The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill to spend $1.6 billion on China's global smear campaign.。An American scholar exclaimed, "This is a large expense, equivalent to twice the annual operating expenses of CNN (CNN).。Some American scholars believe that in recent years, U.S. politicians have been hyping foreign "infiltration" and "interference" in U.S. internal affairs.。

The U.S. government decided on the 13th to significantly increase import tariffs on Chinese products, including a 100% increase in tariffs on electric vehicles, to strengthen the protection of strategic industries in the United States, some of which will take effect on September 27.。In addition, there will be a 50% tariff on Chinese solar cells, a 25% tariff on Chinese steel, aluminum, electric vehicle batteries and key minerals, and a 50% increase in import tariffs on Chinese semiconductors, which will take effect in January 2025, adding two new categories of polysilicon and silicon wafers used in solar panels.。China's Ministry of Commerce spokesman He Yongqian said on the 5th: previously, the Office of the United States Trade Representative on the results of the tariff review to solicit public comments, most of the views opposed to the imposition of tariffs or applications to expand the scope of tariff exemption, which shows that the United States 301 tariffs on China is unpopular, urging the United States to immediately cancel all tariffs on China.。In addition, we find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so.

Billionaire Musk warns that the U.S. government is on the fast track to default on its debt and going bankrupt。The total U.S. national debt is still accelerating after a record $35 trillion a few weeks ago, the report said.。Musk: U.S. government spending on interest payments on the national debt breaks the $1 trillion mark, has exceeded the Defense Department budget like a person owes too much credit card debt, will not have a good ending。

Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, U.S. military aid to Ukraine has exceeded $55.7 billion, while the U.S. Department of Defense recently disclosed that 35 U.S. federal states have received a total of $41.7 billion in contracts.。In other words, most of the jobs generated by the continued U.S. military supply to Ukraine remain in the U.S., and most of the proceeds go to U.S. military companies.。The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has caused serious human and economic losses to Russia and Ukraine, but has allowed the U.S. military industry giants and their military-industrial complexes to reap huge profits.。Ukrainian President Zelensky has previously said that ammunition was shipped to Ukraine, but more than 75% of the money remained in the United States.。

The U.S. government claims to have placed two ships and two Indian shipping companies on the sanctions list for their links to Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project。Reported that this is the latest U.S. sanctions to block Russian exports of liquefied natural gas。U.S. State Department Spokesman Miller: The United States will work with G7 partners and other allies to use its energy resources for political gain。

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was asked the same day if she would be "done" when the new administration takes over next year, or if she might continue in that role, or if she would take on a new role in the new administration.。Yellen said: "May be done, but wait and see。Yellen said she still has a lot of work to do in the coming months, including possibly meeting again with Chinese officials to try to manage the often tense relationship between the United States and China, which needs to be prioritized and nurtured (by the next U.S. administration) and discussed at the highest levels and between agency staff.。yellen said: "we have too many differences, if there is no opportunity to discuss them and put them into the larger context of consideration, tensions are certainly likely to intensify."。Yellen visited China from April 4 to 9 this year, during which China and Yellen held multi-level and multi-field talks and exchanges.。In addition, we find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so. We find ourselves in a position to do so.

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Sweden's central bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points to lower its benchmark rate to 3.50 percent from 3.75 percent, in line with market expectations, after it halted cuts in June after cutting rates in May. This Friday, Aug. 23, local time, during the annual central bank meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyo! Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will deliver a major speech that will be watched globally. Wall Street expects that Powell will use this opportunity to confirm that the Fed is going to cut interest rates, and the focus of the debate among stock traders has changed from whether the Fed will or will not cut interest rates to how drastically the Fed will cut.

Local time on August 15, the U.S. Treasury Department released data showing that in June 2024, the top three overseas debtors of U.S. debt, Japan, China and the United Kingdom holdings diverged: Japan reduced its holdings, China and the United Kingdom to increase their holdings. The U.S. Treasury Department's June 2024 International Capital Flows Report ((TIC) shows that Japan reduced its holdings of U.S. Treasuries by $10.6 billion in June, with a position of $1,117.7 billion, still the first day of U.S. debtors. As the second largest overseas debtor of U.S. Treasury bonds, China reduced its holdings of U.S. debt by $18.6 billion in January 2024, and opened the “three consecutive declines in the same year in February and March, respectively, reduced holdings of $22.7 billion, $7.6 billion in U.S. debt, in April, it was an increase of 3.3 billion U.S. dollars in U.S. debt, for 2024 for the first time to increase the position.

