WASHINGTON:  , The United States said Monday ( Mar 31 ) it has dispatched a disaster relief team to Myanmar days after a major earthquake, defending the pace of the deployment following President Donald Trump’s dismantling of America’s main overseas aid agency. The United States has announced US$ 2 millionContinue Reading
Following a remark made by the Southeast Asian nation’s junta on Friday ( Mar 28 ), President Donald Trump promised to assist Myanmar in the event that it was hit by a significant earthquake. When asked if he would react to the appeal made by Myanmar’s military leaders, Trump responded,”Continue Reading
“DIFFERENCES” China claims to be a natural group in the fight in Ukraine. However, Beijing is a close ally of Russia in both political and economic terms, and NATO members have previously criticized Beijing as a “decisive innovator” of the conflict. Barrot previously acknowledged “differences” between Beijing and Paris regardingContinue Reading
The Democratic president also stated that he would meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but he would never specify when. China has never made any comments regarding a Trump-Xi meet. Trump’s trade restrictions are limited to 10 % hostile duties on imports of American fuel, liquefied natural oil, and farmContinue Reading
Trump increased the blanket tariff on Chinese goods from 10 % to 20 % earlier this month. On a wide range of US agricultural products, including soybeans, bacon, and meat, Beijing reacted with charges of up to 15 %. China, the major steel producer in the world, has also pledgedContinue Reading
” NOT OVER” Some protesters their directed indignation at US President Donald Trump. In Paris, people from the Femen advocate party marched naked with either the US or the Russian national symbol, marked with a symbol, painted on their chest. Dozens of women have alleged the Republican sexually abused them,Continue Reading
The UN rights chief expressed deep concern on Monday ( Mar 3 ) over Donald Trump’s “fundamental shift” in direction and decried the “unchecked power” of “unelected tech oligarchs.” Volker Turk addressed the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, expressing the country’s most vehement condemnation of the new upheaval inContinue Reading
New Zealand and Vietnam signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership late on Wednesday ( Feb 26 ), promising to boost engagement in areas like education and defense, according to a statement from the two nations. The joint declaration said Hanoi and Wellington had over the next year develop a shared planContinue Reading
SYDNEY: Rights organizations on Monday ( Feb. 17 ) denounced an Australian plan to relocate three violent foreign criminals, including a murderer, to Nauru, a tiny Pacific island nation. Canberra announced on Sunday that it had paid an undisclosed amount to Nauru’s population of about 13, 000 people in exchangeContinue Reading
Based on data from the World Trade Organization, India’s easy average tariff level is 17 per share, compared to approximately 3.3 per share for the US. On a trade-weighted base, India’s level is about 12 per share, vs the US price of 2.2 per share. Hassett told CNBC that TrumpContinue Reading