Emmanuel Macron snubs US arms in defence spat with Donald Trump
PARIS: Europe should not spend higher defence budgets on US-made weapons, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview due to air on Sunday, after a defence row with President Donald Trump. One of dozens of world leaders attending World War I commemorations in France this weekend, Trump tweeted after landing in Paris that Macron’s […]
Trump’s new plan : No H-1B visas for lower-skilled outsourcing types of jobs
WASHINGTON: The Donald Trump administration wants to make changes in the existing H-1B provisions for it to play a better role in attracting highly skilled foreign workers as opposed to what it has now evolved into an “outsourcing” role, the White House said. “The president’s overall instinct – and he said this publicly a number […]
Birthright citizenship has created birth tourism: Donald Trump
WASHINGTON: United States of America (USA) President Donald Trump has claimed that the provision of birthright citizenship has created an entire industry of birth tourism in the US with Chinese people benefitting a lot from this “crazy, lunatic policy”. Birth tourism refers to the practice of people travelling to another country solely to give birth […]
Donald Trump says ‘anyone entering USA illegally will be arrested, detained and deported’
NEW DELHI: Anyone entering the United States of America (USA) illegally would be arrested, detained and then deported back, President Donald Trump has warned as he threatened three Central American nations to halt a migrant caravan from heading to America or lose millions of dollars in foreign aid. Trump’s warning comes amidst reports that a […]
Donald Trump wants people to come to USA on basis of merit
WASHINGTON: The United States of America (USA) President Donald Trump has said that he wants people with merit to enter the USA, a move that can help technology professionals from countries such as India. “I’m very tough at the borders. We’ve been very tough at the borders. People have to come into our country legally, […]
Donald Trump hails new USA-Canada-Mexico trade pact
WASHINGTON: The United States of America (USA) USA President Donald Trump on Monday declared a new US trade pact with Canada and Mexico to be “a great deal” for all three countries, hailing the replacement of the old NAFTA deal which he long railed against and threatened to cancel. Known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement […]
Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron discuss Syria, Iran and trade
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: United States of America (USA) President Donald Trump on Monday held a meeting with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, during which the two leaders discussed the situation in Syria, the aggressive behaviour of Iran and promoting free trade between the US and the European Union (EU). “The two leaders discussed […]
Donald Trump tells Apple to make products in USA to avoid China tariffs
By Christopher Bing The United States of America (USA) President Trump tweeted on Saturday that Apple Inc should make products inside the United States if it wants to avoid tariffs on Chinese imports. The company told trade officials in a letter on Friday that the proposed tariffs would affect prices for a “wide range” of […]