Originally posted by antimony
View Post
The number of Russians killed is surely higher than what little the Russian government has acknowledged, but the enemy death toll was not 100% Russians/ex-Soviet nationals. There may be some conflation when it comes to the numbers.
Given the furious and devastating US air response to the attack on the former Conoco Oil Plant, there was really not much to go by in identifying bodies. Chunks of charred meat, bone, and ash likely comprises the vast majority of what could be recovered from the Syrian desert between Khsham and the Conoco Plant.
I doubt any of the enemy combatants were wearing dog tags or even proper uniforms, record-keeping was probably scant to non-existent, especially in keeping with the (transparently thin) deniability aspect of the operation, so the best we can make is educated guesses as to what nationalities the enemy dead were. A substantial number of Russian mercenaries were killed though.
Full article: http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/17/news...wto/index.html
India moves ahead with tariffs on US goods
India is moving forward with plans to hit back at the United States over trade.
The country has proposed hiking tariffs on 30 US products in order to recoup trade penalties worth $241 million, according to a revised World Trade Organization filing.
India said the retaliatory barriers are equal in value to US tariffs on steel and aluminum from India that were imposed by the Trump administration in March.
The new tariffs target products including American almonds, walnuts and apples, as well as some chemical and metal products.
India said its tariff on large American motorcycles, which President Donald Trump has repeatedly spoken out against, will also be hiked.
The latest filing with the World Trade Organization submitted by New Delhi is dated June 14. It updates an initial complaint about US metals tariffs made on May 18.
India said last month that its proposed tariffs on US goods would take effect by June 21.
The Indian government is also leaving the door open for further tariff hikes, it said in its latest notification.
"India reserves the right to adjust the specific products for which [tariffs would apply], and its right to adjust the additional rate of duty imposed on such products," it said.
Exports of steel and aluminum from India to the United States are worth around $1.2 billion, according to the World Trade Organization filing.
The United States sold goods and services worth $42 billion to India in 2016, according to the US Trade Representative. That translated into a US trade deficit with India of $30.8 billion.
India is moving forward with plans to hit back at the United States over trade.
The country has proposed hiking tariffs on 30 US products in order to recoup trade penalties worth $241 million, according to a revised World Trade Organization filing.
India said the retaliatory barriers are equal in value to US tariffs on steel and aluminum from India that were imposed by the Trump administration in March.
The new tariffs target products including American almonds, walnuts and apples, as well as some chemical and metal products.
India said its tariff on large American motorcycles, which President Donald Trump has repeatedly spoken out against, will also be hiked.
The latest filing with the World Trade Organization submitted by New Delhi is dated June 14. It updates an initial complaint about US metals tariffs made on May 18.
India said last month that its proposed tariffs on US goods would take effect by June 21.
The Indian government is also leaving the door open for further tariff hikes, it said in its latest notification.
"India reserves the right to adjust the specific products for which [tariffs would apply], and its right to adjust the additional rate of duty imposed on such products," it said.
Exports of steel and aluminum from India to the United States are worth around $1.2 billion, according to the World Trade Organization filing.
The United States sold goods and services worth $42 billion to India in 2016, according to the US Trade Representative. That translated into a US trade deficit with India of $30.8 billion.
Comment