The United States has secured nuclear agreements with the European nations of Slovakia and Hungary, advancing plans to construct power plants in the countries.
The State Department declared in a media note that the Trump administration is "rapidly implementing President Trump’s vision to reopen and develop Venezuela’s oil industry for the shared benefit of the American and Venezuelan people."
Russia is once again pressing its BRICS partners to move forward with a financial system designed to weaken the dominance of the U.S. dollar in global trade.