Donald Trump has made it clear mediation offer on Kashmir not on table anymore: Harsh Vardhan Shringla
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has made it clear that his offer of mediation on Kashmir is not on the table anymore, a top Indian diplomat said on Monday. India’s Ambassador to the US, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, said that America’s decades-old policy on Kashmir has been no mediation but to encourage […]
Donald Trump lashes out at Huawei, rules out any business with the Chinese firm
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Saturday said America will not do any business with Chinese tech giant Huawei. The Trump administration believes that giving access to the state-controlled Huawei on 5G would risk America’s national security. As such the US is not only denying Huawei access inside the country but also is asking other […]
Indian-Americans urge Donald Trump to ‘fully support’ revocation of Article 370
NEW DELHI: The Indian-American community in the US has urged the Trump administration to “fully support” India’s decision to revoke the constitutional provision that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir and to continue to exert pressure on Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism. The Indian government abolished Article 370 and moved a […]
Won’t allow Huawei inside US due to national security threat, says Donald Trump
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said his administration will not allow Huawei, the Chinese technology giant, inside the country as it is related to the national security. “We’re not allowing Huawei into our country. We have not changed on that,” Trump told reporters responding to a question. “We can do business for non-security things with […]
Donald Trump warns China of substantial increase in import tariffs
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON:US President Donald Trump has warned of imposing substantial tariffs on imports from China if the trade negotiations did not go well. “China has to do a lot of things to turn it around. But you’ll be seeing. They’ve got to do a lot of things. It (tariff increase) goes on […]
‘China may wait till 2020 US presidential election to sign trade deal’: Donald Trump
Almost three months after their trade talks broke down in acrimony, Chinese and American negotiators meet again in Shanghai this week amid tempered expectations for breakthroughs in their year-long trade war. Two days of talks are scheduled to restart Tuesday after a truce reached by Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on the sidelines of […]
Will tax French wine in retaliation of their digital tax: Donald Trump
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would impose tax on French wine in retaliation of France’s digital tax that would impact American companies. “I told him (French President Emmanuel Macron) don’t do it, because if you do it, I’m going to tax your wine — tariff or tax […]
Imran Khan welcomes Donald Trump’s offer of mediation on Kashmir, says it won’t be resolved bilaterally
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: Buoyed by US President Donald Trump’s offer of mediation on Kashmir, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that the contentious issue between the two South Asian neighbours can never be resolved bilaterally. Khan’s statement came hours after Trump offered to be the “mediator” between India and Pakistan on […]
No such request made by Narendra Modi: Jaishankar on Donald Trump’s claim
NEW DELHI: Amid a massive controversy over US President Donald Trump’s claim on Kashmir mediation, India Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi never made any such request to the US leader and reiterated that Kashmir is a bilateral issue. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in Rajya Sabha that all outstanding issues between India and […]
US lawmaker apologises for Donald Trump’s “embarrassing” claim on Kashmir
WASHINGTON: An influential Democratic Congressman on Tuesday apologised to India’s US envoy for President Donald Trump’s “embarrassing” remarks on Kashmir, while several others came out in support of New Delhi’s established stand against any third-party role on the issue. “I just apologised to Indian Ambassador Harsh Shringla for Trump’s amateurish and embarrassing mistake,” Congressman Brad […]
Trump claims Modi asked him to mediate in the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has offered to mediate the decades-long Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, a move that signals a shift in long-standing US policy that the issue must be solved bilaterally. “If I can help, I would love to be a mediator,” Trump said at the White House on Monday, where he […]
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan leaves for US for first meeting with President Donald Trump
By Sajjad Hussain ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday left for his maiden trip to the US to have face-to-face talks with President Donald Trump and reboot bilateral relations that were hit after he publicly criticised Islamabad, cancelled military aid and asked it to do more to fight terrorism. Prime Minister Khan’s visit […]
Donald Trump supporters ridicule non-white Democrat lawmaker criticised by him
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: Ardent supporters of US President Donald Trump in a rally raised slogans against one of the four non-white Democrat Congresswomen, whom he criticised in a series of alleged “racist tweets”, chanting “send her back.” Trump, during a rally on Wednesday in North Carolina, defended his remarks against Democratic lawmakers Alexandria […]
Donald Trump signs executive order to raise standards for Made in America products
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that raises the standards for products to be designated as Made in America, which will have a major impact on procurement of products by the federal and state government that runs into billions. “Today, I’m pleased to announce that we will begin our Buy American […]
Donald Trump accuses India of imposing tariffs on American products; says ‘no longer acceptable’
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has long had a “field day” imposing tariffs on American products, which is “no longer acceptable” to the US. Trump’s terse comment came days after his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend G20 summit, set to meet Donald Trump to end trade war
By K J M Varma BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the G-20 summit in Japan this week during which he would meet his US counterpart Donald Trump for key talks to clinch a deal to end the bruising trade war and to forestall moves by Washington to clamp tariffs on the remaining USD […]