US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, saying, "An honour to have you with us." The meeting, held ahead of the APEC Summit, aimed to ease tensions over tariffs and trade restrictions, marking their first in-person talks since Trump's return to office.
US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan for a bilateral meeting ahead of the APEC Summit. It was their first in-person meeting since Trump's return to office, focusing on trade, tariffs, and security issues, with Trump calling Xi a "very tough negotiator."
The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) voted 50-46 to revoke President Donald Trump's authority to impose steep tariffs on Canada, following his recent decision to raise tariffs on the country by an additional 10 per cent over a television ad that criticised his trade policies
In a wide-ranging and rambling speech on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on Wednesday, Trump said the expected trade deal would be good for both countries and "something very exciting for everybody".
Post tariffs, trade deficit of United States declined by USD 42 billion but during the same period it has gone up by USD 9 billion with top five trading partners including India, noted a research report by the State Bank of India (SBI).
While delivering his keynote remarks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEOs Luncheon in Gyeongju, South Korea, the US President also reiterated his disputed claim of personally averting a nuclear war between India and Pakistan in May.
According to Politico, the voting on Tuesday (local time) saw five Republican Senators--Thom Tillis from North Carolina, Susan Collins from Maine, Lisa Murkowski from Alaska, Mitch McConnell from Kentucky, and Rand Paul from Kentucky--joining Democrats in supporting the resolution.
In a post on X, the Congress MP shared a video clip of Trump's latest remarks on the matter, where the US President claimed to have 'stopped' the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan and asserted that "seven brand new beautiful planes were shot down".
Trump, while delivering remarks at a dinner with business leaders during his visit to Japan on Tuesday (local time), said that he stopped the conflict through trade.
US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signed two key agreements in Tokyo -- one on trade, introducing tariffs and investments, and another on critical minerals to strengthen supply chains for essential materials used in electronics and advanced technologies.
Despite tariff challenges imposed by the United States, India's micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector demonstrated resilience in the July-September quarter, according to the latest MSME Outlook Survey released by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
Despite United States imposing higher tariffs on India in August, the Indian economy gained momentum in the second quarter (July-September) of the current financial year, according to the Department of Economic Affairs' (DEA), finance ministry's monthly economic review.