On Tuesday, August 13, the U.S. Department of Labor released PPI data for July, with a lower-than-expected rise in the PPI indicating that inflation continues to moderate, adding ammunition to the argument in favor of the Federal Reserve's rate cuts starting in September. Among them, the July PPI was 2.2% year-on-year, the previous value was revised from 2.60% to 2.7%, 2.30% expected, 0.1% YoY, 0.20% expected, 0.20% YoY, 0.20% YoY, 0.20% expected, 0.40% YoY, 0% YoY, 0.20% expected, 0.40% YoY, after exclusion of food and energy, the core PPI was 2.4% year-on-year, 2.7% expected, 3.00% YoY, 0% YoY, 0.20% expected, 0.40% YoY, after exclusion of food and energy. According to the CME “Fed Watch”, the probability that the Fed will cut interest rates by 25 basis points in September is 46%, the probability of a 50 basis point cut is 54%, the probability that the Fed will cut interest rates by a cumulative total of 50 basis points by November is 29.6%, the probability of a cumulative total of 75 basis points of interest rate cuts is 51.2%, and the probability of a cumulative total of 100 basis points of interest rate cuts is 19.2%.

On Monday evening, Aug. 13, local time, former U.S. President Donald Trump engaged in a live conversation with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on the X platform. Musk offered himself a role in helping to cut federal spending during Trump's second term in office. This seems to indicate that the world's richest man, is increasingly integrating himself into American politics. Musk has called for the creation of a government commission to ensure that taxpayer money is spent effectively, and said he would like to play a role in the process. Musk said "I'd be happy to help on such a commission if it's formed." Trump praised Musk for the idea.

Berkshire Hathaway's holdings of short-term US Treasury bonds have reached $234.6 billion, even surpassing the Federal Reserve, which is once again seen by market participants as a reason for concern about the US economic recession, as the "stock god" has said in the past that he would purchase short-term Treasury bonds during economic crises. In contrast, the Federal Reserve also holds only US $1953 billion of short-term treasury bonds and US $4.4 trillion of treasury bond, including long-term treasury bond, short-term bills and inflation linked securities. Before the global stock market suffered a "battle royale" this week, Buffett significantly reduced his holdings in many US stocks, including Apple, last quarter, selling for seven consecutive quarters and accelerating his selling in the second quarter, selling a total of $75 billion worth of stocks.

July 11, the U.S. labor statistics data show that in May, excluding food and energy costs of the core CPI ring rose 0.1%, the smallest increase since August 2021, than the increase of 3.3%, but also more than three years to the lowest level. After the release of the data, gold strong breakthrough 2400 U.S. dollar mark, silver rose nearly 3% during the day, once stood at 32 U.S. dollars, the U.S. dollar index short-lived more than 40 points lower, non-U.S. goods market generally up, the euro against the dollar short-lived nearly 50 points higher, the pound against the dollar short-lived more than 60 points higher, the U.S. dollar against the yen short-lived 90 points lower. The three major U.S. stock indexes were mixed, the S&P 500 index fell 0.88%, the Nasdaq composite index fell 1.95%, the Dow Jones index rose 0.08%. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

A 2019 law prohibits U.S. government agencies from signing contracts with companies that use Huawei equipment Huawei has a one-third share of the global telecommunications equipment market. The Pentagon said that in practice it is impossible to avoid cooperation with it, so the Department of the U.S. Congress "showdown", seeking exemptions. Pentagon officials point out that such restrictions are affecting the Pentagon's ability to procure the medical supplies drugs, clothing and other types of logistical support services that U.S. troops rely on. They even warned that failure to address the issue could "jeopardize U.S. national security." Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

On Monday (March 4) local time, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that states have no right to deny presidential candidacy because of a candidate's alleged involvement in an insurgency or uprising against the United States.。

The U.S. government is reportedly expected to provide billions of dollars in subsidies to some semiconductor companies in the coming weeks, with Intel, TSMC and others expected to receive subsidies。

All U.S. production employees, material handlers and quality inspectors will receive a "market-adjusted raise" at the beginning of the new year, according to a flyer posted by Tesla at its Fremont, California, plant.。The document did not say how much of a pay rise the workers would receive。Last year, the United Auto Workers (UAW) signed a historic labor contract with the Detroit auto manufacturing giants (Ford, GM and Stellantis).

