stink bug…everything has two meanings
AG Sessions Statement on Recusal
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-sessions-statement-recusal
China gave ex-CIA officer “hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash” to spy on US
He was also told by the two Chinese intelligence officers that China would “take care of him for life” if he continued to cooperate with them.
https://intelnews.org/2018/05/16/01-2323/
Vicente Fox: Mexico, China could strike trade deal if US leaves NAFTA
…Mexico has started looking elsewhere for trade opportunities – particularly to China.
“We're already working with China,” Fox told FOX Business. “I’m coming to China in a month from now … I think that we can put a deal together – China and Mexico – that will replace NAFTA."
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/vicente-fox-mexico-china-could-strike-trade-deal-if-us-leaves-nafta
French oil giant threatens to sink $2.9 billion deal over Trump's Iran sanctions
French oil giant Total said it was seeking French government support for a license - ((("a specific project waiver" - from the Trump administration that would protect the company from indirect effects of US sanctions.)))
US banks provide more than 90 percent of Total's financing, the French firm said. The company also noted that American investors represent more than 30 percent of Total's shareholders. Moreover, Total has invested more than US$10 billion in US assets.
Elizabeth Rosenberg, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and former Treasury official, said that Total's request for a license to continue the project was a "brave" push for leniency from Trump.
S & P Global Platts estimated that Total's South Pars project was to produce 2 billion cubic feet a day, mostly for the domestic market.
The French company holds a 50.1 per cent interest in the South Pars project. The Chinese National Petroleum Corp. holds 30 percent and the National Iranian Oil Co. subsidiary Petropars holds 19.9 per cent.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12053285