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*Data last updated: 2026-05-10 01:54 (UTC+8)

As of 2026-05-10 01:54, JD.com (JD) is priced at $30,15, with a total market cap of $42,89B, a P/E ratio of 14,55, and a dividend yield of 3,30%. Today, the stock price fluctuated between $29,97 and $30,31. The current price is 0,60% above the day's low and 0,52% below the day's high, with a trading volume of 7,78M. Over the past 52 weeks, JD has traded between $24,42 to $36,86, and the current price is -18,20% away from the 52-week high.

JD Key Stats

Yesterday's Close$30,21
Market Cap$42,89B
Volume7,78M
P/E Ratio14,55
Dividend Yield (TTM)3,30%
Dividend Amount$1,00
Diluted EPS (TTM)6,99
Net Income (FY)$19,63B
Revenue (FY)$1,30T
Earnings Date2026-05-12
EPS Estimate0,57
Revenue Estimate$45,14B
Shares Outstanding1,41B
Beta (1Y)0.403
Ex-Dividend Date2026-04-09
Dividend Payment Date2026-04-29

About JD

JD.com, Inc. operates as a supply chain-based technology and service provider in the People's Republic of China. The company offers computers, communication, and consumer electronics products, as well as home appliances; and general merchandise products comprising food, beverage and fresh produce, baby and maternity products, furniture and household goods, cosmetics and other personal care items, pharmaceutical and healthcare products, industrial products, books, automobile accessories, apparel and footwear, bags, and jewelry. It also provides online marketplace services for third-party merchants; marketing services; and omni-channel solutions to customers and offline retailers, as well as online healthcare services. In addition, the company develops, owns, and manages its logistics facilities and other real estate properties to support third parties; offers asset management services and integrated service platform; leasing of storage facilities and related management services; and engages in online retail business. Further, it provides integrated data, technology, business, and user management industry solutions to support the digitization of enterprises and institutions; and technology-driven supply chain solutions and logistics services. The company was formerly known as 360buy Jingdong Inc. and changed its name to JD.com, Inc. in January 2014. JD.com, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
SectorConsumer Cyclical
IndustrySpecialty Retail
CEOQiangdong Liu
HeadquartersBeijing,None,CN
Official Websitehttps://www.jd.com
Employees (FY)1,00M
Average Revenue (1Y)$1,30M
Net Income per Employee$19,63K

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2026-04-24 23:22U.S. Delegation to Travel to Pakistan on Saturday to Advance Iran Negotiations, VP Vance on StandbyGate News message, April 24 — The White House announced that U.S. Presidential Envoy Steve Wittkoff and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner are expected to travel to Pakistan on Saturday, April 26, to advance negotiations with Iran. Vice President JD Vance will remain in the United States on standby, and other U.S. personnel will also be prepared to fly to Pakistan if needed to participate in talks. The White House stated that Iran has taken the initiative to contact the U.S. and requested face-to-face talks. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration has "indeed seen some progress" from Iran's side over the past few days. Iran has not yet responded to the announcement.2026-04-16 14:32Iran Excavates Buried Missiles During 14-Day Truce as US Deploys Invasion ForceGate News message, April 16 — Iran is reportedly using a 14-day temporary ceasefire to unearth hidden missile launchers buried during recent US and Israeli bombardments, according to satellite imagery. The underground bases, located in Tabriz and Khomeyn, were primary targets of Operation Epic Fury, where US and Israeli airstrikes strategically collapsed