WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump privately advised Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to avoid provoking China over Taiwan’s sovereignty, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal, following a heated diplomatic clash between Tokyo and Beijing. The dispute erupted after Takaichi suggested Japan could intervene militarily if China launched an attack on Taiwan, the…
For the first time in more than three decades, the United States will resume nuclear weapons testing, ending a 30-year moratorium that began after the Cold War. President Donald Trump announced the decision on Thursday, arguing that renewed testing is necessary to ensure the U.S. maintains strategic dominance over Russia and China. The announcement came…
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping could exert significant influence over Russian President Vladimir Putin in efforts to bring an end to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump expressed optimism about Beijing’s potential role in shaping Moscow’s decisions, just days before a planned meeting…
NEW YORK — Global stock markets tumbled on Monday following Beijing’s new trade restrictions targeting U.S. shipping firms, sparking fears of an intensifying economic standoff between the world’s two largest economies. The selloff came after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a stark warning to Beijing, saying China “will be hurt the most” if it…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump sought to calm fears of a spiraling trade conflict with China on Sunday, just hours after threatening to impose 100% tariffs on all Chinese imports in retaliation for Beijing’s export restrictions on rare earth minerals. The proposed tariffs would mark a massive escalation — nearly doubling the current average…
