Kazakhstan Makes Trump ‘Reciprocal’ Tariff List

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Of the 57 countries singled out for additional “reciprocal” tariffs in U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” executive order on April 2, Kazakhstan is the only Central Asian state to make the list. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan will be subject to baseline 10 percent tariffs, which went into effectContinue Reading

No Aid, All Investments: The Future of Chinese Engagement in Kazakhstan

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On March 10, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tweeted that 83 percent of the 6,200 projects run by USAID globally would be shut down. While it wasn’t stated exactly which programs were to be terminated, a leaked document from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee provides some insight. This documentContinue Reading