According to most indicators, China’s manufacturing sector is the largest in the world and has grown faster than that of any other major economy in the past 25 years. The manufacturing sector has generated a total of about 5 trillion dollars in value added; and in 2024 it employed about 70 million workers in manufacturing enterprises above a certain size. China’s share in the global manufacturing industry has experienced strong increases: it went from 6% in 2000 to 26% in 2015; and, despite the ups and downs of some years, it approached 30% in 2024.

Donald Trump sought to exit the war with Iran with a pact before the midterm elections, but his unruly ally, Israel, threatens to blow the agreement to pieces. Benjamin Netanyahu announced early Sunday a new wave of bombings in the southern neighborhoods of Beirut, one of the red lines that the United States had set in the ceasefire signed between the Lebanese and Israeli governments last April 17.

By the work and grace of the bad neighborhood of President Donald Trump, the United States and Canada have declared a trade war. For Ottawa, however, there is more than just business in this conflict and it considers it an attack against the French language and culture, which constitute a fundamental part of Canadian national identity.