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China says preliminary agreement reached with US to lower some tariffs (Jones Hayden/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/china-says-agreement-reached-with-us-to-lower-some-tariffs-trump-xi-beijing/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260517/p31#a260517p31

Trump’s agreement with Iran opened new fissures in his party on Wednesday,
with Republicans on Capitol Hill and beyond questioning whether his administration had secured adequate concessions from Iranian leaders after months of a costly and unpopular war.
After the Trump administration released the text of the arrangement on Wednesday, some Senate Republicans reacted with fierce criticism, skepticism and alarm.
Prominent members of the G.O.P.’s old guard from outside Congre…

Trump’s Deal With Iran Opens New Rifts in G.O.P.
Some in the president’s party were skeptical about whether the agreement he reached included adequate concessions from Iranian officials.

China, Russia, Brazil, and 26 other countries sign an agreement to establish the World AI Cooperation Organization in Shanghai (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/twenty-nine-countries-sign-agreement-establis…

".. health gains from cleaner air in 2030 will be greater than predicted two years previously. This is partly due to the expectation that, by 2030, there will be more electric vehicles in the Netherlands than expected previously."
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/cl…

Bekenntnis zur "Staatsräson" sei Voraussetzung für Israel-Berichterstattung. Warum ein öffentlich-rechtlicher Auftrag anders aussieht. Ein Kommentar.
Der Bayerische Rundfunk ist für einen erheblichen Teil der ARD-Auslandsberichterstattung aus dem Nahen Osten zuständig. Dessen Programmdirektor Thomas Hinrichs verantwortet die Studios in Tel Aviv, Teheran und Istanbul. Mahr dazu unter dem Link.

Äußerungen von BR-Direktor Hinrichs: Staatsräson als Redaktionsprinzip?
Bekenntnis zur "Staatsräson" als Voraussetzung für Israel-Berichterstattung? Warum ein öffentlich-rechtlicher Auftrag anders aussieht. Ein Kommentar.

Why Trump's Iran agreement could be a tough sell for Republicans: From the Politics Desk (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trumps-iran-agreement-tough-sell-republicans-politics-desk-rcna350606
http://www.memeorandum.com/260617/p114#a260617p114

“If we didn’t do this deal, we could have dropped more bombs for another three weeks,
two weeks, four weeks,
two years, you years,
you would never have the Hormuz strait open,
you would never have success,”
Trump said.
He said he “didn’t want to see economic catastrophe.
If you kept this going, that could have happened.”
He added:
And by the way, if they don’t honor the agreement or some things aren’t even mentioned in the agreement,
…

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer appeared to break with Donald Trump on Sunday over the issue of arms sales to Taiwan,
insisting there is “no change in American policy”
just days after his boss openly stated that he was using arms sales to the island as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China.
Doing so would violate decades-old foreign policy assurances for the island,
something that Trump acknowledged during remarks to reporters last week.
But Gre…

U.S. Trade Rep Appears To Walk Back Trump’s Taiwan Arms Sales Stance
Trump said he was using U.S. arms sales to Taiwan as a “negotiating chip” with China, upending decades-old foreign policy assurances for the island.

US officials downplay text of the Iran agreement, saying it doesn't account for back-channel commitments (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/16/politics/iran-agreement-text-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/260616/p153#a260616p153

According to Iran, the "peace deal" calls for a permanent and immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts
-- including in Lebanon.
But Israel, which is not a party to the agreement, says it plans to keep troops in parts of southern Lebanon.
“The Israelis are trying to destroy this deal,
and they will continue to try,”
says Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
“It will require persistent, co…

Trita Parsi on What May Be in the U.S.-Iran Peace Deal & Being Threatened with Deportation
The U.S. and Iran reached a memorandum of understanding on Sunday extending the ceasefire by 60 days. It is set to be formally signed in Geneva on Friday. The text of the agreement has not yet been released, but Iran has agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while the U.S. will lift its naval blockade. According to Iran, the deal calls for a permanent and immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon. But Israel, which is not a party to the agreement, says it plans to …