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Montevideo, October 22nd 2025 - 22:23 UTC

Tag: White House

  • Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 09:07 UTC

    Women’s economic empowerment discussed at OAS with Ivanka Trump

    White House Advisor Ivanka Trump underlined “the world is more prosperous, more at peace when women across the globe can fully participate in the economy”

    The Inter-American Council for Integral Development of the Organization of American States (OAS) today organized a meeting that featured Secretary General Luis Almagro, White House Advisor Ivanka Trump and the President and CEO the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Ray W. Washburne, to discuss “Financial Empowerment of Women for the Sustainable Social and Economic Development of the Americas.”

  • Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

    After criticism, White House flag at half-staff on John McCain's death

    ”Despite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain's service to our country and, in his honor, have signed a proclamation to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff

    US President Donald Trump has announced that the White House flag will be returned to half-staff, after critics attacked his response to the death of Republican senator John McCain.

  • Friday, August 24th 2018 - 09:02 UTC

    Trump warns that any attempt to impeach him would crash the US economy

    “If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash. I think everybody would be very poor,” Mr Trump told Fox News.

    US President Donald Trump has warned that any attempt to impeach him would result in the crash of the economy. The President made the claim as the White House struggled to manage the fallout from a plea deal Mr Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen made with prosecutors, and the conviction of his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort on financial charges.

  • Tuesday, July 17th 2018 - 09:49 UTC

    US Congress furious after Trump sides with Putin, saying “no Russian meddling in US elections”

    At a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland, on Monday, Trump contradicted US intelligence agencies, saying Russia had no reason to meddle.

    There has been a barrage of criticism in the United States after President Donald Trump defended Russia over claims of interference in the 2016 elections. At a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland, on Monday, Trump contradicted US intelligence agencies, saying Russia had no reason to meddle.

  • Monday, July 2nd 2018 - 08:31 UTC

    Leading world car makers urge US not to impose tariffs on auto imports

    The Munich-based luxury automaker said its investment of US$ 9 billion in the Spartanburg, South Carolina, BMW plant, supports more than 120,000 U.S. jobs.

    BMW and Hyundai Motor urged the U.S. not to impose tariffs on auto imports, joining General Motors Co. in pressing their case to the Commerce Department even as a top aide to President Donald Trump dismissed the concerns as “smoke and mirrors.”

  • Monday, June 4th 2018 - 08:57 UTC

    Trade deal falls warns China, if US insists with imposing more tariffs

    China’s warning came after U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and China’s top economic official, Vice Premier Liu He, wrapped up a meeting in Beijing

    China said on Sunday it wouldn’t step up its purchases of United States products if President Donald Trump goes ahead with his threat to tax billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese imports. White House advisers insisted on fundamental changes in ties between the world’s two biggest economic powers.

  • Saturday, May 19th 2018 - 09:27 UTC

    China/US trade talks on a more positive track; Beijing dumps sorghum levy

    A day earlier, Beijing had cleared the way for a group led by the U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital to buy Toshiba's computer memory chip business.

    Beijing has dropped an anti-dumping investigation into imported U.S. sorghum, which it had accused the United States of unfairly subsiding. It has also given approval for a U.S. private equity firm to buy Toshiba's memory chip business. Those gestures could suggest a thaw with the U.S. as trade talks went on in Washington in an atmosphere of hopefulness but hardly assurance of a breakthrough in the impasse.

  • Saturday, May 5th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

    Trump said date and location for meeting with Kim Jong Un has been set

    The White House announced that Trump will host South Korea's Moon at the White House on May 22, in talks aimed at demonstrating allied unity

    President Donald Trump on Friday said the date and location have been set for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, building suspense for the unprecedented talks, as South Korea said it would oppose a withdrawal of U.S. troops from the area.

  • Wednesday, May 2nd 2018 - 08:18 UTC

    Trump's 2015 “Super” health report was dictated by the president, claims doctor

    Mr Bornstein also said that government officials had carried out a “raid” on his offices in February 2017, removing all of Mr. Trump's medical records

    Donald Trump's former doctor has said he did not write a 2015 letter declaring the then-Republican presidential candidate's “astonishingly excellent” health, US media report. “[Trump] dictated that whole letter,” Harold Bornstein told CNN on Tuesday.

  • Wednesday, April 25th 2018 - 09:18 UTC

    Trump/Macron summit: much personal chemistry but not so in the Iran issue

    Macron: “It’s not a mystery we did not have the same starting positions or stances, and neither you nor I have a habit of changing our stances or going with the wind”

    President Trump vowed Tuesday to look for common ground with his French counterpart in dealing with Iran but made no commitment to stick with the nuclear agreement he described as “insane” and “ridiculous.” Receiving French President Emmanuel Macron for a state visit at the White House, Trump repeated his criticism of the agreement to freeze Iran's nuclear program, saying it doesn't address Tehran's missile program or its attempts to foment unrest in the region.