China’s Xi Jinping and the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen were among the leaders on a private video call organized by the United Nations.

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    6 hours ago

    The US has been a petro-state for over a decade. Can’t imagine what they could bring to the table at this point. Probably the most effective policy towards the US is the same one applied to Iran or Cuba.

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    A “certain major country” is keen on unilateralism and protectionism and has caused “serious impact” on international rules and order, Xi also said, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

    That’s rich coming from China. They have never supported or even participated in the rules based order. From IP theft, to secret police stations in foreign countries, human rights abuses etc…

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    That article is very light on detail. I wanted to know if my government was represented, but the article doesn’t even show a list of all the countries participating.

    Isn’t Bloomberg supposed to be the source of reliable global business information that’s informing the business leaders of the world, or is this just another random journalism by billionaire outfit?