entrances to trap Tehran's arsenal. However, satellite images now show massive excavators removing rubble and truck fleets clearing debris to unblock launch sites. US intelligence warns that despite Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's claims that the Iranian missile program was "functionally destroyed," approximately 50% of the launchers remain intact. Iran is reportedly preparing to deploy its Houthi proxies to disrupt the Bab al-Mandab Strait (the "Gate of Tears"), which handles roughly 10% of global trade. The blockade in the Strait of Hormuz was triggered after Iran refused to grant free passage—a non-negotiable condition of the 14-day truce. Meanwhile, the US has deployed 6,000 soldiers aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, 3,000 elite airborne troops, and 5,000 US Marines closing in on Iranian territory. President Donald Trump has struck an optimistic tone on peace prospects, telling Fox News "I think it's close to over," and stating that a deal is "very possible" before King Charles's state visit later this month. Vice President JD Vance is expected to tighten pressure in upcoming peace talks in Pakistan, with the White House demanding a total halt to all uranium enrichment. However, the sight of Iran excavating its secret missiles suggests the regime may be preparing for a potential final confrontation.2026-04-13 10:30Polymarket 高胜率账户购入 5.8 万美元押注 BLG 战胜 JDGGate News 消息,4 月 13 日,监测数据显示,在 Polymarket"英雄联盟电竞世界杯中国区预选赛第二阶段 Bilibili Gaming 对战 JD Gaming"预测事件中,某胜率超 77% 的账户(0x61ceb99e031a7460c96ebe9ac81a0a558f29ed13)购入约 5.8 万美元押注 Bilibili Gaming 战胜 JD Gaming,开仓均价约 92¢。本场比赛为 BO3 赛制,Bilibili Gaming 近期在 LPL 第二赛段表现强势,当前战绩 2 胜 0 负(小局 4-1),其中曾以 2:1 击败 JD Gaming;JD Gaming 当前战绩 1 胜 2 负(小局 3-4),整体状态相对承压。本场胜者将有望争夺前二席位,晋级电竞世界杯主赛事阶段。2026-04-13 08:00TradFi Rise Alert: JD (JD.com) Rises Over 2%Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, JD (JD.com) has surged by 2% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.2026-04-03 15:01特朗普发布2027财年预算提案,1.5万亿美元国防开支创现代历史之最Gate News 消息,4 月 3 日,美国总统特朗普于周五发布2027财年预算提案概要,计划申请1.5万亿美元国防开支,这一数额创现代历史之最。根据这份军费提案,下一财年将为美国国防部拨款1.1万亿美元,另拨付3500亿美元用于关键弹药采购、国防工业基础扩张及其他相关事项。这份初步方案并未披露诸多关键细节,包括整体支出规模与长期财政收入预测。特朗普早在今年1月,也就是美国对伊朗发动大规模打击之前,就已承诺将提出1.5万亿美元的国防预算申请。本次预算也为政府部分新举措提供资金支持,包括拨款3000万美元支持由副总统JD Vance领导的新成立的国家欺诈调查局,以及安排100亿美元强制性资金,在国家公园管理局内设立总统首都管理计划,用于华盛顿特区的建设与美化工程。

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【超市優惠/減價戰/HKTVmall/王維基/佳宝/京東/百佳/惠康】本港超市大戰愈演愈烈,香港科技探索 (01137) 網上購物商場HKTVmall繼早前連續兩個周末推兩輪85折優惠後,宣布正式啟動「全年減價戰」,並於周六(9日)推自取、送貨及門市85折優惠。人稱「魔童」的香港科技探索副主席王維基揚言,將會每個星期都打減價戰。 本文目錄 * 【5月8日更新:HKTVmall 5.9推85折優惠 王維基:預每個星期都打減價戰】 * 【5月7日更新:王維基借Ray-Ban智能眼鏡給同事「日日落超市抄價錢」】 * 【5月4日更新:王維基宣布準備全年減價,無要求商戶分擔】 * 減價戰員工可能減薪? * 【4月30日更新】 * 京東不點名暗串對家「孤寒」 京東超市、佳宝亦推全線8折 * 4.26推85折大型優惠回應市場 * 王維基:HKTVmall坐擁數以十億流動資產 顯示全部 收起部份 【5月8日更新:HKTVmall 5.9推85折優惠 王維基:預每個星期都打減價戰】 ------------------------------------------ HKTVmall將於5月9日推「鬥減價」優惠,於自取、送貨及門市滿額便享85折。王維基於社交平台發文指,「打『減價戰』,我就預咗個個星期都打」。王維基又引用張家輝於《激戰》的金句:「行得上台,你就唔好怯!怯,你就會輸咗成世!」。 ![](https://img-cdn.gateio.im/social/moments-d37af6263f-fdbc34d6b9-8b7abd-e5a980) 香港科技探索指,HKTVmall早前推出兩輪「鬥減價」優惠取得大成功,分別是送貨上門訂單85折及自取訂單85折。今個星期HKTVmall正式啟動「全年減價戰」,最新一輪「鬥減價」優惠為5月9日,將同步推出三項85折優惠,客戶不論自取、送貨上門及門市購物均可享85折,提供優於傳統超市只有88折的優惠。 **5月9日「鬥減價」優惠詳情:** 1)訂購超市產品及個人護理產品滿999元,選擇送貨上門並輸入優惠碼【85ENJOY8】,即享85折。 2)訂購超市產品及個人護理產品滿299元,輸入優惠碼【85PICKUP】,並選擇於O2O門市或合作自取點(包括Circle K及郵政局)等超過530個自取點取貨,即享85折。 3)門市購物滿158元,即享85折優惠。 ![](https://img-cdn.gateio.im/social/moments-bb4ad976f1-b6670127c4-8b7abd-e5a980) 另外,京東港澳日前在社交媒體不點名回應「全年減價戰」,指「京東一早已經準備好」,更指不單要「減價」,還有幫香港市民「全年減壓」。京東指,京東超市「日日8折」,包括大量超市、個人護理、寵物用品,最高即減200元人民幣,且滿99元即享免運費送上門。而每周六更會推出限時驚喜,低至半價。【全文按此】 【5月7日更新:王維基借Ray-Ban智能眼鏡給同事「日日落超市抄價錢」】 ------------------------------------- 王維基周四在社交平台表示:「眼鏡有什麼功能?答案:錄影和抄價」。他表示冬天帶這副眼鏡幫公司同事錄影滑雪姿勢影片,現在一物二用,借給同事「日日落去超市度抄價錢」。 他表示五月開始「鬥減價」price war,除了跟足超市價錢外,每星期都做九五折、八五折優惠。 