Alors que le yuan demeure artificiellement faible, les États-Unis ferment les yeux sur cette distorsion monétaire majeure. Cette tolérance n’est pas une faiblesse mais un calcul : maintenir le prestige du dollar et le rang symbolique de première puissance mondiale, quitte à sacrifier la compétitivité industrielle américaine.....
 
Cette alliance inattendue masque un pacte cynique : préserver le pouvoir symbolique américain au prix d’un déclin économique réel......
 
Le face-à-face sino-américain n’est qu’un théâtre, la manipulation monétaire leur secret partagé....
Incontestablement, indiscutablement, le moteur chinois est stimulé par la faiblesse de sa monnaie ....
Pour autant, cette faiblesse persistante de la monnaie chinoise – même artificiellement sous-évaluée, même manipulée – représente pour les États-Unis d’Amérique une aubaine inavouée.....
 
En effet, il suffirait que Pékin laisse enfin le Yuan s’apprécier vers sa juste valeur pour que le PIB nominal chinois (converti en dollars) double mécaniquement, bondissant bien au-delà des 30 000 milliards et dépassant de loin celui des États-Unis.
Cette inhabituelle tolérance américaine envers l’extrême faiblesse de la monnaie de leur principal concurrent doit bien sûr être comprise à l’aune des enjeux géopolitiques fondamentaux.....
 
Être la « première économie mondiale » dépasse amplement le stade de la statistique : c’est un pilier de la puissance américaine, renforçant sa position dans les alliances internationales, dans les négociations commerciales, dans les perceptions publiques globales.....
 
Pourtant, Washington sacrifie ses industries en tolérant ce dumping monétaire, et ce au nom d’une victoire symbolique.
 
Qu’à cela ne tienne : les élites et les pouvoirs américains préfèrent une économie réelle affaiblie, au prix de la conservation de leur titre de « numéro un ».....
 
Ce Yuan faible agit comme un voile commode. Il masque le déclin relatif américain, il évite une confrontation frontale qui révélerait la vulnérabilité de l’empire....

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Ever wondered how Trump sees the world?  
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As part of fighting a lawsuit seeking to force the White House to bring back sign language interpreters at press conferences, the Justice Department has argued such a step would harm Trump’s powers over how he presents his “image” to the public.

In a June filing, the administration warned that the suit from the National Association of the Deaf would “severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public” and force him to “share his platform” with an ASL interpreter.

Banalisée depuis 2018 aux États-Unis et au Canada, la méthode consiste à introduire un ADN inconnu relevé sur une scène de crime dans les fichiers privés constitués aux États-Unis par des sociétés commerciales, par le biais d’une commission rogatoire aux États-Unis.
Sont désormais fichés dans ces bases environ deux millions de Français, un échantillon suffisant pour couvrir par parentèle proche ou éloignée toute la population. L’ADN inconnu aboutit donc mécaniquement à une liste de parents plus ou moins éloignés de l’agresseur, après quoi il « suffit » de reconstituer l’arbre généalogique de cette famille, jusqu’à arriver à un nom de suspect.
Cette dernière tâche a été réalisée en France dans le cas de Poitiers par l’Office central de répression de violences aux personnes (OCRVP), l'unité « cold cases » de la police. Pour des motifs techniques et légaux, cette technique ne peut être réalisée en France pour le moment.

As part of fighting a lawsuit seeking to force the White House to bring back sign language interpreters at press conferences, the Justice Department has argued such a step would harm Trump’s powers over how he presents his “image” to the public.
 
In a June filing, the administration warned that the suit from the National Association of the Deaf would “severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public” and force him to “share his platform” with an ASL interpreter.  

As part of fighting a lawsuit seeking to force the White House to bring back sign language interpreters at press conferences, the Justice Department has argued such a step would harm Trump’s powers over how he presents his “image” to the public.
 
In a June filing, the administration warned that the suit from the National Association of the Deaf would “severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public” and force him to “share his platform” with an ASL interpreter.  

3. Mandatory Social Media:
In order to comply with the January 2025 Executive Order 14161
(Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other
National Security and Public Safety Threats), CBP is adding social
media as a mandatory data element for an ESTA application. The
data element will require ESTA applicants to provide their social
media from the last 5 years.
 
4. High Value Data Elements
To comply with the January 2025 E.O. (14161), and the April 4,
2025, Memorandum Updating All Forms to Collect Baseline
Biographic Data, CBP will add several “high value data fields” to the
ESTA application, when feasible. This is in addition to the information
already collected in the ESTA application.
The high value data fields include:
a. Telephone numbers used in the last five years;
b. Email addresses used in the last ten years;
c. IP addresses and metadata from electronically submitted photos;
d. Family member names (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
e. Family number telephone numbers used in the last five years;
f. Family member dates of birth;
g. Family member places of birth;
h. Family member residencies;
i. Biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris;
j. Business telephone numbers used in the last five years;
k. Business email addresses used in the last ten years.

3. Mandatory Social Media:
In order to comply with the January 2025 Executive Order 14161
(Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other
National Security and Public Safety Threats), CBP is adding social
media as a mandatory data element for an ESTA application. The
data element will require ESTA applicants to provide their social
media from the last 5 years.
 
4. High Value Data Elements
To comply with the January 2025 E.O. (14161), and the April 4,
2025, Memorandum Updating All Forms to Collect Baseline
Biographic Data, CBP will add several “high value data fields” to the
ESTA application, when feasible. This is in addition to the information
already collected in the ESTA application.
The high value data fields include:
a. Telephone numbers used in the last five years;
b. Email addresses used in the last ten years;
c. IP addresses and metadata from electronically submitted photos;
d. Family member names (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
e. Family number telephone numbers used in the last five years;
f. Family member dates of birth;
g. Family member places of birth;
h. Family member residencies;
i. Biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris;
j. Business telephone numbers used in the last five years;
k. Business email addresses used in the last ten years.

3. Mandatory Social Media:
In order to comply with the January 2025 Executive Order 14161
(Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other
National Security and Public Safety Threats), CBP is adding social
media as a mandatory data element for an ESTA application. The
data element will require ESTA applicants to provide their social
media from the last 5 years.
 
4. High Value Data Elements
To comply with the January 2025 E.O. (14161), and the April 4,
2025, Memorandum Updating All Forms to Collect Baseline
Biographic Data, CBP will add several “high value data fields” to the
ESTA application, when feasible. This is in addition to the information
already collected in the ESTA application.
The high value data fields include:
a. Telephone numbers used in the last five years;
b. Email addresses used in the last ten years;
c. IP addresses and metadata from electronically submitted photos;
d. Family member names (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
e. Family number telephone numbers used in the last five years;
f. Family member dates of birth;
g. Family member places of birth;
h. Family member residencies;
i. Biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris;
j. Business telephone numbers used in the last five years;
k. Business email addresses used in the last ten years.