The United States, in contacts with the EU countries, put forward a proposal to apply the experience gained from the implementation of the export control regime in relation to the Russian Federation against China, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing a number of anonymous sources.
“The United States, in contacts with European allies, has voiced the idea of learning from the export control regime used against Russia to fight China, according to people familiar with the matter,” the agency said.
The White House is “exploring some elements of similar information sharing and coordination in implementing measures to tighten US and EU restrictions” on exports to China, the sources said.
Such discussions come at a time when the EU and the US are discussing the agenda for the third meeting of the Trade and Technology Council scheduled for December 5, which serves as a forum for coordinating trade and technology policy between the EU and the US.
However, the sources note, the EU is not inclined to consider applying to the PRC the same approach that was used in relation to Russia. According to one source, the EU may look at the goods that Beijing is able to use to increase its military capabilities.
In turn, the US National Security Council denied plans to extend the export control regime against the Russian Federation to China, and the fact of discussions on this topic with European countries.
Bloomberg explains that export restrictions are considered potentially effective in slowing down China’s development amid global competition for technological supremacy.
On October 7, the US Department of Commerce banned the sale to China of the most advanced chips, as well as equipment, components and software for their production, with a special focus on technologies related to artificial intelligence and potential military applications. The restrictions affected the exports of other countries, which depend on similar American technologies and programs. Also, US citizens were forbidden to advise the Chinese side or provide it with other services in this area.
Subsequently, US Deputy Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez said that Washington expects an early agreement with the allies on their accession to these restrictions. However, authorities in the Netherlands, home of ASML Holding, a manufacturing equipment for the electronics industry, have expressed concern about the effect of new US restrictive measures.
Meanwhile, in mid-October, The Financial Times reported, citing an EU foreign policy document prepared for a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, that, in its opinion, China is a competitor that needs to be confronted, and that policy towards China should be tightened. A number of EU leaders later also warned against economic dependence on China.
The Club of Experts YouTube channel published a new video overview dedicated to current events and events which will take place from October 31 to November 6, 2022. In the video review the founder of the Club of experts Maksim Urakin together with host Olga Levkun discussed the most important announcements of the events in the nearest future.
Particularly in Ukraine in the coming days there will be several events devoted to reconstruction and development of economy, business and innovations implementation. Among them we can single out Digital Regions Week, the opening of which will take place in Bucha (Kiev region) at the Dia.Biznes center on Tuesday. On Wednesday there will be a presentation of the Interactive map of destruction of the Ukrainian agricultural sector where the Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solskyi and the Head of the VR Committee on Agriculture Daniil Hetmantsev are expected to speak. On the same day the II National Conference “Women’s Leadership on Decentralization and Local Self-Government in the Context of War” will be held.
There are also several important events in the world, the most important of which will be by-elections to the U.S. Senate and Congress on November 8, which will determine the party composition of these bodies for the next 6 years. On the economic front, the ADIPEC 2022 strategic oil and gas conference in the UAE and the UN climate change conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt will be of interest.
As for sport events we should mention the next matches of the leading Ukrainian clubs in European competitions, you can read more detailed information about them at sport.ua.
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The Russian military reported that Moscow was suspending its participation in the execution of agreements on the export of grain from the ports of Ukraine.
“The Russian side suspends participation in the implementation of agreements on the export of agricultural products from Ukrainian ports,” the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
The number of refugees from Ukraine registered for temporary protection or similar national protection schemes in Europe reached 4 million 426.75 thousand as of October 25, 2022, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported on its website.
For the month since September 30, the growth amounted to 242.9 thousand, while for the previous month – about 214.3 thousand, and in total since the end of May – about 1.5 million.
The largest increase over the past month was shown by Germany (data for October 8) – about 106 thousand, Poland – about 60 thousand, Czech Republic – about 14 thousand.
According to UNHCR data collected from national governments, the largest number of refugees with temporary protection status in Poland is 1 million 469.03 thousand, while 7.365 million people have arrived in the country from Ukraine, according to the Polish border service, since the beginning of the war, and in the opposite direction departed to Ukraine 5.547 million.
Following are Germany and the Czech Republic, where the number of refugees registered for temporary protection from Ukraine amounted to 815.13 thousand and 452.91 thousand, respectively.
The UN, referring to government data, indicates that in total in Germany, where Ukrainians were allowed to stay without registration until the end of August, 1 million 2.67 thousand refugees from Ukraine were recorded, which is only 5 thousand more than a month ago.
In the Czech Republic, the situation, according to UN information, is different: almost all arrivals applied for protection status – 452.91 thousand out of 453.10 thousand.
In the vast majority of other countries, the picture is similar to the Czech Republic: the statistics of registered refugees is completely or almost equal to the statistics of those who applied for protection status, which is probably due to the peculiarity of their registration and the completion of the 90-day period of stay under the visa-free regime. An exception, similar to Germany, is only Estonia – 37.66 thousand with the status of 60.98 thousand refugees registered in the country and partly Romania – 76.16 thousand out of 86.21 thousand.
Italy is still in fourth place in terms of the number of registered refugees from Ukraine – 160.67 thousand (an increase of 3 thousand), and Spain closes the top five – 149.21 thousand (an increase of 4.5 thousand).
Following are Bulgaria with an indicator of 142.81 thousand (an increase of 6.6 thousand), the only one in which the number of registered with the status of temporary protection is much higher than the number of registered refugees from Ukraine – 55.26 thousand, the UK – 138.4 thousand. (growth by 6.7 thousand) and France – 105 thousand (data as of September 26).