根據圖片,應是Ray-Ban Meta Headliner (Gen 2) 智能眼鏡。 ![](https://img-cdn.gateio.im/social/moments-c64fce6d2b-46ebd49f66-8b7abd-e5a980) 【5月4日更新:王維基宣布準備全年減價,無要求商戶分擔】 ---------------------------- 王維基周末在社交平台表示,「十天不丹之旅結束,返香港,星期一(5月4日)與同事準備『全年減價戰』」。 有網民留言追問HKTVmall的減價詳情,王維基親自回應,強調15%減價的成本全由HKTVmall獨力承擔,「完全沒有要求任何商戶分擔分毫」。 王維基解釋,HKTVmall之所以能夠長期減價,是因為網購平台的營運成本遠低於傳統實體店。而實體超市鋪租及人手開支,不會因為生意下跌而減少,「實在好難做」。 他直言,香港超市的生意模式已經不合時宜,「舖租貴」令高成本轉嫁到消費者身上,長遠來說是「無得做」,而「網購」加「便利商店」,可以提供更便宜和更快捷方便的「食品雜貨」供應。 減價戰員工可能減薪? ---------- 亦有網民憂慮減價戰可能令員工減薪,王維基則反問,「點解會減人工?」他指公司採薄利多銷策略,生意增長下,員工年年有加薪、有花紅(表現差的另計)。 有網民指HKTVmall除減價外已無其他招數,王維基則強調,「間間超市賣的洗頭水、洗衣粉、汽水啤酒、柴、米、油、鹽貨品,其實都是同一樣貨品,所以只有減價,才能給客戶最好的優惠。」 他早前在不丹放假時發文揚言,今次「減價戰」完全不怕大財團,現時HKTVmall流動資產充足,更要「要睇吓邊個先投降」。 【4月30日更新】 --------- HKTVmall最新於周四(4月30日)宣布,上周日的85折優惠大受歡迎,訂單交易額超過4000萬,創星期日新高。 > HKTVmall指,「貫徹集團擅長打減價戰、無懼競爭的文化,HKTVmall火速推出第二輪85折優惠,兼且日日格價『鬥減價』,誓要平過超市價!」 HKTVmall指,於5月2日及3日,於HKTVmall 訂購超市產品及個人護理產品滿299元,並輸入優惠碼 【85PICKUP】,選擇於O2O門市或合作自取點等超過530個自取點取貨,即享85折優惠。今次「鬥減價」優惠涉及超過80萬款產品選擇,包括超市產品、個人護理、寵物食品、嬰兒奶粉尿片等。 ![](https://img-cdn.gateio.im/social/moments-bfb47b71f3-401d79b061-8b7abd-e5a980) 京東不點名暗串對家「孤寒」 京東超市、佳宝亦推全線8折 --------------------------- 近年積極在港發展的電商京東在HKTVmall推出首輪優惠後,相隔2日在社交平台發文,不點名暗串對家「孤寒」,並「出招」推出京東App旗下京東超市日日8折,更設滿額折扣,購物滿100元人民幣減20元人民幣,揚言「既然要平,就梗係要平到盡」。 ![](https://img-cdn.gateio.im/social/moments-c3a6c5200b-4603450e33-8b7abd-e5a980) 京東直言,「賺咗香港人咁多年錢,竟然只係比(畀)85折?咁樣真係有啲「孤寒」,更附以翻白眼的表情符號。 京東除了折扣優惠,同時以滿額免運費作招徠,購物滿99元人民幣可以免運費送上門。另外,京東旗下香港實體超市佳宝,全港98間門店正進行全店貨品8折優惠,優惠期至本周四(30日)。 ![](https://img-cdn.gateio.im/social/moments-092f6f7240-cecccbd608-8b7abd-e5a980) ▲ 王維基發文稱:「有得打『減價戰』,又將我由呢個最夢幻和快樂的土地,返去殘酷和現實的商業世界。」 4.26推85折大型優惠回應市場 ---------------- HKTVmall在剛過去的周日(2026年4月26日)推出85折大型優惠,涵蓋過百萬款產品,包括超市、個人護理、美妝、寵物及母嬰產品。HKTVmall提到,今年首 4 個月,傳統超市已進行多次折扣活動,HKTVmall 一直以穩定優惠及網上優勢,成為市民日常購物首選,今次 85 折大型優惠正正回應市場需求,「幫助大家在高生活成本下慳得更多」。 香港科技探索行政總裁(香港)周慧晶透露,HKTVmall 將會持續推出更多驚喜優惠。 王維基:HKTVmall坐擁數以十億流動資產 ---------------------- 王維基則發文稱:「雖然我而家喺不丹放緊假,但係有得打『減價戰』,又將我由呢個最夢幻和快樂的土地,返去殘酷和現實的商業世界。」 他說:「我三十年前起家,由CTI 到香港寬頻,靠嘅就係『減價戰』。當年袋裹面只有一百萬,我都唔驚你班大財團;今天HKTVmall坐擁數以十億流動資產,沒有負債,每年EBITDA淨賺三億,我就要睇吓邊個先投降。」 財經Hot Talk 百佳惠康世紀合併?市佔率急跌 宿敵聯手才能求生?
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* * * **Discover top fintech news and events!** **Subscribe to FinTech Weekly's newsletter** **Read by executives at JP Morgan, Coinbase, Blackrock, Klarna and more** * * * **EU Bets Big on AI to Compete with Global Tech Leaders** --------------------------------------------------------- The European Union is making a concerted push to position itself as a global leader in artificial intelligence. With the introduction of the InvestAI initiative, a €200 billion strategy, the EU aims to reduce its dependence on foreign technology while fostering homegrown innovation. **This effort comes in response to a widening investment gap that has put European AI firms at a disadvantage against their American and Chinese counterparts.** For years, European tech companies have struggled with limited funding, excessive regulations, and slow market adoption. Compared to the U.S., where AI startups receive 61% of global funding, European firms attract just 6%. Recognizing this shortfall, policymakers in Brussels are shifting focus from strict oversight to fostering growth and innovation. **Bridging the AI Investment Gap** ---------------------------------- The EU has historically lagged behind in AI financing. Data from 2024 shows that the European Innovation Council allocated just €256 million to AI development, while the U.S. invested over $6 billion in the same period. **This disparity has made it difficult for European firms to compete on a global scale**. The new €200 billion InvestAI fund seeks to address this imbalance by channeling resources into AI infrastructure, research, and startups. **Private sector collaboration is central to this initiative. The EU will contribute €50 billion, while €150 billion will come from private investors**. A significant portion of these funds will go toward the establishment of AI gigafactories—large-scale research and development hubs designed to advance Europe's AI capabilities. These facilities are expected to serve as open-source AI development centers, allowing European companies to train models at scale without relying on American or Chinese technology. **France Leads the Charge** --------------------------- **France has emerged as a key player in the EU’s AI expansion plans**. President Emmanuel Macron recently announced a €109 billion AI investment package aimed at strengthening France’s position as an innovation hub. This funding will support the construction of data centers, computing clusters, and AI research institutions. **French startup Mistral AI has been at the forefront of this movement**. The company recently unveiled Le Chat, an AI assistant designed to process large amounts of data efficiently. Industry experts view Mistral AI as a contender against dominant American players like OpenAI. France’s proactive approach has been praised as a model for other European nations looking to boost their AI sectors. **Regulatory Challenges and the AI Act** ---------------------------------------- While investment is increasing, regulatory concerns remain a major hurdle for AI development in Europe. The EU’s AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive AI law, introduced strict guidelines on AI deployment, including bans on social scoring and facial recognition scraping. **Some industry leaders argue that these regulations create unnecessary obstacles for startups trying to scale**. Former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi highlighted this issue in a report last year, warning that over-regulation stifles innovation. In response, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has promised to streamline AI rules. **The goal is to balance oversight with policies that encourage AI development, rather than hinder it.** **Geopolitical Competition in AI** ---------------------------------- The AI race is not just about economic growth—**it also has geopolitical implications**. The U.S. and China are heavily invested in AI, with the U.S. recently announcing its $500 billion Stargate initiative to maintain technological dominance. China, meanwhile, continues to expand its AI infrastructure and research capabilities. At the recent AI Action Summit in Paris, European leaders sought to establish a unified AI strategy to compete on a global scale. However, international divisions became evident when **the U.S. and the UK refused to sign a multilateral AI governance agreement endorsed by 60 countries**, including Germany, France, and China. U.S. Vice President JD Vance expressed concerns that excessive regulations could stifle AI innovation, arguing that a more flexible approach is needed. **What’s Next for European AI?** -------------------------------- The EU’s latest investments mark a turning point in its AI strategy. With the establishment of AI gigafactories and increased funding,** Europe is taking concrete steps to close the gap with the U.S. and China**. However, regulatory uncertainties and the ability to attract private sector investment remain challenges. **Experts believe that for Europe to succeed in AI, it must not only invest more but also create a business environment where AI startups can thrive**. The coming months will be crucial in determining whether these new initiatives can translate into tangible growth or if European firms will continue to seek opportunities abroad. The success of InvestAI will depend on execution. 