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Indonesia hails ‘new era’ with US

Indonesia’s president on Wednesday hailed a ‘new era’ of trade relations with the United States, after Donald Trump said he would slash tariffs faced by Southeast Asia’s biggest economy from 32 per cent to 19 per cent...

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Indonesian shoemakers fear Trump tariffs

At a leather boot shop in the Indonesian city of Bandung, workers handle an order from Texas but owner Etnawati Melani says she fears such business will dwindle when Donald Trump’s tariffs hit exports...

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A recipe for geopolitical decline

THE July 7, 2025, letter from President Donald J Trump to Dr Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor to the government of Bangladesh, reads like a familiar echo of an old, misguided economic playbook. In it, the US warns of a 35 per cent tariff on all Bangladeshi goods entering American markets, citing long-standing trade deficits and the need for reciprocal trade...

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Russia suggests Trump delaying peace

The Kremlin warned Tuesday that US president Donald Trump’s pledge of more weapons for Kyiv and threat of sanctions targeting Russian trading partners could embolden Ukraine and further delay already stalled peace efforts...

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US consumer inflation accelerates

US consumer inflation picked up in line with analyst expectations last month, government data showed Tuesday, as policymakers try to gauge how president Donald Trump’s ever-growing list of tariffs is affecting the economy...

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US will send Ukraine Patriot air defence systems: Trump

President Donald Trump on Sunday said the United States would send Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine to help it fight off a Russian invasion, as his relations with Russian president Vladimir Putin soured...

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S’pore averts recession in Q2

Singapore averted a recession in the second quarter, official data showed Monday, but the government warned of ‘significant uncertainty’ ahead owing to the effects of US president Donald Trump’s tariffs...

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Boos and applause for Trump at FIFA Club World Cup final

Donald Trump experienced the agony and the ecstasy of football on Sunday as he was booed at the final of the FIFA Club World Cup -- even as he joined in some high-spirited celebrations with champions Chelsea.

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Impact of US tariffs varies across European Union

European countries are not all equally exposed to the US market and so will not suffer the same consequences should president Donald Trump go ahead with his threats to impose 30-per cent tariffs on the European Union...

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Trump’s dealmaker name on the line

President Donald Trump set out early in his second term to fulfil a decades-long desire of reshaping US trade with the world, but the main outcomes so far have been discord and uncertainty...

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Mexico, EU to face 30pc Trump tariffs from August 1

President Donald Trump on Saturday targeted Mexico and the European Union with steep 30 per cent tariffs, dramatically raising the stakes in already tense negotiations with two of the largest US trading partners...

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Mexico slams Trump’s 30pc tariff threat

Mexico slammed US president Donald Trump’s latest threat of 30 per cent tariffs Saturday as an ‘unfair deal,’ according to a government statement...

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US state dept begins mass layoffs

More than 1,300 state department employees were fired Friday in a downsizing ordered by president Donald Trump and touted as cutting bloated government—but which critics predict will hamstring US influence around the world...

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Architecture of upward redistribution in US

NAMES can and do mislead. Especially when they are deployed to disguise betrayal as benevolence. The US Senate has just passed what Donald Trump hails as ‘one big, beautiful bill’ — a sweeping tax package projected to add $3.7 trillion to the national debt over a decade. Upon narrowly passing the Senate in a 50–50 tie, broken only by the vice president’s vote...

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Trump birthright citizenship order halted

A federal judge on Thursday halted president Donald Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship, as opponents of the policy pursue a new legal avenue following the US Supreme Court’s overturning of a previous block.

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Japan’s sticky problem with Trump, tariffs and rice

Donald Trump’s insistence that ‘spoiled’ Japan imports more US rice is adding to prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s problems ahead of elections that could sink his premiership after less than a year in office.

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Trump threatens Canada with higher tariff

Canada will face a 35 per cent tariff on exports to the United States starting August 1, president Donald Trump said in a late-night letter to prime minister Mark Carney that upends negotiations between the neighbours and close allies.

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2nd day negotiations begin

The second round of negotiations over tariff issues between Bangladesh and the United States began for the second day on Thursday in the US capital Washington...