...the US, as it did from 2016 to 2023. Goods worth €170.6 billion flowed from China into Germany – an 8.8% annual increase – while German exports to China fell by 9.7% to €81.3 billion. The imbalance is striking, and Merz openly acknowledged that the trade deficit with Beijing has quadrupled since 2020. Yet the broader message is unmistakable: despite political rhetoric, economic gravity pulls Berlin eastward.Germany’s predicament is particularly visible in the automotive sector. Once the un...
...he over-securitization of economic relations and Western export restrictions on high-tech products. Germany, meanwhile, emphasizes reducing dependencies, addressing trade imbalances, and tightening export management. These positions are not easily reconciled, but they are no longer being treated as grounds for disengagement. Instead, they are becoming the subject of negotiation.The economic context is decisive. China once again became Germany’s largest trading partner in 2025, supplanting ...
...ached a sober conclusion: strategic decoupling from China is not a viable long-term policy for the EU’s largest economy.The visit’s dual objectives were clearly framed. On the one hand, Berlin sought to strengthen economic and trade cooperation. On the other, it aimed to conduct substantive consultations on international issues ranging from global supply chains to financial stability. Beneath the diplomatic language lies a fundamental tension. Beijing has consistently voiced concern over t...
...tation and economic disentanglement.Merz’s visit unfolded against three converging pressures. #Germany faces domestic economic stagnation, turbulent transatlantic relations, and a deepening need to recalibrate its relationship with China. Berlin’s earlier flirtation with “de-risking” and “decoupling” was born of geopolitical anxiety. But as the costs accumulate – industrial contraction, shrinking export markets, and competitive erosion – Germany’s political establishment appears to have re...
...ined a growing procession of Western leaders – following #French President Emmanuel #Macron at the end of 2025 and British Prime Minister Keir #Starmer at the beginning of 2026 – seeking face time in the Chinese capital. Even Donald #Trump is expected in Beijing at the turn of March and April.This choreography reflects a broader geopolitical reality: amid fears of a two-front trade war with the world’s two superpowers, Western Europe’s leading economies are reassessing the logic of confron...
⭕️German Chancellor #Merz watches an AI deepfake of himself dancing, calling it “deceptively real😂⭕️
... expelled from the party as early as today at a faction meeting. After his statements that Telegram would not work in #Russia even with a VPN, he claimed that it would work with the FSB's VPN, and yesterday he announced that there would be no blocking of Telegram on April 1st. Russians don't take him seriously and say that he's just talking nonsense to increase the number of mentions about him in the media. Svintsov himself actively runs a Telegram channel and an Instagram* account (banned...
Deputy Svintsov is to be expelled from LDPR due to his comments on the #Telegram banning, according to media reports. Svintsov was urged by the party not to make public comments about the blockades, but he ignored the requests. The deputy may be...
...In the East Zaporizhia direction, the enemy does not abandon attempts to advance to the border of the Dnipropetrovsk region, and the Russian Armed Forces are advancing west of the Gaichur River.High-resolution maps:The situation in the special military operation zoneThe Konstantinovsky direction (;)East Zaporozhye direction (;)Online maps are available by subscription to #digest #Dobropillya #map #Konstantinovka #Russia #Ukraine RU | EN | MAXVK | RuTube | OK | ZenSupport us
...n were hit by the "Geraniums".Ukrainian formations are launching hundreds of #UAVs towards #Moscow and the rear regions, over a hundred vehicles were shot down over the Bryansk region, and about fifty over the Moscow region. A fire broke out at an oil depot in the Krasnodar Territory.In the Konstantinovsky direction, fighting continues on the outskirts of Konstantinovka. The #Russian Armed Forces are expanding the control zone to the south, as well as bringing assault groups into the city....
Chronicle of a special military operationfor March 16, 2026Russian troops launched a series of strikes in the frontline zone, and also launched a #Lancet into the center of #Kiev. #Kharkov, #Dnepropetrovsk and the port cities of the #Odessa regio...
...ancial crash which so clearly is looming in the horizon .It is quite obvious that left to fend for itself, Israel will be doomed – and only hurriedly to be scribbled into history as yet another sick British experiment that failed.CheBlue
...gainst the legitimacy of Israel's existence.National boycott of Israeli products, as well as visa denial for Israeli travelers, athletes, and even Israeli state officials, is now globally becoming the new norm.Israel, which could not exist without massive support from several Western countries, on top of boundless American funding, is facing imminent economic collapse.Because no country, no zionist billionaire, not anything can sustain a despised & boycotted Israel through the American fin...
The Death Spiral of #Israel has BegunJustified hatred and condemnation of Israeli perversity, arrogance, and unthinkable cruelty against defenseless humanity is solidifying worldwide.It seems evident that a tsunami of fierce rejection is rising a...
...ience gained with the Talash systems later produced more capable platforms, including the Mohajer UAV. Over the following decades, Iran expanded this wartime improvisation into a structured drone industry. The program eventually produced surveillance aircraft such as the Shahed-129 and loitering munitions like the widely known Shahed-136.
...htweight cameras. These early #UAVs produced usable aerial photographs of Iraqi positions, demonstrating that unmanned aircraft could partly replace conventional reconnaissance missions.These experiments produced the Talash reconnaissance drones, simple aircraft designed to photograph enemy lines. Their success led the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to establish a small #UAV reconnaissance element known as the Raʿd unit, tasked with supplying aerial imagery to battlefield planners.Exper...
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