Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is the point.
It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal,
as former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once said.
And this seems to have been proven right, as Donald Trump, the US president,
reportedly asked the EU to slap tariffs of up to 100% on China and India as part of a joint effort to make Russia stop its military operations in Ukraine.
Welcome to the point with me, Liu Xin, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.
I'm pleased to be joined from Colorado, the US by Remy Pie,
senior partner of the Embeley Advisory, a political risk an investment firm from Maryland,
the U.S. by Surabh Gupta,
Senior Asia Pacific International Relations Policy Specialist of the Institute for China or American Studies and from Beijing by Lee Luan,
Assistant Professor of Economics at Beijing University.
The warmest welcome to all of you.
So let's find out exactly what was said in the media reports.
According to the Financial Times on Tuesday, the U.S.
President made the Tower of Demand during a meeting between US and EU officials discussing options to increase economic pressure on Russia.
The report says Donald Trump has asked the EU to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and China as part of a joint effort to increase pressure on Russia to end its war in Ukraine,
according to three officials familiar with the matter.
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