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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

How will Trump take Amazon’s move to Washington?

14 Nov 2018 - 4:06pm 2

Experts predict that US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss trade and tariffs, climate change, immigration, and relations with Russia. File photo: AFP

United States & Canada

‘King of the world’ Trump to ditch US for Paris after midterms

6 Nov 2018 - 1:30pm 3

An 1894 notarised statement by witnesses attesting to the identity of Wong Kim Ark. A photograph of Wong is affixed to the statement. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Diplomacy

The Chinese-American whose Supreme Court case changed the country

1 Nov 2018 - 7:08pm 5

As a freewheeling president in one of the world’s most regimented jobs, Donald Trump appears to be redefining the nature of the role. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

A Trump workday with 9 hours of ‘Executive Time’

1 Nov 2018 - 2:04am 8

The Qualcomm Inc. booth at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai in Shanghai, China, in June. Photo: Bloomberg

United States & Canada

China rattles Washington’s tech debates

28 Oct 2018 - 10:27am 61

Treaty that limits number of nuclear weapons will expire in 2021 unless Trump and Putin agree to extend it

United States & Canada

Nuclear fears: last US-Russia arms pact could ‘simply die’

24 Oct 2018 - 1:05pm 1

America’s nuclear treaty ultimatum is as much about China as it is Russia

United States & Canada

Chinese missile build-up has also strained US-Russia arms pact

23 Oct 2018 - 11:22am 6

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

United States & Canada

US Treasury secretary says he won’t go to Saudi conference

19 Oct 2018 - 5:31am 2

In an unusually outspoken attack, two top US officials made clear that Donald Trump was growing frustrated with Europe’s foot-dragging over a promised trade deal

Europe

Juncker and Trump’s transatlantic trade truce falters

18 Oct 2018 - 8:52am 11

The US Treasury Department said in a report released Wednesday that Beijing was not intentionally devaluing its currency. Photo: Reuters

China

Treasury sends warning shot to China on currency

18 Oct 2018 - 6:22am 14

The headwinds heading China’s way are unmistakable, particularly with Donald Trump, at right, threatening to up the tariff ante. Photo: AP

Insight & Opinion

How Trump’s trade war is driving China nuts

17 Oct 2018 - 12:30am 61

Meanwhile, Pentagon reporters have complained they were not receiving information they need to keep the public informed about US military activities

United States & Canada

Actor Gerard Butler gives press briefing at Pentagon about new movie

16 Oct 2018 - 9:13am

Different groups of supporters, including one supporting US President Donald Trump, attend Boston rally ahead a trial that will examine if Harvard discriminates against Asian-Americans. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

Republicans court Asian-Americans with drive to end affirmative action

15 Oct 2018 - 12:16pm 9

In a crucial period with the midterms less than a month away, some in the White House are worried that the president is losing a megaphone to his base

United States & Canada

Trump, no longer ratings gold, loses his prime time spot on Fox News

11 Oct 2018 - 3:15pm 3

A motorist drives past shipping containers in California in July. Photo: AFP

Business

US companies file thousands of China tariff exclusion requests

11 Oct 2018 - 5:42am 24

One expert said some of the evidence the US administration has offered is a normal reaction to the ongoing trade war between the US and China. File photo: A{

United States & Canada

Trump says China is meddling in US elections. Cyber firms disagree

7 Oct 2018 - 10:24pm 21

US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. Photo: Bloomberg

United States & Canada

Where is US transport secretary Elaine Chao?

5 Oct 2018 - 12:48am 11

They are looking for a bigger reset after US-Canada relations had sunk to their lowest level in decades

United States & Canada

Behind the scenes with Trump and Trudeau: how they made nice

4 Oct 2018 - 11:13am

The new lawsuit contends that the system will effectively turn the top-level alerts into ‘government loudspeakers’ that would allow President Donald Trump or others to disseminate propaganda. File photo: AFP

United States & Canada

Lawsuit to block Trump from sending ‘presidential alerts’ to phones

2 Oct 2018 - 12:12pm 3

US President Donald Trump listens to a council member at a United Nations Security Council on Wednesday. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

The UN rebukes Donald Trump in his hometown

27 Sep 2018 - 7:05am 26

‘In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country,’ Trump says, prompting audible laughter

United States & Canada

Trump bragged about his presidency at UN and world leaders laughed

26 Sep 2018 - 9:26am 119

Walmart recently warned it will need to raise prices on a huge swath of products imported from China. Other large consumer-product companies announced price hikes over the summer. File photo: Bloomberg

United States & Canada

Trump’s trade wars start biting Republican Party ahead of midterms

24 Sep 2018 - 5:37pm 13

Donald Trump’s national security adviser once infamously suggested that if the UN tower ‘lost 10 storeys, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference’

United States & Canada

John Bolton returns to a UN he made a career of blasting

24 Sep 2018 - 11:52am 6

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

Trumpworld agrees Rosenstein must go but is divided over timing

23 Sep 2018 - 3:50pm 1

An employee works at Dongbei Special Steel in Dalian, Liaoning province. China produced a record 81.2 million tonnes of raw steel in July this year, up 7.7 per cent from a year earlier, according to the World Steel Association. Photo: Reuters

