NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte:

Current 2% defense spending target is not enough to stay safe in the coming years. Allies will have to spend much more than 2%. Security is not free.

Rutte:

EU countries will have to spend up to 10% of their GDP on military and build their own nuclear capabilities if they want to create a "European NATO".

🇬🇩🇨🇳 China aims to deepen Caribbean ties, Grenada affirms one-China principle

China is ready to deepen its comprehensive cooperative partnership with Caribbean nations, President Xi Jinping said on Monday during a meeting in Beijing with Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell of Grenada, a one-time diplomatic ally of Taiwan.

China is willing to keep up assistance to regional countries to aid their economic and social development, the official news agency, Xinhua, cited Xi as saying.

Grenada has benefited greatly from ties with China and looks forward to strengthening cooperation with the Asian giant, it quoted Mitchell as saying at the meeting.

Mitchell said Grenada firmly adhered to the one-China principle and called for its sovereignty and territorial integrity to be respected, Xinhua added.

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#Caribbean #Grenada #China

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- NEWS - Czech Republic Finishes Pipeline Extension, Ending Reliance on Russian Oil

The Czech Republic no longer needs to import Russian oil following the completion of an expansion to the Transalpine Pipeline (TAL) from Italy, Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced Tuesday.

"The construction of this expansion has now been completed," Fiala told reporters. "Russia can no longer blackmail us, and we have a guarantee that we can completely supply ourselves with oil from the West."

🔗 The Moscow Times

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— Milei cut Argentina's inflation by half in 1 year, despite not having majority of Congress/Senate and having a hostile bureaucratic system

Very impressive, one should say

Edmundo González leaves the Dominican Republic with an unknown destination https://bit.ly/4hdRdWh

🇲🇽🇨🇳🇺🇸 Mexico's Sheinbaum lays out plan to cut Chinese imports in apparent nod to Trump

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday rolled out an economic plan aimed at curbing imports from China in an apparent nod to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his allegations that Mexico is a back door for Chinese goods entering the United States.

Sheinbaum also used her speech to defend the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade pact, which she said was the only way to compete with China. The deal is up for review in 2026.

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#Mexico #US #China

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