TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

US ‘working hard’ with India to help grow its economy: Pompeo

8:22 pm July 31, 2019

Washington: The US is “working hard” with the Indian government to provide the country with opportunities to grow its economy as part of the Trump administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Trade tensions between India and the US have been rising with President Donald Trump complaining that tariffs imposed by New […]

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US mulls increasing merit-based immigration to 57%

2:51 pm July 17, 2019

Washington: The Trump administration is proposing a nearly five-fold increase in merit-based legal immigration and half those based on family and humanitarian system, in an effort to overhaul the outdated system. Senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner, who is also the son-in-law of United States President Donald Trump, said having an immigration policy that would attract […]

Trump says China trade deal still on after adviser's remarks

Trump administration suspends trade complaint against China

2:14 pm June 15, 2019

Washington: The Trump administration has suspended a complaint it had made against China to the World Trade Organization, a shift that might signal a slight opening in the administration’s trade war with Beijing. The WTO says it’s granted a request to suspend work until December on the administration’s complaint that Beijing has failed to safeguard […]

Taiwan’s request for US tanks and missiles sparks China anger

7:25 pm June 6, 2019

Taipei: Taiwan on Thursday confirmed it is hoping to buy state-of-the-art tanks and portable missiles from the United States in a proposed deal that drew an angry rebuke from China. Taipei’s defence ministry has formally asked for 108 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks, more than 1,500 Javelin and TOW anti-tank missiles, and 250 shoulder-fired Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, it said in a statement. The […]

China says list of ‘unreliable’ foreign firms coming soon

6:24 pm June 6, 2019

Beijing: China’s Commerce Ministry will release a list of “unreliable” foreign companies in the near future, a spokesman said Thursday, without giving a specific date. The decision to create the list, announced last week, is widely seen as a response to a US decision to put Huawei Technologies on a blacklist for alleged theft of intellectual property and evasion of Iran sanctions. Chinese Commerce […]