Tag: Donald Trump

Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 07:47 UTC
Argentina, Japan and EU supporting US drive for greater transparency at WTO

Argentina, Costa Rica, Japan and the European Union are supporting a U.S. drive to enforce greater transparency and discipline at the World Trade Organization, an updated proposal published by the WTO showed on Friday.
Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 06:30 UTC
Havana reacts to new Trump sanctions: “they will not break the will of Cubans”

Cuba on Friday said new sanctions planned by the United States were a futile attempt to change its policies and would only further isolate Washington internationally.
Friday, November 2nd 2018 - 09:05 UTC
More US sanctions on the “troika of tyranny” and its three dictator “stooges”

United States imposed new sanctions Thursday on Venezuela and Cuba and promised additional penalties against Nicaragua as the Trump administration laid out a hard-line policy toward countries the White House branded a “troika of tyranny.”
Friday, November 2nd 2018 - 07:37 UTC
US/China trade talks “moving along nicely”; Trump and Xi plan to meet at G20 in Argentina

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping both expressed optimism on Thursday about resolving their bitter trade disputes ahead of a high-stakes meeting planned for the two leaders at the end of November in Argentina.
Thursday, November 1st 2018 - 08:46 UTC
Trump makes immigration and birthrights leading issue of midterm election next week

President Donald Trump is intensifying his hard line immigration rhetoric heading into the midterm elections, 6 November, declaring that he wants to order an end to the constitutional right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on US soil.
Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 18:47 UTC
Pompeo speaks with Bolsonaro of “vibrant partnership” between Brazil, US

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Monday congratulated Brazil's President-Elect Jair Bolsonaro for his victory and “reinforced the vibrant partnership between the United States and Brazil based on our mutual commitment to promote security, democracy, economic prosperity, and human rights,” it was reported.
Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 07:42 UTC
Trump sends troops to Mexico border; double the number fighting ISIS in Syria

The Pentagon said on Monday it is sending 5,200 troops, some armed, to the Southwest border this week in an extraordinary military operation to stop Central American migrants traveling north in two caravans that were still hundreds of miles from the U.S. The number of troops is more than double the 2,000 who are in Syria fighting the Islamic State group.
Monday, October 29th 2018 - 08:26 UTC
Trump talks to Bolsonaro: looking forward to working side-by-side “as regional leaders of the Americas”

United States president Donald Trump called Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday to congratulate him on his election victory and both men expressed a strong commitment to work together, the White House said.
Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:48 UTC
Suspect with a long criminal record charged with mailing explosives to critics of president Trump

A man living in the state of Florida and with a decades-long criminal record was arrested and charged Friday with mailing at least 13 packages containing explosive devices to critics of President Donald Trump, authorities said.
Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:43 UTC
Government and consumer spending boosts US economy in third quarter

The US economy slowed less than expected in the third quarter as a tariff-related drop in soybean exports was partially offset by the strongest consumer spending in nearly four years, keeping it on track to hit the Trump administration’s 3% growth target this year.