Tag: UKUS

10 APR

Trump’s ‘economic cold war’ with China could wreck any chance of a UK-US trade deal after Brexit

Getty Images / Thomas Peter-Pool Trump’s economic war with China could wreck the prospect of a UK-US trade deal after Brexit. That’s according to Gary Hufbauer, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Politics. “We are entering into an economic cold war with China. We’re just seeing the beginnings,” he said. Brexiteers promised the […]

13 DEC

$1bn glass box: A monument to the UK-US special relationship

Published time: 13 Dec, 2017 18:20 The special relationship may have taken a battering lately, but Washington is investing in London. It’s opening a new $ 1 billion glass box next to the River Thames, otherwise known as the city’s new US embassy. Pictures released on Twitter on Wednesday show that the US is pretty […]

16 MAY

Syrian Army rapidly advancing on UK/US Special Forces base – reports

Published time: 16 May, 2017 10:03 Syrian government forces accompanied by Iranian and Hezbollah fighters are within 15 miles (24km) of a joint US/UK Special Forces base, sparking fears of a confrontation. British SAS troops were photographed at the heavily-fortified base at al-Tanf in 2016 and are thought to be operating alongside units from the […]