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Dexter Tiff Roberts

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Writing and speaking on China Former China Bureau Chief at Bloomberg Businessweek Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Check out my newsletter Trade War: dexter.substack.com

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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 13h
"After months spent blocking and attempting to cut defense spending, the KMT has proved decidedly more committed to the idea of instituting caning than to passing spending for efforts to fend off Chinese military threats" @brianhioe.bsky.social
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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 16h
Trump’s push to revive the Monroe Doctrine in Latin America is colliding with a region where China has spent years building trade, infrastructure and diplomatic ties, raising a bigger question: can Washington reclaim influence it allowed Beijing to build? chinaglobalsouth.com/analysis/tru...
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Could U.S. Bullying Push Latin America Towards China’s Transition Pipeline?
By Sam Meadows In early August, Donald Trump’s State Department posted a five-minute film on social media. The clip details what the U.S. foreign policy office calls one of the “boldest diplomatic…
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 16h
• “The Trump-Xi Meeting and the Future of US-China-Taiwan Relations” - my take on how the just-concluded summit affects the Taiwan Strait More on the latest in China/Taiwan news inside. Check out Trade War and consider subscribing: dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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Trump outdoes self with gushing praise for Xi at Washington summit. Two leaders to meet twice more this year, at APEC in Shenzhen and G20 in Florida. And more details on US-China trade agreement expec...
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 16h
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚/𝙄𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 ~ • “In Beijing’s approach to Taiwan, Xi has made a paradigm shift,” argues SOAS China Institute Director Steve Tsang. • China far from pledge of $17 bill in non-soybean agricultural purchases this year, says former USDA economist Fred Gale dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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Trump outdoes self with gushing praise for Xi at Washington summit. Two leaders to meet twice more this year, at APEC in Shenzhen and G20 in Florida. And more details on US-China trade agreement expec...
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 16h
𝗫𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗦 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻. Mutual distrust likely to torpedo US-China AI dialogue. And readings of White House and Chinese foreign ministry fact sheets reveals wide differences. dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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Trump outdoes self with gushing praise for Xi at Washington summit. Two leaders to meet twice more this year, at APEC in Shenzhen and G20 in Florida. And more details on US-China trade agreement expec...
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 16h
𝗨𝗦-𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀. China agrees to buy 10 million metric tons of American coal annually in 2027 and 2028. And two giant pandas have departed Chengdu, China for Atlanta, Georgia. dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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Trump outdoes self with gushing praise for Xi at Washington summit. Two leaders to meet twice more this year, at APEC in Shenzhen and G20 in Florida. And more details on US-China trade agreement expec...
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 16h
𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 318𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗫𝗶 at summit. Two leaders to meet twice more this year, at APEC in Shenzhen and G20 in Florida dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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Trade War
Trump outdoes self with gushing praise for Xi at Washington summit. Two leaders to meet twice more this year, at APEC in Shenzhen and G20 in Florida. And more details on US-China trade agreement expec...
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 16h
𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 318𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗫𝗶 at summit. Two leaders to meet twice more this year, at APEC in Shenzhen and G20 in Florida dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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Trump outdoes self with gushing praise for Xi at Washington summit. Two leaders to meet twice more this year, at APEC in Shenzhen and G20 in Florida. And more details on US-China trade agreement expec...
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Join me Thursday, October 1 at 12:00 pm MDT for a first take via Microsoft Teams discussing the future of U.S.-China-Taiwan relations. Learn more and register in the link: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8fb5c4...
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘The Trump-Xi Jinping Summit - Dexter Roberts discusses with @piptomson.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk on.soundcloud.com/1u94OezzsyYP...
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The Trump-Xi Jinping Summit - Dexter Roberts joins LBC News to discuss
Listen to The Trump-Xi Jinping Summit - Dexter Roberts joins LBC News to discuss by Dexter Roberts #np on #SoundCloud
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘The Trump-Xi Jinping Summit - Dexter Roberts discusses with @piptomson.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk on.soundcloud.com/1u94OezzsyYP...