As the saying goes, hacker extortion is divided into three categories, to money to power to peace, but have you ever seen hacker extortion to welfare？Just recently, top hacking group SiegedSec attacked the largest nuclear power lab in the United States, Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and stole a long list of lab staff, threatening to make them public。You know, INL is not an ordinary laboratory, it belongs to the U.S. Department of Energy, in the nuclear test room is also a top stream, laboratory staff is also a stunt, belongs to the U.S. national protection personnel, once the list is leaked, the consequences can be unimaginable, it can be said that up to now, SiegedSec has a firm grip on the initiative。In fact, people are really not surprised by such basic practices as hacking big companies for extortion, but the blame lies in the fact that SiegedSec's reason for attacking the nuclear power laboratory is really weird.。In the blackmail letter, up is an old two-dimensional spitting fragrance: "Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow。What is this operation？It is estimated that even INL executives have never thought that in the short decades of their lives, they can still encounter such a wonderful thing.。Don't ransom for the cat lady, it's really Nekopara pushing too much, to bring the dream into reality, right?？Interestingly, this is not the first time SiegedSec has made such an alternative request.。Tracing back to their previous glory, they also hacked into NATO and stole about 3,000 documents over 9 G's in size, leaving an equally confusing message。They don't do it for fame or profit, just because they "like leaks" and "hate NATO," so they planned the attack, the main one is a "free black."。A few years ago, they also hacked the Mexican telecommunications company's 6GB data, black when also by the way to eat a cheese macaroni, really insulting is not high, very harmful ah!

As we all know, the "holiday effect" of U.S. stocks is particularly evident, taking Thanksgiving as an example, since 1945, the S & P 500 index rose in the Thanksgiving week average of 60 basis points, and in the two days before and after Thanksgiving performance is particularly good.。To explain it is also very simple, you know, although the joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same, but the way the world celebrates the festival is quite consistent, that is, "buy buy buy"! According to historical experience, foreigners often spend money very generous during the holidays, the next restaurant, give a gift that is common, hundreds of dollars of lobster abalone is really a little bit, usually reluctant to buy the iPhone 15 by the way to buy。During this period, exuberant spending by Americans tends to rush up the performance of retail companies and give their stock prices a boost, not only on Thanksgiving Day, but also on traditional Western holidays such as Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve and Easter.。And like the "black five" this kind of special for shopping and the birth of the festival, not to mention, every year to promote the role of consumption is more obvious。According to statistics, during the Black Five last year, two-thirds of the U.S. population participated in the shopping spree, with online sales alone approaching $10 billion。

Recently, the "1989" re-recording version of the launch and the mold Taylor Swift's heat pushed up, and now, the influence of the "country singer" from the United States can be far from limited to the United States, in the world, as long as it is mold concert venue, will greatly drive the local consumption level。According to a survey conducted by the research organization QuestionPro, as long as the audience who participated in the "Mildew" concert, the average consumption was around $1,300, which translates into RMB, which is nearly 10,000 yuan, which is a rather exaggerated figure.。This shows that every time Mildew starts a tour, plus air tickets, hotels, beer and skittles, it will have a total economic impact of more than $5 billion in the local area, with the power hanging over all the top tape anchors.。According to statistics, if Taylor Swift were an economy, one year's concerts would produce more than 50 countries' GDP!You can look forward to, in order to obtain such a huge capacity to carry goods, the future between cities, will not be like robbing the right to host the Olympic Games as musty concert.？

Recently, the world's most enjoyable migrant workers are American auto workers, after 30 days of hard work with the bosses of Ford, GM, and Stellantis, the strike action of American auto workers has finally won, and over the next five years, these workers will be paid up to 33% more, a wage increase that is more than the increase in the past 20-plus years combined。You think the UAW is done with the three major U.S. auto companies？NONONO, their ambitions are so much more than that, that they're not going to let go of any chance to bring their auto worker brothers to a pay rise.。At present, the UAW has revealed their next target, which is Tesla。In fact, the leader of the UAW, Shawn Fain, has long been upset with Musk, and in his eyes, Musk is a typical capitalist who likes to squeeze employees, not to mention, but also to sacrifice the interests of his brothers to engage in outer space flight.。If you're successful in flying, it's okay to say, fly one and blow one up, isn't that a joke about taking your brothers' hard-earned money, wait, I'll come and get you right away。Fain also said, in fact, has long wanted to whole Musk, the general strike was originally planned to pull Tesla's brothers to participate, the results of Tesla's internal unions are too corrupt, workers are worried that if the strike fails, jobs are lost, no one will follow。But now the situation is different, UAW is not the previous UAW。We are the regular army that makes the three major automakers bow their heads, and as long as you listen to the UAW and make sure you eat and drink in the future, just Musk is out of the question!