INTERNATIONAL FOCUS
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| AUSTRALIA |
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| CHINA |
WANG QISHAN ELECTED CHINA'S V.P.: Wang Qishan, who ran
China's anti-corruption agency during President Xi Jinping's first term and was
a frequent visitor to Washington during the Obama administration, has been
promoted to vice president. China's parliament elected Wang to his new position
on Saturday by a vote of 2,969 to one, while approving Xi for a second term by
a unanimous vote.
Wang may be best known in Washington trade circles for running
the economic track of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue under Xi's
predecessor, former Chinese President Hu Jintao. He also was the chief Chinese
interlocutor for at least five annual meetings of the decades-old U.S.-China
Joint Committee on Commerce and Trade, a forum led by USTR and the Commerce
Department that the Trump administration made no attempt to continue.
"He is the rare Chinese official that has major credibility
in both Beijing and Washington," Evan Medeiros, leader of the Eurasia
Group's Asia-Pacific coverage told the Washington Post. "Both American business leaders and policymakers
welcome his expertise and frank style of negotiating: he is a trusted
interlocutor." [POLITICO's Morning Trade,
March 19,2018]
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| VIETNAM |
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| SOUTH KOREA |
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| THE PHILLIPINES |
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| UZBEKISTAN |
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| IRAN |
Other ways Mattis says Iran is
being provocative: Weapons testing
and Iran's involvement in Iraqi elections. To the first point, the AP writes
that Mattis explained "the strait between the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea,
off the coast of southern Yemen, is being used as a 'proving ground' for
advanced Iranian weaponry. This includes anti-ship missiles, radars, mines, ballistic
missiles and explosive boats." [The D Brief, March
16, 2018]
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| ISRAEL |
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| YEMEN |
Since March 2015, the United States has supported a military
coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a civil war
in Yemen. The war has resulted in massive civilian casualties, and the largest
humanitarian crisis in the world. It has killed more than 10,000 Yemenis and wounded more
than 40,000, the majority of whom were civilians.
This is happening with our tax dollars — we can and must
act to stop US involvement in the war in Yemen.
We’re joining a massive coalition of progressive partners,
millions of activists strong, to demand an end to US involvement in the war in
Yemen.
It's time to wage peace, not war. The lives of millions of
people hang in the balance.
See you out there in the fight.
-- Progressive Congress
Action Fund
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| AFGHANISTAN |
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| UGANDA |
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| VENEZUELA |
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| BRAZIL |
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| EUROPE |
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| RUSSIA |
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| UKRAINE |
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| UNITED KINGDOM |
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