united states Archives

Home
united states

Tag: united states

World

AFP
Jul 14, 2025

Trump threatens ‘very severe tariffs’ on Russia allies if no Ukraine deal

“We’re going to be doing secondary tariffs. If we don’t have a deal in 50 days, it’s very simple. And they’ll be at 100 per cent, and that’s the way it is,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

World

AFP
Jul 14, 2025

China, India should work towards ‘win-win’ cooperation: Wang Yi

China and India should “adhere to the direction of good-neighborliness and friendship” and “find a way for mutual respect and trust, peaceful coexistence, common development and win-win cooperation”, Wang said

Business

AFP
Jul 14, 2025

China exports to US up 32.4pc in June, overall figures beat forecast

The country shipped $38.2 billion worth of goods to the United States, up from $28.8 billion in May, China’s General Administration of Customs said. Shipments totalled $33 billion in April.

World

AFP
Jul 13, 2025

EU must be ready for decisive action over US tariffs: Germany

Lars Klingbeil told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that “serious and solution-oriented negotiations” with the US were still necessary, but added that if they fail, the EU would need “decisive counter-measures to protect jobs and businesses in Europe”.

Latest

Reuters
Jul 11, 2025

Trump to speak to Lula at some point, Brazil downplays tariff impact

Brazil’s government projected the tariffs to have little impact on its economic growth this year, which it expects to reach 2.5 per cent, as only some specific manufacturing sectors would be hard
hit.

World

Reuters
Jul 10, 2025

Russia rejects ‘threats and manipulation’, Lula vows retaliation

“The language of threats and manipulation, if you will, about what is or is not happening, including on the BRICS platform, is not the sort of language that should to be spoken to the participants of this association.”

Latest

Reuters
Jul 10, 2025

Trump tariffs on Brazil to make US coffee, orange juice expensive

President Donald Trump launched new tariffs on Wednesday which included raising duty on Brazilian imports to 50 per cent from 10 per cent, effective August 1, despite the US having a $7.4 billion trade surplus with Brazil.

World

AFP
Jul 10, 2025

China says foiled foreign espionage plots including ‘honeytrap’

“Unable to resist the seductive beauty of the foreign intelligence agent,” Li was then blackmailed with “intimate photos” and forced to hand over official documents once back in China.

World

Web Desk
Jul 09, 2025

US sanctions UN rights expert for Palestinian territories

He also labelled the UN expert’s strident criticism of the United States as “political and economic warfare”, while also showing how strong the US-Israel bond is.

World

Web Desk
Jul 08, 2025

Trump says ‘no extensions’ to Aug 1 tariff deadline

Stressing that the United States would start collecting tariffs on imports from various countries on August 1, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post: “There has been no change to this date, and there will be no change.”