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Mark Rutte urged the three BRICS countries to "make the phone call" to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war in Ukraine — or face secondary sanctions from the US.

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

Why does the NATO chief feel he's free to talk about trade relations?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Its almost like security and diplomacy are prerequisites to trade and economic participation

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

NATO is a military organisation. Trade is civilian.

You don't see the US joint chiefs weighing in on the tariff discussion, nor the head of the UK armed forces weighing in on Brexit.

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