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(MENAFN- The Conversation) Twenty-one hours of direct negotiations. The highest-level face-to-face engagement between Washington and Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. And yet, U.S. Vice President JD Vance boarded Air Force Two in Islamabad on the morning of April 12, 2026, with no deal to end the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, including an understanding over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. The U.S. has since begun what it says is a blockade of any and all ships originating in Iranian ports and would interdict every vessel that has paid a toll to Iran. The collapse of the talks wasn't the fault of bad faith or clumsy diplomacy. Rather, the talks failed because of structural obstacles that no amount of negotiating skill can overcome in a single weekend. I and other exponents of international relations theory predicted this outcome. Understanding why matters enormously for what comes next. The commitment barrier The meeting in Islamabad wasn't the first time representatives from the United States and Iran have sat around a table. In 2015, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed to by Iran, the U.S. and five other nations showed that a formal agreement with nuclear inspections and verification is possible. But that deal, which saw sanctions on Iran relaxed in return for limits over Tehran's nuclear program, collapsed because the first Trump administration unilaterally walked away from the deal in 2018. In fact, the International Atomic Energy Agency had consistently certified Tehran was holding up its end of the bargain. Then came the June 2025 strikes by Israel and the U.S. on Iran's nuclear facilities. Successive rounds of indirect talks between the U.S. and Iran followed in early 2026. But despite an Omani mediator telling the world that a breakthrough was within reach, the U.S. bombed Iran on Feb. 28, 2026. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's parliamentary speaker who led Iran's delegation in Islamabad, cited recent U.S. military action as a barrier to successful negotiations:“Due to the experiences of the previous two wars, we have no trust in the other side.” Rather than an Iranian negotiating position, however, that was merely a description of a structural reality. Iran cannot be confident that any agreement it signs will be honored by this or subsequent American or Israeli administrations. And Washington isn't sure Iran will not quietly rebuild what was destroyed once pressure lifts. Moreover, while verification mechanisms on Iran's nuclear program solve a technical problem, they do not solve the ongoing political one, in which both states are effectively still at war. Trust, once comprehensively destroyed, cannot be rebuilt in a hotel in Islamabad over 21 hours. The scope of the problem “The simple fact is that we need to see an affirmative commitment that (Iran) will not seek a nuclear weapon, and they will not seek the tools that would enable them to quickly achieve a nuclear weapon,” Vance said amid the Islamabad talks. Iran's enrichment knowledge is one of those tools. But the knowledge of how to enrich uranium to weapons-grade purity does not disappear when centrifuges are destroyed. In this way, nuclear expertise is not like territory, equipment or sanctions relief. Centrifuges can be dismantled, and sanctions can be lifted in stages – both lend themselves to phased, verifiable agreements. What the U.S. is demanding – a verifiable, permanent end to Iran's breakout potential – requires Iran to surrender something that cannot be given back once conceded. Tehran and Washington both know this. The problem is compounded by the extraordinary breadth of American demands on nonnuclear issues. Tehran's demands included the release of frozen assets, guarantees around its nuclear program, the right to charge ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, an end to Israeli attacks on Hezbollah and war reparations. Washington's 15-point proposal reportedly