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The Trump-Xi Jinping Summit - Dexter Roberts joins LBC News to discuss
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Coco Liu @cocojournalist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: With the world now set to barrel past a key global warming goal, the United Nations’ top climate official took aim at AI goliaths for their growing share of emissions. By @lilipike.bsky.social and myself for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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‘Energy-Guzzling’ AI Must Rein in Its Emissions, Says UN Climate Chief
Leaders of AI firms are “on thin ice” with the public as energy costs rise, said Simon Stiell.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026
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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 20/09/2026
Xi Jinping wants to win over the Global South and take over Taiwan. If the West is to counter this, it must better understand China's grand strategy — and Xi Jinping's worldview. Read Steve Tsang's latest analysis for the autumn issue of @theworldtoday.org.
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What the West fails to grasp about China’s strategy to lead the world
Xi Jinping wants to forge ‘a common destiny for humankind’ by winning over the Global South and taking Taiwan. But if America and Europe are to counter this ‘double pivot’, they must better understand...
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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A growing number of China-linked candidates in Taiwan, says DPP. www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
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DPP warns of China-linked candidates - Taipei Times
A growing number of China-linked figures are entering the local elections, the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) China Affairs Department said yesterday as it urged vigilance over possible politica...
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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Where Hong Kong leads, Macau follows. ‘Au Kam San was one of the organisers of annual vigils in Macau — a former Portuguese territory which reverted to China in 1999 — in memory of the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown’.
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Macau concludes first closed-door nat. security trial against ex-lawmaker
Macau has concluded its first national security trial behind closed doors, a court said on Friday, days after proceedings began in a former pro-democracy lawmaker's case.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
MS NOW reporter and WABJ member Akayla Gardner was denied entry into the White House grounds and asked to hand over her badge.
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Bonnie Glaser @bglaser.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NEW EPISODE of CHINAGLOBAL: I talk with Steve Tsang about his new book (with OliviaCheung) on China's global strategy. It's a great contribution to the debate about what China wants! Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5mW... or listen to the episode on your preferred podcast platform.
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China’s Global Strategy Under Xi Jinping: A Conversation with Steve Tsang
YouTube video by The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Totally in character. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Trump Ramps Up Bid to Dismantle International Criminal Court
The U.S. administration is preparing sweeping sanctions that would cut the court off from much of the global financial system.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How is AI preventing school shootings exactly? What data are we feeding to AI and how did the FBI get it?
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Why AI Talks Won't Work -China and the US youtu.be/daTWmCQvFUc?...
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Why AI Talks Won't Work
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Rare Earths Short Deal Trick youtu.be/ULfPzNTIHjk?...
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
China's AI Confidence Explained youtu.be/hYb3kRDX5wY?...
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China's AI Confidence Explained
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Rare Earths Short Deal Trick youtu.be/ULfPzNTIHjk?...
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
China's AI Confidence Explained youtu.be/hYb3kRDX5wY?...
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Why AI Talks Won't Work -China and the US youtu.be/daTWmCQvFUc?...
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 316𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧 ~ 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝘆 𝟬.𝟴% 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟰 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀. Food prices up but real drivers are Iran War and global AI buildout. dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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Trade War
Inflation inches up by 0.8% in August, the first rise in four months. Food prices up but real inflation drivers are Iran War and global AI buildout.
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳-𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳 dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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Inflation inches up by 0.8% in August, the first rise in four months. Food prices up but real inflation drivers are Iran War and global AI buildout.
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚/𝙄𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 ~ • Xi visits India, but don’t expect Sino-Indian rapprochement • Are Chinese AI companies using distillation to narrow gap with US? • China “master at doing things that don’t seem commercial” but geostrategic wins dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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Trade War
Inflation inches up by 0.8% in August, the first rise in four months. Food prices up but real inflation drivers are Iran War and global AI buildout.
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆. dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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Trade War
Inflation inches up by 0.8% in August, the first rise in four months. Food prices up but real inflation drivers are Iran War and global AI buildout.
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝟲𝟳.𝟭% 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝟮𝟱.𝟲% 𝘀𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗽. And Trump says he is open to Chinese vehicle companies investing in U.S. dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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Trade War
Inflation inches up by 0.8% in August, the first rise in four months. Food prices up but real inflation drivers are Iran War and global AI buildout.
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗯 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱. dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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Inflation inches up by 0.8% in August, the first rise in four months. Food prices up but real inflation drivers are Iran War and global AI buildout.
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 316𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧 ~ 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝘆 𝟬.𝟴% 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟰 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀. Food prices up but real drivers are Iran War and global AI buildout. dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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Trade War
Inflation inches up by 0.8% in August, the first rise in four months. Food prices up but real inflation drivers are Iran War and global AI buildout.
