Tag: Donald Trump

Thursday, June 21st 2018 - 12:16 UTC
Trump signs executive order ending policy of separating immigrant families

Following days of fierce global criticism, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end his policy of family separations along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump signed the order on Wednesday, saying he “didn’t like the sight or the feeling of families being separated.”
Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 09:12 UTC
Kim in China underlines “friendship, unity and cooperation” with Beijing

Kim Jong Un declared North Korea's unstinting “friendship, unity and cooperation” with Beijing during his third visit to China this year, in a show of loyalty to his main ally following a landmark summit with US President Donald Trump.
Monday, June 18th 2018 - 08:34 UTC
China knows better as Trump tariff strategy trsicks US voters

Global Times Editorial

The Trump administration announced tariffs on Chinese high-tech and industrial imports worth of US$50 billion. The first round, on imports totaling US$34 billion, will begin July 6, while the second round is still under review.
Monday, June 18th 2018 - 08:30 UTC
China forced to fight back with reciprocal tariffs

The following editorial on the current US/China trade war was published by the official news agency Xinhua,
Saturday, June 16th 2018 - 11:22 UTC
Denuclearization or mutual deterrence in the Korean peninsula?

If the Singapore meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un had been a zero-sum game, then Trump definitely lost. But maybe it wasn't. Kim got a meeting with Trump on terms of strict equality right down to the number of flags on display, which is a huge boost for his regime's claim to legitimacy.
Friday, June 15th 2018 - 10:55 UTC
Markets waiting for Trump's announcement on US$ 50bn tariffs against China

Asian shares wobbled on Friday as investors braced for U.S. tariffs against China, while the Euro flirted with two-week lows after a cautious European Central Bank indicated it would not raise interest rates for some time. U.S. President Donald Trump has made up his mind to impose “pretty significant” tariffs and will unveil a list targeting US$ 50 billion of Chinese goods on Friday, an administration official said. Beijing has warned that it was ready to respond.
Friday, June 15th 2018 - 10:25 UTC
IMF report warns Trump administration on trade, tariffs and budget deficits

The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that tax cuts will help fuel the U.S. economy this year and next. But it warned that growth after that will slide to levels just half of what the Trump administration is forecasting.
Friday, June 15th 2018 - 06:25 UTC
'Brexit leaves UK isolated from allies and begging for trade deals with ex colonies'

Britain will be left a “mangy old lion” as a result of Brexit, isolated from its allies and reduced to begging for trade deals from one-time colonies, a former Foreign Office minister is warning. Lord Malloch-Brown, who chairs the Best for Britain campaign for a second referendum, said that the UK’s loss of influence was exposed at last week’s G7 summit, where Theresa May was left a “spectator” to a clash between the US, Canada and the EU.
Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 08:59 UTC
Pompeo sets terms of Trump/Kim accord: no lifting of sanctions until complete denuclearization

North Korea will not see any economic sanctions lifted until it has demonstrated “complete denuclearisation”, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Pompeo was speaking at a press conference in Seoul with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts.
Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 08:23 UTC
Miami media says US$ 800 million in assets of Diosdado Cabello frozen in the US, but he flatly denies the version

The U.S. government has frozen about US$ 800 million in assets from senior Venezuelan leader Diosdado Cabello Miami journalist Oscar Haza reported Tuesday during his morning radio show on Miami’s Spanish-language Zeta 92.3.