In her book, Harris also has sharp criticism of the former President Joe Biden. He refused to give up his candidacy for far too long. Harris’ own presidential campaign, which lasted only three months, was the shortest in recent US history. The title of her memoirs also alludes to this: “107 Days”.
As part of new national security studies, the US government examines the import of protective equipment, medical devices, robots and industrial machines. This was announced by the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday. The investigation according to “Section 232” could serve as the basis for even higher tariffs on a wide range of goods, including facial masks, injections and infusion pumps as well as robots and industrial machines. According to the information, the investigations were initiated on September 2, but has now only been announced. US President Donald Trump has made Zölle a central tool of his commercial and foreign policy.
China’s head of state XI Jinping presented new climate protection goals for his country on Wednesday and thus moved into a clear opposite position with US President Donald Trump. In a video approach from Beijing on a climate summit oriented by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, XI announced that greenhouse gas emissions should decrease by seven to ten percent by 2035 compared to its high. Without naming the United States, he criticized countries that controlled the global transition to clean energy.
According to the Chinese plans, the installed performance of the wind and solar energy generation is to achieve 3600 gigawatt (GW), which corresponds to more than six times the stand of 2020. For comparison: In Germany, the installed performance from renewable energies was almost 190 GW at the end of 2024, as the Federal Network Agency announced in January. In addition, the proportion of non-fossil fuels in energy consumption should increase to over 30 percent by 2035, XI continued. The green change is the requirement of the hour. The community of states should stay on the right track, even if “some countries” acted against this trend.
