China will ignore further US tariffs if it keeps imposing tariffs.

Kremlin confirms that Witkoff has arrived in Russia.

Vietnam is prepared to crack down on Chinese goods being shipped to the United States via Vietnam and will tighten controls on sensitive exports to China to avoid US tariffs.

Source: Reuters

China's Finance Ministry:

The U.S. imposition of abnormally high tariffs on China seriously violates international and economic trade rules, basic economic laws and common sense and is completely unilateral bullying and coercion.

China's Finance Ministry:

Trump's unusually high tariffs on China has become a numbers game and has no practical economic significance.

China has filed another complaint with the World Trade Organization over recent US tariff increases.

BIG: US Dollar index falls to the lowest level in three years.

Biden's Secretary of State Blinken:

Did we have frustrations occasionally with our Ukrainian friends, including President Zelensky? Sure.

Did we show that in public when it happened? No.

Biden's Secretary of State Blinken:

Zelensky himself offered the US Ukrainian minerals in exchange for military aid. This was one part of his “victory plan.”

A jewelry store in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, displays a banner that read:

"This store charges American customers an additional 104% service fee."

Germany will provide 11 billion euros of military support for Ukraine until 2029, Ukraine's Defense Minister says.

EU Trade Chief Sefcovic will go to Washington on Sunday.

Pentagon fired Greenland base commander after she criticized Vance's visit.

Source: Politico

Export restrictions China has imposed on its rare earth element exports to the U.S. include resources critical for avionics which could deal a blow to American plans for a sixth-generation jet.

The fate of the project to produce F-47 fighter jets depends on supplies of rare earth metals from China.

Source: Newsweek

Ukraine has officially established diplomatic relations with Somalia at Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Türkiye.

French PM Bayrou:

It is naive to think we can simply replace American products with Chinese ones.

German Defense Minister Pistorius:

Russia needs to understand that Ukraine is able to go on fighting.

German Defense Minister Pistorius:

Germany is not able to provide more Patriot systems to Ukraine at the moment as we are waiting for fresh Patriot deliveries ourselves.

Egyptian Foreign Minister:

An interim committee will take over the administration of the Gaza Strip for six months until the Palestinian Authority can take over.

Egyptian Foreign Minister:

Any displacement of Palestinians under any pretext is completely unacceptable.