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'Russia will not give Ukraine security guarantee'
'Russia will not give Ukraine security guarantee' Volodymyr Zelensky (left) will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, accompanied by Ursula von der Leyen (right) and other European leaders. Photo: Reuters Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday rejected the idea of Russia offering his country security guarantees, after US and EU officials promoted the possibility. White House envoy Steve Witkoff earlier said US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to "robust security guarantees" for Ukraine during a meeting in Alaska on Friday. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday hailed the proposal as an offer of NATO-style security guarantees from the United States. "We welcome President Trump's willingness to contribute to (NATO) Article 5-like security guarantees for Ukraine, and the coalition of the willing, including the European Union, is ready to do its share," von der Leyen said. Zelensky also welcomed the idea of US security guarantees -- but was less positive about Russia's intentions. "What President Trump said about security guarantees is much more important to me than Putin's thoughts, because Putin will not give any security guarantees," he told a press conference in Brussels alongside von der Leyen. "Security means a strong army, which only Ukraine can provide. I believe that only Europe can finance this army." Von der Leyen and Zelensky also shared their thoughts on a possible meeting between Trump, Putin and the Ukrainian leader. "So far, Russia gives no sign that the trilateral will happen and if Russia refuses, then new sanctions must follow," Zelensky said. Von der Leyen had said she wanted to see the three-way meeting happen "as soon as possible". Zelensky will meet Trump in Washington on Monday, accompanied by von der Leyen and other European leaders. (AFP)
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Trump's ‘pay-to-play' trade policy sets a dangerous precedent
Any lingering doubts about the extent to which US President Donald Trump has rewritten the rules of global trade should have been laid to rest with reports that chip giants Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the US government 15 per cent of the revenue from chip sales in China. The payments are a quid pro quo for approval of the export licences needed to sell semiconductors critical to China's artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions. The previously stalled licences were approved by the Commerce Department on August 8. As the US-China geostrategic rivalry has intensified in recent years, both Democratic and Republican administrations in Washington have tightened restrictions on the sale of sophisticated technologies to China. The export controls on Nvidia's H20 and AMD's MI308 chips were put in place earlier this year in response to US concerns that the chips would find their way into Chinese military applications and give Beijing a leg up in the race for AI superiority. This unprecedented arrangement with Nvidia and AMD does something which until now would have been considered incomprehensible. It monetises US trade policy. Companies are essentially paying the US government for approval to export their products.
