Big unanswered questions follow Japan's big, beautiful deal with the U.S, with the $550 billion investment plan in focus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/24/economy/big-japan-deal-details/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #trade #tariffs #carmakers #donaldtrump #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #ryoseiakazawa #scottbessent #howardlutnick
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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Epstein's Crypto Touch
Jeffrey Epstein touched the cryptoverse in a lot of inappropriate places. While no one has yet found any kind of smoking gun tying #Epstein directly to the creation of any major #crypto firms or technologies the timing, nature, and frequency of Epstein’s touchpoints to an industry that more or less exists solely to facilitate #moneylaundering on the scale of a medium sized nation state coupled with his vast and unexplained wealth and many connections to international intelligence agencies is what the kids today commonly describe as “sus”.
Retoots appreciated.
https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/crypto-epstein
#jeffreyepstein #epsteinFiles#EpsteinList#HowardLutnick #trump#MAGAcivilwar#MAGA#BrockPierce#SteveBannon#ReidHoffman#PeterThiel#NerdReich#NetworkState#TheNerdReich#PamBondi#EhudBarak#Israel#Mossad#KGB#GhislaineMaxwell#RobertMaxwell #ukpol #uspol #uspolitics #eupol#CIA #intelligence#MI6#Tether#ValarVentures
European Union envoys are set to meet as early as this week to formulate a plan for measures to respond to a possible no-deal scenario with U.S. President Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/21/eu-retaliation-plan-us-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #europe #eu #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #howardlutnick
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"Britain’s drug gangs and Moscow’s hackers were just two nodes in a vast criminal super-network [that] included sanctioned oligarchs, Russian intelligence operatives and an Irish crime family."
(and of course that network also now includes the #Trump administration, because Howard Lutnick is/was Tether's money manager)
* #TheEconomist: https://www.economist.com/1843/2025/07/04/how-tether-became-money-launderers-dream-currency
* no paywall: https://archive.ph/NiCRD
#moneylaundering #crime#corruption #crypto #cryptocurrency #iran #russia #uspol#howardLutnick #economist #economics #finance #uk #ukpol #garantex #threatintel #ransomware #cybersecurity #vladimirputin #oligarchs #putin #ukraine #kinahans #kinahan
Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, held "in-depth exchanges" over the phone with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday and Saturday, the Japanese government said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/06/economy/us-japan-trade-tariffs-calls/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #howardlutnick #trade #tariffs #us #usjapanrelations #japaneseeconomy #donaldtrump #ryoseiakazawa
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is proposing cutting about 18% of its workforce and slashing $1.5 billion from its budget, a move that critics say will diminish the ability to predict weather. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/world/politics/noaa-cuts-us-climate-research/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #noaa #climatechange #environment #us #donaldtrump #republicans #howardlutnick
Japan-U.S. trade negotiations are on the verge of collapse as Trump fumes about rice and cars. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/01/economy/japan-us-negotiations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #howardlutnick #donaldtrump #us #trade #tariffs #globaleconomy #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #ryoseiakazawa
Japan-U.S. trade negotiations are at an impasse despite almost continuous high-level talks since April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/30/economy/us-japan-impasse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #howardlutnick #donaldtrump #us #trade #tariffs #globaleconomy #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #ryoseiakazawa
The U.S. and China have finalized a trade understanding reached last month in Geneva, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/27/economy/us-china-truce-deals-imminent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #howardlutnick #donaldtrump #us #china #trade