We’re bank everyone wants to rob: 50 percent tariff on US motorcycles by India unacceptable, says Donald Trump
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump said that even though India has reduced its import tariff on American motorcycles from 100 percent to 50 percent, it is still too high and not acceptable to him. Trump said the United States, under his leadership, is a country that can no longer be fooled. “We’re not the […]
Donald Trump says US-China trade deal could include Huawei
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Thursday for the first time linked a dispute over telecom giant Huawei, which he views as a threat to American security, with a deal to resolve the US-China trade war. “Huawei is something that is very dangerous,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “You look at what they’ve done […]
Donald Trump declares national emergency over cyber threats
WASHINGTON: With a motive to protect US communications network from “foreign adversaries”, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Wednesday. The executive order gives the federal government powers to restrict US companies from doing business transactions with certain foreign tech suppliers “posing an unacceptable risk to the national security”, said White House Press Secretary […]
Donald Trump, Democrats agree to spend $2 trillion on US infrastructure
WASHINGTON: Democratic congressional leaders — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer — said they have agreed to seek a deal with President Donald Trump on a 2-trillion-US-dollar infrastructure package. “We agreed on a number, which was very, very good, 2 trillion dollars for infrastructure,” Xinhua quoted Schumer as saying to reporters […]
Donald Trump again goes after India, says it slaps ‘big tariffs’ on US products
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has criticised India’s “big tariffs” on American paper products and the iconic Harley-Davidson bikes, saying the US has been losing billions of dollars to countries like India, China and Japan. Addressing a Republican political rally in Wisconsin state’s Green Bay city on Sunday, Trump alleged that every country has been ripping […]
Donald Trump plans to scrap preferential trade status for India, Turkey
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: USA President Donald Trump has said he intends to end the preferential trade status granted to India and Turkey, asserting that New Delhi has failed to assure America of “equitable and reasonable” access to its markets, an announcement that could be seen as a major setback to bilateral trade ties. […]
Donald Trump demands USD 5.7 billion funding for USA-Mexico border wall
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the Democrats to allocate a whopping USD 5.7 billion funding for his controversial USA-Mexico border wall plan to halt a “growing humanitarian and security crisis” and cited the cold-blooded murder of an Indian-origin police officer by an illegal immigrant to implement his signature campaign […]
Donald Trump says I am all alone in White House
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: Bored at the White House on Christmas Eve, a lone Donald Trump spent the day slamming his critics, as the government entered its third day of partial shutdown initiated by a rift with Democrats over the President’s long-promised wall along the US-Mexico border. President Trump, who has cancelled his trip […]
‘Big’ USA-China trade deal could happen soon: Donald Trump
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday said a major USA-China trade deal could emerge in the near future, saying that China’s position has been weakened by the economic impact of the tariffs war. “China wants to make a big and very comprehensive deal. It could happen, and rather soon!” he tweeted. Trump said that China’s […]
China agrees to ‘reduce and remove’ tariffs on USA cars: Donald Trump
WASHINGTON: China has agreed to scale back tariffs on imported United States of America (USA) cars, President Donald Trump said Sunday, one day after agreeing with Xi Jinping to a ceasefire in the trade war between the world’s top two economies. Asia stocks had rallied on the news that Washington and Beijing would not impose […]
G-20 summit: Narendra Modi interacts with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Theresa May
BUENOS AIRES: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Theresa May ahead of the G-20 summit here. The brief exchange of views came ahead of the first trilateral meeting between Modi, Trump and the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later Friday. […]
Won’t allow migrants into USA until court approves claims individually: Donald Trump
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: United States of America (USA) President Donald Trump has said migrants at the southern border will not be allowed into America until a court approves their claims individually. Trump’s comments came in the wake of a caravan of people — mostly from three Latin American countries El Salvador, Guatemala and […]
Donald Trump thanks Saudi Arabia for lower oil prices
By Terrence Dopp WASHINGTON: United States of America (USA) President Donald Trump thanked Saudi Arabia for keeping oil prices down and urged the kingdom to push prices even lower. “Oil prices getting lower. Great!,” Trump said on Twitter Wednesday. “Thank you to Saudi Arabia, but let’s go lower!” Oil recovered from a one-year low as […]
Won’t ‘abandon’ Saudi over Khashoggi killing: Donald Trump
WASHINGTON: United States of America (USA) President Donald Trump has defended his decision not to hold Saudi rulers accountable in the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying maintaining strategic ties with the kingdom and keeping the global oil prices down were in the best interest of America. The death of Khashoggi, a onetime insider […]
In a first, Donald Trump invites Indian envoy to share podium at White House Diwali event
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: United States of America (USA) President Donald Trump created history of sorts when he invited Indian Ambassador Navtej Singh Sarna to share the podium with him at the White House Diwali event. In fact, Trump’s body language, his remarks and the atmospherics inside the Roosevelt Room of the White House […]
Donald Trump criticises Emmanuel Macron again over European defence remarks
NEW DELHI: United States of America (USA) President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched another attack against Emmanuel Macron over the French president’s call for a European army, a proposal the US leader earlier had dubbed “insulting.” “Emmanuel Macron suggests building its own army to protect Europe against the US, China and Russia. But it was […]