Pete Hegseth, Trump’s secretary of defense, has said the United States is ‘prepared’ for however China may retaliate in response to U.S. tariffs. China threatened a ‘trade war’ or ‘any other type of war’ in response to Trump hiking tariffs.
Peace in Europe is obviously not a “priority” for France, Moscow commented, while EU leaders convene for a historic Brussels summit to craft the bloc’s future security architecture.