demanded a 20-year moratorium on enrichment, ballistic missile suspension, reopening of Hormuz, recognition of Israel's right to exist and an end to Iran's support for its regional proxy network, including Hezbollah, the Houthis and Hamas. These are not two sides haggling over price. They are two sides who cannot even agree on what the negotiation is about. Israel veto Iran has also made ending Israeli strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon a condition of any comprehensive settlement, conditions which Washington and Jerusalem have both rejected. The result is a structural deadlock that has nothing to do with Iranian or American negotiating skill. Moreover, even if the two parties in Islamabad found common ground on the nuclear question, Israel could always torpedo any deal through a continuation of its military action in Lebanon and Iran. And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not need to be in Islamabad to shape what happened there. While Vance and Ghalibaf were negotiating, Netanyahu was on television, telling the world:“Israel under my leadership will continue to fight Iran's terror regime and its proxies.” He made no mention of the talks at all – and has since come out strongly in support of the U.S. blockade. What happens next? Where does this leave the 14-day ceasefire, and what happens after that? While the Trump administration immediately ramped up pressure on Tehran after the failure of talks, such escalation has thus far failed to bring about Iran's capitulation in the current conflict. Iran has declared the blockade an act of“piracy” and placed the country on“maximum combat alert,” with the country's Revolutionary Guard warning that any military vessels approaching Hormuz would receive a“firm response.” But like the nuclear negotiations, the blockade runs into the same wall. Iran controls the strait through mines, drones and geography. The U.S. can interdict ships but cannot reopen the strait without Iran's cooperation – absent an unlikely military occupation. As such, the blockade is largely a pressure tactic without a clear path for how it would resolve, which is exactly the problem that produced the Islamabad failure in the first place. The blockade also holds the risk of pulling in more countries. Trump's interdiction order –“it's going to be all or none” – in theory means the U.S. Navy would be prepared to interdict a Chinese tanker that has done business with Iran, risking a direct maritime confrontation with a nuclear power. The alternative would be to let Chinese tankers through to avoid confrontation, but in so doing expose the blockade as a hollow strategy. In either case, Beijing has become an active stakeholder in Iran's leverage. Same old problems... and a new one to boot The structural obstacles that broke the Islamabad meetings will not dissolve before April 22, when the current ceasefire is due to expire. The difficulty of convincing either side that any agreement will actually be honored will not be resolved by more talks, but is rather a product of what happened before the current negotiations. The nature of the nuclear question itself will not be negotiated away – it is a feature of physics and knowledge, not of political will. Moreover, Israel's veto over any regional settlement will not disappear because Washington wants a deal. Signs suggest that talks are still alive, and both Iran and the U.S. have shown a willingness to change previous red lines on the nuclear question even since the failure in Islamabad. Absent a larger shift in the status quo, however, the next round will face the same structural obstacles as before. But this time, there will be the added complication of a naval blockade that narrows, rather than expands, the diplomatic space. MENAFN14042026000199003603ID1110982600
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