From 50 thousand to 100 thousand refugees from Ukraine with the status of temporary protection also in Slovakia – 98.57 thousand (an increase of 3.4 thousand), Austria – 84.76 thousand, the Netherlands – 79.25 thousand ( data as of September 30), Lithuania – 68.93 thousand, including Switzerland – 66.81 thousand (an increase of 5 thousand), Ireland – 60.51 thousand (an increase of 5.7 thousand), Belgium – 57.83 thousand and Portugal – 52.88 thousand (data as of October 3), as well as Romania mentioned above.
Following with indicators from 25 thousand to 50 thousand are Sweden – 47.38 thousand, Latvia – 40.67 thousand, Finland – 42.29 thousand. Denmark is also in this category – 34.41 thousand, Hungary – 31.29 thousand, Norway – 30.57 thousand, as well as Estonia, which was discussed above.
From 10 to 25 thousand refugees from Ukraine with the status of temporary protection in Greece – 20.0 thousand, Croatia – 18.93 thousand and Cyprus – 17.63 thousand.
In addition, the UN statistics on those who received the status of temporary protection include refugees of Ukraine in Slovenia – 7.90 thousand, Luxembourg – 6.76 thousand, Montenegro – 6.65 thousand, Iceland – 1.77 thousand, in Malta – 1.42 thousand, in Serbia and Kosovo – 1.04 thousand and Liechtenstein – 0.4 thousand.
The UN also indicated the countries in which refugees from Ukraine were recorded, but there is no data on their status: Turkey (data as of May 19) – 145 thousand, Moldova – 95.73 thousand, Georgia – 26.79 thousand, Northern Macedonia – 6.16 thousand, Azerbaijan – 3.93 thousand, Albania – 2.62 thousand, Armenia – 0.49 thousand and Bosnia and Herzegovina – 0.13 thousand.
Separately, the UN indicates Russia and Belarus, the Ukrainian border with which 2 million 852.4 thousand and 16.7 thousand people, respectively, crossed, however, after October 3, data for Russia ceased to be updated, while for Belarus they are even older. According to the UN, all those who crossed the border were recorded in the Russian Federation, while in Belarus – 15.93 thousand. There is no data on obtaining the status by them, as well as data on crossing the border of Ukraine in the opposite direction.
According to UNHCR data, as of October 25, a total of 14.592 million people have left Ukraine since the beginning of the war (excluding entry flow), of which 7.114 million went to Poland, 2.852 million to Russia (data as of October 3), and Hungary to 1.629 million people, Romania – 1.426 million people, Slovakia – 888.4 thousand people, Moldova – 670.2 thousand people, Belarus – 16.7 thousand people.
At the same time, according to the UN, from February 28 to October 25, 7.144 million people entered Ukraine (excluding data from Hungary, the Russian Federation and Belarus).
“Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, almost a third of Ukrainians have been forced to leave their homes. This is one of the largest displacement crises in the world today. In Ukraine, about 6.2 million people remain displaced by war,” says UNHCR, which downgraded its estimate of internally displaced people in October persons per 0.8 million people.
UNHCR indicates that by mid-2021 there were only 53.47 thousand Ukrainian refugees in the world who applied for the appropriate status, of which 36.49 thousand were in Europe.
As of mid-2020, the UNHCR estimated the Ukrainian diaspora in the world at 6.1 million, including 5 million in Europe.
Germany handed over 14 generators of various capacities to units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the press service of the German Embassy in Ukraine reports.
“14 generators of different capacities for the units of the State Emergency Service in Donetsk, Kyiv, Lugansk, Chernihiv and Cherkasy regions are already in Ukraine,” the message on Facebook says.
It is noted that the delivery was provided by the Federal Agency for Technical Assistance (THW) with the financial support of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The US authorities in the new version of the national defense strategy described Russia as an “acute threat” and China as a “major challenge” for Washington.
“Russia poses an acute threat. Even though the main challenge comes from China, recent events highlight the immediate threat from Russia,” the Pentagon said in a strategy text released Thursday.
At the same time, the Pentagon noted that, “despite the fact that divergent interests and historical mistrust between China and Russia may limit the depth of their political and military cooperation, relations between the countries continue to expand.”
The document emphasizes that Russia “continues to pose a serious threat in key areas,” including nuclear.
This includes the nuclear threat against the United States and its allies and partners, the threat of long-range cruise missiles, cyber and information operations, threats in outer space, the threat of chemical and biological weapons, and underwater warfare. strategies.
In particular, according to the document, Russia continues to modernize and expand its nuclear forces, which pose a “potential threat to the existence of the United States and its allies and partners.” The Pentagon notes that we are talking about both the 1,500 deployed Russian nuclear warheads subject to the START III treaty, and warheads for non-strategic nuclear weapons, which are not covered by any agreements. Thus, Russia remains a rival to the United States with the most combat-ready and diverse arsenal of nuclear weapons.
At the same time, the document recalls, the United States had a significant dialogue with Russia in the area of ”strategic dialogue and crisis management.” The United States and Russia also expressed their desire to extend the nuclear arms control regime beyond the scope of START III. However, the priorities of both countries differ on this issue, which indicates the need for dialogue “with regard to those goals that the US and the Russian Federation do not have the same, and the perception of those weapons systems that affect strategic stability.”
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin also presented this strategy at the briefing.
