

Seen here are groups of Moroccans throwing stones at each other near the CETI welfare & social services center in Ceuta.

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02 August 2026 19:44

🏚 🇺🇸 👨‍🚒 The damage just keeps going. Nothing but leveled homes as far as the eye can see right now in the Indian Trail neighborhood.

It’s hard to put into words the amount of destruction that we’re seeing right now.

This is on N Westgate & Tiffany.

📎 Natalie Grant

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02 August 2026 19:30

📍 🇫🇷 👨‍🚒 In just a few seconds, here’s a recap of the mega wildfire that devastated the Gironde region.
A fire of this magnitude had not been seen since 1949.

📎 Virginie Sigonney

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02 August 2026 19:21

🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🚷 A quarter of all Mexicans live in the United States (39 million).

There were barely 4 million Mexicans in the US in 1960.

Americans have voted against Mexicanization at every opportunity and have been ignored.

Huge parts of the US are essentially extra-territorial areas of Mexico.

📎 White Papers Policy Institute

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02 August 2026 19:05

📖 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 May 29th, 2025:

Marco Rubio officially announced that anyone who dares to criticize Israel will NOT be granted a visa to enter the United States.

Btw this doesn't apply if you criticise the US itself.

📎 Megatron

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02 August 2026 15:26

https://x.com/KeithWoodsYT/status/2083865041300820315

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02 August 2026 13:37

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Russian FPV drones continue to freely fly around the streets of Kramatorsk, striking Ukrainian military vehicles.

Notably, a large number of civilian vehicles are still parked outside their homes, highlighting the high number of civilians still remaining in the city.

🔗 AMK Mapping 🇳🇿 (@AMK_Mapping_)

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02 August 2026 05:14

🔥 🇺🇸 👨‍🚒 Wildfires rage across the Pacific Northwest this evening.

Parts of Spokane, Washington are under evacuation due to the blazes.

📎 Dakota Smith

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02 August 2026 04:52

🔥 🇺🇸 👨‍🚒 4 fires in the Spokane area tonight.
1) Old Trails Fire (NW of the city) - 2,334 acres
2) Fairview Fire (NE of the city) - 700 acres
3) Autumn Lane Fire (further NW of the city) - 200 acres
4) Meadowview Fire (across the river from #3 fire)
All fires have evacs.

📎 Randy Small

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02 August 2026 04:39

🇺🇸⚡️ — Fairview fire size has decreased from 700 acres to 500 acres due to firefighting efforts.

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02 August 2026 04:20

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: President Trump announces canceling an attack against Iran out of hopes a deal could rapidly be made involving opening the Strait of Hormuz and ending Iran's "nuclear threat".

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02 August 2026 03:49

🔥 🇺🇸 👨‍🚒 In addition to the potential unfolding WUI wildfire disaster in Spokane, WA, numerous other large & fast-moving fires (existing & new) are blowing up under extremely critical fire weather conditions & severe drought conditions from eastern slopes of Cascades eastward into ID/MT.

📎 Daniel Swain

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02 August 2026 03:47

🔥 🇺🇸 👨‍🚒 A wildfire outbreak is exploding across Washington, with tens of thousands of acres burning an hour.

📎 Colin McCarthy