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Ai-Men Lau 劉羿雯 @aimenlau.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"The 23 websites are designed to influence the answers that AI chatbots give to voters in Alberta, targeting farmers, young people, veterans, mothers and oil industry workers."
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A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots
The websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly.
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Ryan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 @ryanhk.blue · 09/09/2026
How do you mourn a CE? It's a question HK hasn't confronted before, and it comes at a time in our political transition when it's not always clear what the (new) norms are. In the mainland, the death of a cadre is handled with extreme caution - it can take days before the official line is determined.
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The Politics of Passing On - China Media Project
In China, the death of an esteemed comrade is never strictly a private matter. For context on the passing of Jiang Zemin, CMP runs this piece from the 2017 archives — on the politics of the official f...
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Baltic Takes (formerly badbaltictakes) @baltictakes.com · 09/09/2026
A Chinese official attempted some of that Wolf Warrior Diplomacy ™ shit. It did not go well. Philippines' Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro was speaking up for smaller nations and international law at a forum in Korea when he was handed a note from a Chinese official, meant as intimidating.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Is it a big deal that the U.S. president is telling insane lies that he personally rushed to the site of 9/11 and heroically acted like a first responder himself? Sorta seems like it should be! Maybe?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/09/2026
i am finishing up the book REGIME CHANGE and the only real takeaway from it should be that the president is legitimately delusional and that the entire White House is structured to feed and defer to his delusions
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026
For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
𝘛𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘢𝘺, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬'𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘌𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴. dexter.substack.com/p/trade-war-...
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G20 meeting statement expresses deep concern about the “distortions” of Chinese exports. Beijing lashes back at accusations of “so-called economic imbalances and overcapacity.” And Japanese finance mi...
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“China is a master at doing things that don’t seem commercial, necessarily, in the beginning,” Roberts added. Eventually, he said, “it all adds up to a geostrategic win.” Thanks to @jggross.bsky.social @nytimes.com for reaching out for my thoughts. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
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Chinese Ship Takes Arctic Shortcut: Smart Business? Or a Political Flex? (Gift Article)
Melting ice is opening a trade route through the Arctic. China has begun the first regular service, part of its polar ambitions.
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Behind these voyages, geopolitical analysts see something else. “This is a big deal,” said Dexter Roberts, nonresident senior fellow at the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social. “China is the only non-Arctic country that is actually doing something like this." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
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Chinese Ship Takes Arctic Shortcut: Smart Business? Or a Political Flex? (Gift Article)
Melting ice is opening a trade route through the Arctic. China has begun the first regular service, part of its polar ambitions.
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Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Behind these voyages, geopolitical analysts see something else. “This is a big deal,” said Dexter Roberts, nonresident senior fellow at the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social. “China is the only non-Arctic country that is actually doing something like this." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
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Chinese Ship Takes Arctic Shortcut: Smart Business? Or a Political Flex? (Gift Article)
Melting ice is opening a trade route through the Arctic. China has begun the first regular service, part of its polar ambitions.
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow it to use a new beefed up federal database listing people's immigration status that could lead to voters being purged from state rolls. Challengers say the data is unreliable and could lead to eligible voters being kicked off.
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Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Enlightening interview. "If Americans are concerned about China in the world, which I am, the best way to act on China is with an alliance with America's traditional allies," Freeland told NPR's Morning Edition." www.npr.org/2026/09/08/n...
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Chrystia Freeland negotiated with Trump. Now she's watching a trade war unfold
Chrystia Freeland understands the U.S.-Canada relationship from her time at the negotiating table. Here's what she sees now.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/09/2026
Skyscrapers and smokestacks: the grittier side of Georgia O’Keeffe
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Skyscrapers and smokestacks: the grittier side of Georgia O’Keeffe
Beyond her famed paintings of flowers and landscapes, the American artist created stunning studies of urban architecture
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🎧️ From China-maxxing to China hawks — discover how Montana's relationship with China reflects divergent American views on the country. Listen: buff.ly/xyL3oZl
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Amazon AMD Axon Boeing Dell Microsoft Nvidia Palantir Just a few of the corporations and government contractors Trump has bought stock in lately. Many of his trades coincided with regulatory decisions his administration made that affected their profits. Understand what's really going on here.
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