Tag: Donald Trump

• Monday, May 6th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  China might cancel next round of trade talks with US, says the Wall Street Journal

  

  China is considering cancelling a planned Washington trip this week by the country's top trade negotiator, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Beijing was surprised by US President Donald Trump's threat to levy new tariffs on trade with the country, the Journal reported, citing a person it didn't identify. The country doesn't want to negotiate under threat, the newspaper said.

• Saturday, May 4th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Trump and Putin discuss Guaidó/Maduro situation: “both leaders stand with the Venezuelan people”

  

  US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed the crisis in oil-rich Venezuela, where Washington has thrown its weight behind a campaign to oust the Moscow-backed socialist president.

• Friday, May 3rd 2019 - 13:47 UTC

  Venezuela will be a central issue of the Lavrov and Pompeo meeting

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Arctic Council meeting, which begins Monday in the city of Rovaniemi. The tension in Venezuela will mark the meeting where

• Friday, May 3rd 2019 - 08:47 UTC

  House Speaker Pelosi accused the Attorney General of lying to the US Congress

  

  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday accused the top US law-enforcement officer of committing a crime by lying to Congress, escalating the showdown between Donald Trump's administration and the Democrats investigating him.

• Friday, May 3rd 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  Fed leaves interest rates unchanged despite strong pressure from Trump for a cut

  

  The US Federal Reserve has kept interest rates on hold despite pressure from President Donald Trump to announce a cut. The central bank said borrowing costs will remain at between 2.25%-2.5%.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 02:34 UTC

  Trump again puts pressure on the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates

  

  President Donald Trump slammed the Federal Reserve on Tuesday for “incessantly” raising interest rates and said cutting rates by a full point would make the economy surge.

• Tuesday, April 30th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Trump files lawsuits stop federal subpoenas investigating into his financial dealings

  

  US President Donald Trump, three of his children and one of his companies filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against Deutsche Bank and Capital One Financial Corp to block the banks from complying with federal subpoenas investigating his financial dealings.

• Tuesday, April 30th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  US and China in new round of trade talks in Beijing: some key issues remain to be discussed

  

  The US and China are due to begin a fresh round of talks in Beijing on Tuesday as they edge closer to resolving their damaging trade dispute. The discussions will be led by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He.

• Monday, April 29th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  EU blasts Trump for revoking the UN treaty on arms trade

  

  The European Union has warned US President Donald Trump's that his rejection of a UN treaty designed to regulate the global arms trade would hamper the global fight against illicit weapons trafficking.

• Saturday, April 27th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

  US economy beats expectations and expands 3.3% in the first quarter

  

  The US economy grew much faster than expected in the first quarter of the year, helped by a jump in exports and by firms building up stocks of goods. The economy expanded at an annualized pace of 3.2% in the January-to-March period, well above analysts' forecasts.