Missouri General Attorney to secure ~$25 billion judgement against China in relation to Covid-19 epidemic

The State’s Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced on Friday 7th March 2025 that he is taking actions to secure the $24 billion judgment against China for unleashing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Risky sources for Ukraine aid and conflicting agendas make Brussels Summit failed

EU Brussels Summit on 6th March 2025 basically failed to agree on a joint position to substantially continue their support for Ukraine, firstly because they did not intend to use their pocket money for the “aid” and secondly some items of their agenda seemed to be too-early-so- too- risky.

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There have been no reports of the EU leaders discussing on how much the EU Commission and each member states would share their parts in a new aid package to Ukraine. Instead, they primarily debated on whether to use/confiscate some $227 billion in frozen Russian assets that have been held in Europe’s financial system since the start of the Ukraine war.

According to New York Post, so far, around $50 billion in assistance has been given to Ukraine using the accumulating interest on Russia’s frozen assets by the G7 group of nations.

Ukraine President Zelenskyy was successful in rallying some neighbor countries, such as Poland and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to call for the seizing of Russia’s money to pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction, and especially for an emergency aid at this moment when the USA paused all of its military aid.

However, Germany, France and Belgium warned of legal and financial consequences. "Countries calling for the confiscation of frozen Russian assets should be aware of the economic risks. This could shock the global financial system.", said Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever.

Any Russia–Ukraine Peace Deal in the future would certainly involve the handling of Russian frozen assets, therefore any touch on these assets at this stage would make the future peace talks become complicated, and even worse, someone would have to compensate for what they had confiscated. 

Also, “pouring more military aids, sending own troops” and “proposing for a temporary truce” are conflicting agendas to each other, and the former would undermine or eliminate the later. It would be hard for Russia to believe in the honesty of any truce proposal and accept it if the other war party(ies) is rallying more forces.

In general, the EU seems to be still indecisive about which path to take: to rally all forces to defeat Russia, or to start the peace negotiations immediately.

According to AI Gok, for 2023, the most recent year with comprehensive data, Eurostat reports the following government deficit-to-GDP ratios:

• Germany: Recorded a deficit of -2.6% of GDP. As the EU’s largest economy, with a GDP of approximately €4.5 trillion, this translates to a deficit of about €117 billion. Germany’s fiscal discipline is notable, though it still exceeds the EU Stability and Growth Pact’s 3% threshold slightly.
• France: Had a deficit of -5.5% of GDP. With a GDP of around €2.8 trillion, this equates to roughly €154 billion. France consistently runs higher deficits, reflecting its significant public spending.
• Italy: Posted a deficit of -7.2% of GDP, the highest among these countries. With a GDP of about €2.1 trillion, this amounts to approximately €151 billion. Italy’s large deficit is tied to its substantial debt burden and economic challenges.
• Spain: Recorded a deficit of -3.6% of GDP. With a GDP of around €1.5 trillion, this is about €54 billion. Spain has reduced its deficit since the post-pandemic peak but remains above the EU’s 3% limit.
• Poland: Had a deficit of -5.1% of GDP. With a GDP of roughly €0.8 trillion, this translates to about €41 billion. Poland’s deficit reflects increased spending, partly due to regional security concerns.

Across the EU as a whole, the average government deficit was -3.5% of GDP in 2023, up from -3.2% in 2022, amounting to approximately €600 billion against a total EU GDP of €17.2 trillion. Among the biggest economies, Italy and France stand out with deficits well above the EU average and the 3% threshold set by the Stability and Growth Pact, while Germany and Spain are closer to or just over that limit. Poland sits in the middle of this group.

These numbers are based on Eurostat’s October 2024 release, reflecting data reported by EU member states. 

EU leaders gather in Brussels to talk on more military aid to Ukraine and defense boost scheme

The European Union held another emergency meeting after London Summit on Friday 6th March, this time in Brussels Belgium including Ukraine of course but without previous outsiders Canada and UK. The summit’s main agenda would likely the “Rearm Europe Plan” worth of Euro 80 billion outlined by EU Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen on Monday, the French President Macron’s scheme of “expanding French  nuclear umbrella” over Europe, and Zelenskyy’s demand for more money and EU soldiers’ foots on his war zone.

Zelenskyy smiles happily and optimistically when talking to EU Commission President

The USA President intends to apply reciprocal tariffs this 2nd April

In his joint address to American Congress early March 2025, Donald Trump revealed the plan to enforce reciprocal tariffs on April 2nd (he originally wanted it on April 1st but superstitiously tried to avoid the April Fool’ day).  “The European Union, China, Brazil, India, Mexico and Canada and countless other nations charge us tremendously higher tariffs than we charge them. It's very unfair”. After reciprocal tariffs kick in, “whatever they tax us, we will tax them”, he stated.

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American President proved to be serious about Panama Canal recover, probably on Greenland buy, but not Canada annex

In his fifth speech to Congress on Tuesday night 4th March 2025 (the first in his new term), Donald Trump underscored the determination to reclaim the Panama Canal. “We've already started doing it […] The Canal is the most expensive project that was ever built in our country's history if you bring it up to modern-day costs. It was given away by the Carter Administration for $1 but that agreement has been violated very severely. We didn't give it to China, we gave it to Panama. We're taking it back”, he stated confidently.

Democrats applied various ways to protest the American President during his joint session speech at Congress

A various of means and methods were applied by Democrat attendees at Donald Trump’s first speech at Congress in his 2nd term in office on Tuesday night 4th March 2025, to undermine or sabotage his speech. Some were coordinated efforts.

Texas Congressman Al Green (D) shouted out and waved his cane to disrupt Trump’s speaking. House Speaker Mike John had to use to his power to order Sergeant at Arms to remove him from the Chamber.

American President named a boy fighting with cancer an agent of secret service

During his joint address to Congress on Tuesday night 4th March, Donald Trump made DJ Daniel – an 13 years old Texas boy with a dream of becoming a police, officially a secret agent, with badge handed over to him at site. The move seems to be aimed at encouraging young generations to pursue career in the law enforcement forces. The Trump Administration would propose to Congress to apply death penalty for anyone committing murder on a police officer – as a way to ensure safety for policemen to implement their duties.

Canada’s Ontario Premier levels up the trade war with the USA into an overall economic war

The Premier of Ontario Province which shares a long border with USA Doug Ford just canceled Elon Musk’s Starlink contract and banned all U.S. companies from government contracts in response to Trump’s imposing new 25% tariffs on Canadian goods. These are additional retaliations from Canada after the Prime Minister announced to implement 25% tariffs against $155 billion of American products.

Canada's Ontario Premier Doug Ford

Ukrainian President: Be ready to sign agreement on minerals and security in any time and in any convenient format

A few hours after the USA Government decided to pause all military aid to Ukraine, the war-torn country’s president took on X to reiterate Ukraine’s commitment to peace. He wrote “My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts”. Regarding the meeting at the White House late Feb 2025 in which the American leaders considered him “disrespecting” and “insulting” Americans, Zelenskyy used the phrases “it is regrettable” and still declined to offer a formal apology.

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Development of new military aid package of € 20 billion for Ukraine suspended

According to Politico, the leaders of the European Union (EU) are suspending the development of a new €20 billion (~ $21 billion) military aid package for Ukraine. Clause for the package was included in the previous draft of the Commission Conclusions but was vetoed by Hungary. Such article has been excluded in the latest draft.

President of the EU Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen: “Europe is ready to assume its responsibilities”