The US has closed a Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas in the latest escalation of tensions between Beijing and Washington. This comes as the US penchant for sanctions as a tool to exert its will on the world stage reaches an all time high. But could over-reliance on sanctions prove to undermine and eventually destroy the very US financial hegemony they depend on? RT America’s Ben Swann reports. Then market analyst and “Boom Bust” host Christy Ai, Prof. Richard Wolff of Democracy at Work and former UK MP George Galloway share their insights.
President Trump has admitted that the COVOD-19 pandemic will “get worse before it gets better,” an apparent reversal of his initial approach of downplaying the threat posed by the coronavirus. RT America’s Sayeh Tavangar reports on the latest COVID-19 numbers and the evolving US response.
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