News

US complains global steel forum for failing to curb output in China

21 Sep 2018 - 3:18pm 1

Apple's popular gadgets were spared in the Trump administration's latest round of tariffs on US$200 billion worth of products from China, thanks in part to savvy moves by Cook

Tech

Apple CEO walks trade tightrope with Trump

21 Sep 2018 - 3:36pm 1

US President Donald Trump was ‘very frustrated with North Korea saying one thing and doing another’. File photo: AFP

Diplomacy

Trump came ‘really close’ to moving US dependents out of South Korea

17 Sep 2018 - 11:51am 2

US President Donald Trump, left, and China's President Xi Jinping may see other at the United Nations General Assembly in New York later this month. Photo: AFP

China

Trump poised to impose tariffs on US$200 billion in Chinese goods

16 Sep 2018 - 3:47pm 147

A new report from the US Peace Institute highlights President Trump’s approach to foreign affairs, which often seems out of kilter with his own administration’s official National Security Strategy. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

‘Fragile states’ at risk of extremism fostered by Russian, Chinese influence, report says

13 Sep 2018 - 4:56pm 10

Trump regularly uses Twitter to heap abuse on his perceived enemies and at times raise the spectre of violence. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

Twitter says Trump not immune from getting kicked off

5 Sep 2018 - 11:30am 6

‘Our sea control and our power projection, two vital elements of our national security, are being challenged by resurgent foreign powers, namely Russia and China’

United States & Canada

US Navy re-establishes Atlantic fleet as Russian submarine activity surges

25 Aug 2018 - 10:05pm 6

In fact, Wall Street pros often talk about a potential relief rally if Donald Trump departs the White House early

United States & Canada

No, impeachment will not crash the stock market

24 Aug 2018 - 10:49am 10

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Mexico's secretary of economy, speaks to members of the media while arriving for a meeting at the office of the US Trade Representative in Washington on August 15. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg

United States & Canada

Nafta ‘handshake’ deal with Mexico targeted for Thursday

23 Aug 2018 - 4:39am

Donald Trump slammed his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, at left, as a two-bit lawyer, while offering high praise for his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Photo: AFP

United States & Canada

Trump torches Cohen and smothers Manafort with praise

23 Aug 2018 - 6:08am

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Photo: Bloomberg

United States & Canada

Inside the Trump bubble: ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ but no talk of Cohen

22 Aug 2018 - 4:41pm 3

When ‘truth isn’t truth’: Rudy Giuliani’s weirdest moments

United States & Canada

When ‘truth isn’t truth’: 8 weird Rudy Giuliani moments

20 Aug 2018 - 2:47pm 7

Draft excerpts from a statement obtained exclusively by POLITICO include the bracketed phrase “hold for determination” in a passage that will offer Mike Pompeo’s conclusion about how to describe the vicious campaign against Rohingya Muslims. Photo: AP

Society

Pompeo statement shows debate over Myanmar ‘genocide’

16 Aug 2018 - 3:29pm 4

US President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull. File photo: AP

United States & Canada

Trump’s diplomatic learning curve: time zones, ‘Nambia’ and ‘Nipple’

14 Aug 2018 - 11:36am 8

President Donald Trump entertained a group of 13 CEOs and senior White House staff at a dinner in the middle of his annual working vacation on Tuesday night. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

Trump rails against China during dinner with executives

9 Aug 2018 - 8:10pm 181

Trade lawyer’s tariff T-shirts go viral

United States & Canada

How a T-shirt explains Donald Trump’s trade war

8 Aug 2018 - 7:31pm 6

Here's a round-up of some of the complaints about Donald Trump’s tariffs heard on Capitol Hill in recent weeks

United States & Canada

Trump tariffs sting farmers, businesses from sea to shining sea

2 Aug 2018 - 3:14pm 19

If convicted on all counts, 69-year old Paul Manafort faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life behind bars. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

Why Robert Mueller needs a win in the Paul Manafort trial

31 Jul 2018 - 3:52pm 2

The retired Marine general was brought in to tame the president, but in the end Trump boxed him in

United States & Canada

How John Kelly became Donald Trump’s ‘chief in name only’

30 Jul 2018 - 3:53pm 2

Larry Kudlow, director of the White House National Economic Council, expressed cautious optimism coming out of President Donald Trump’s meeting last week with a top European official. (Photo: Associated Press)

Diplomacy

Kudlow defends tariffs on China, wants to avoid EU duties

30 Jul 2018 - 4:12pm

Mel Watt, the regulator of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, was accused of asking an employee about a tattoo on her ankle, saying, ‘If I kissed that one would it lead to more?’

United States & Canada

POLITICO: US housing chief probed for ‘tattoo-kissing sexual harassment’

28 Jul 2018 - 10:03am

As President Donald Trump continues to argue that the strong economy and stock market offer him leeway to press his aggressive approach, his trade battles could wind up slowing an economy that is among the GOP’s strongest selling points to voters. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

POLITICO: Trump gets his big moment to boast about trade war

27 Jul 2018 - 8:05pm

Corn grows in front of a barn in rural Ashland, Nebraska, on July 24. The Trump administration announced Tuesday it will provide US$12 billion in relief to farmers slammed by trade disputes. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

Why Trump’s record-breaking trade aid for farmers could fail

26 Jul 2018 - 6:35pm 15