Tag: Trump

New York: President Donald Trump has called out Pakistan directly on the car-bomb attack on CRPF personnel by terrorists based there and declared that it will only strengthen efforts by India and the US to strengthen their cooperation in fighting terrorism. “The United States condemns in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack by a […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has asked China to remove all of its tariffs on American agricultural products, pointing to his decision to delay a second round of tariffs and to improving trade relations with Beijing. “I have asked China to immediately remove all tariffs on our agricultural products (including beef, pork, etc.) based on […]

New York: US President Donald Trump has announced that he was ending India’s $5.6 billion trade concessions under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) programme accusing New Delhi of not providing Washington “equitable and reasonable access” to its markets. Trump, who is on a mission to expand marker access abroad and end trade deficits, made […]

Washington: No date has been set yet for a summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the White House said on Monday noting that the trade negotiations between the two countries still continues. “In terms of whether or not we have a date set, not yet. We’re continuing the […]

Washington: India charges America over 100 per cent tariffs on a large number of products while the US imposes nothing on the similar or same items, President Donald Trump has said, urging his administration to work on the “stupid trade”. His statement came days after he criticised India, saying it is one of the world’s […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has publicly recommended Boeing to “rebrand” its troubled 737 Max planes after two fatal crashes led to the indefinite global grounding of the model and widespread criticism against the company. “What do I know about branding, maybe nothing (but I did become President!), but if I were Boeing, I would fix […]

Washington: A day after ace golfer Tiger Woods won his fifth Masters title and 15th major tournament in a rousing resurrection of his career, US President Donald Trump said that he would give him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Trump made the announcement on a Twitter post on Monday, but did not give any other details, […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that trade talks between the Washington and Tokyo were “moving along very nicely” and suggested a deal might be reached by late May as he met visiting Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe at the White House. During his meeting with Abe at the White House on Friday, Trump […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump spoke over phone with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the issue of Ankara’s purchase of S-400 missile defence system, said the White House. Trump and Erdogan discussed trade, security concerns in northern Syria, and Turkey’s planned purchase of the Russian made S-400 system, Xinhua reported on Monday, citing a […]

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 […]

Washington: White House Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow has said that there was a “strong possibility” that US President Donald Trump will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the G20 economic summit in Japan next month. Kudlow said during a TV interview on Sunday that the chances of such a meeting “were pretty good”, but added […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has hosted his second annual iftar dinner at the White House and said it’s “been a very rough time” for Muslims around the world. The dinner, which breaks the daily fast of Ramadan for Muslims around the world, on Monday night was attended by ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps […]

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “big victory” in the general elections, saying “great things” were in store for the partnership between the two countries. “Congratulations to Prime Minister NarendraModi and his BJP party on their big election victory! Great things are in store for the […]

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Friday called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi to congratulate him on his election victory and the two leader agreed to meet at the upcoming G-20 summit in Japan. “President Trump congratulated the Prime Minister on the unprecedented electoral victory. The two leaders agreed to meet at the forthcoming […]

Washington: Hundreds of immigrant labourers in the USA who can’t prove their legal status are being forced to quit after their employers received ‘no-match letters’ from the Social Security Administration (SSA), according to media reports. ‘No-match letters’ are sent out when the SSA detects discrepancies between its records and the information provided by employees on […]