Trump Administration – Page 4 – Asia Times

Senior adviser Stephen Miller attends a cabinet meeting in the White House on August 16, 2018. Photo: AFP / Mandel Ngan

European Union, Israel, Middle East, Russia, World

The Trump whisperer

by Ian Buruma October 14, 2018

Indian Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Photo: AFP

India, Iran, Middle East, South Asia, World

India will break US sanctions and keep importing Iranian oil

by Asia Times staff October 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Secretary of commerce Wilbur Ross. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, China, Iran, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, World

Afghanistan’s mineral wealth catches Trump’s eye

by PK Semler October 8, 2018October 8, 2018

President Barack Obama talks on the telephone to the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis from the Oval Office, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Official White House photo by Pete Souza.

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

A dithering Obama emboldened China

by William Holland October 8, 2018

A fleet of US-made F-16 fighters from the Taiwanese air force. Photo: AFP/Patrick Lin

Beijing, China, Russia, World

America’s scrawny $200 billion defense industrial base

by Richard A. Bitzinger October 8, 2018

US President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House on Friday May 25. Photo: AFP/ Mandel Ngan

Middle East, Russia, World

Trump’s darkest days – so far

by Elizabeth Drew September 27, 2018

Still enjoying the ride. With some turbulence, the US stock market survived the second quarter largely unscathed despite Trump's threats to blow up the global trade order.

European Union, World

Do spectacular earnings justify spectacular US stock prices?

by Robert J Shiller September 25, 2018

China is locked in a conundrum with the United States over trade. Illustration: iStock.

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

China-US row risks heading to ‘Thucydides Trap’

by Xuan Loc Doan September 19, 2018

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, center, and US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, second right, walk through a hotel lobby in Beijing. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri

Australia, Beijing, China, France, India, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Trump playing the China card to boost sinking popularity

by Ken Moak September 19, 2018

Photo: AFP / Fabrice Coffrini

Japan, Northeast Asia, World

The global trade system could break down

by Anne O Krueger September 19, 2018

PM Imran Khan, left, talks to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second right, as Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, center left, listens during their meeting at the PM's Office in Islamabad. Photo: AFP / Pakistan Press Information Dept / Ho

Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

China poised to become Pakistan’s new strategic benefactor

by Adnan Aamir September 17, 2018

US Pentagon chief Jim Mattis delivers his speech during the first plenary session at the 16th Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore on June 3, 2017.
The annual Shangri-La Dialogue is attended by defense ministers from around the region and runs from June 2 to 4. Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman

AT Finance, China, European Union, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

After Mattis, a US military adrift?

by Richard A. Bitzinger September 17, 2018

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting with the Palestinian Central Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 15, 2018. Photo: AFP / Abbas Momani

Egypt, Israel, Middle East, World

Trump’s self-defeating Palestine policy

by Daoud Kuttab September 15, 2018

Palestinian schoolchildren chant slogans and raise the victory gesture over a UN flag during a protest at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school, financed by US aid, in the Arroub refugee camp near Hebron in the occupied West Bank on September 5, 2018.
Photo: AFP / Hazem Bader

European Union, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, New Zealand, Oceania, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

US pulling funds on UNRWA is an assault on refugees

by Gordon Brown September 10, 2018

Illustration: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

US-China trade war: a game changer

by Sun Xi September 7, 2018

US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting on July 18, 2018, at the White House in Washington, DC. In a file photo taken on May 2, 2018, a handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Hassan Rouhani giving a speech on Iranian TV in Tehran. Photo: AFP and Iranian Presidency / Nicholas Kamm and Handout

Beijing, China, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Middle East, Syria, World

Iran stock escape numbs sanctions pain

by Gary Kleiman September 4, 2018

Waving flags of Bangladesh and India. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Dhaka bringing Beijing and New Delhi closer

by Khalid Ibn Muneer August 30, 2018

Children standing near the wooden boat on cracked earth. Metaphor for Global warming and Climate change. Photo: iStock

European Union, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Reality denial in the Anthropocene epoch

by David Simmons August 23, 2018

A satellite image of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in North Korea. GeoEye via AFP

North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Leveraging technology for a peaceful Korean Peninsula

by Grace Kim August 16, 2018August 17, 2018

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China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

US-Turkish alliance reaches the point of no return

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 15, 2018February 18, 2020

In the first speech by a Chinese head of state to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2017, President Xi Jinping proclaimed his country the champion of an open global economy and that there is 'no point' in blaming economic globalization for the world's problems. China seeks to play a greater role in world trade amid rising protectionism in the US and Europe. Photo: AFP / Fabrice Coffrini

AT Finance, China, European Union, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, World

Globalization with Chinese characteristics

by Barry Eichengreen August 14, 2018

Pakistan Garden and Gardening Vector Icon Pattern. Image: iStock

Beijing, China, Pakistan, South Asia, World

How Pakistan could gain from US-China trade war

by Zamir Awan August 10, 2018

Australia has an opportunity to forge a better foreign policy beyond its backyard. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, World

Australia has to prepare for life after the WTO

by Giovanni Di Lieto August 6, 2018

A man wipes perspiration from his face in Tokyo on July 24, 2018, as Japan suffers from a heatwave.
An 'unprecedented' heatwave in Japan killed at least 65 people in one week, government officials said. Photo: AFP / Martin Bureau

Australia, European Union, Oceania, United Kingdom, World

We are all climate refugees now

by Jeffrey D. Sachs August 5, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the White House on March 20 in Washington DC. Photo: AFP/ Mandel Ngan

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, World

An ‘Arab NATO’ and America’s militarized Mideast policy

by Christina Lin August 3, 2018

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking at the Inaugural Indo-Pacific Business Forum on Monday.

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

US’s Indo-Pacific plan unveiled with China as key target

by Xuan Loc Doan August 1, 2018

Asia markets ended up being a blur for investors on July 2 as they fell on trade war fears. Photo: AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi

AT Finance, India, Indonesia, South Asia, Vietnam

Stock safety scramble corrals candidates

by Gary Kleiman July 24, 2018

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Iraq, Italy, Middle East, World

Italian banker dodges queries on Africa deals

by PK Semler July 21, 2018July 21, 2018

A Chinese worker checks the glass cover-plate for Apple's iPhone X smartphone at a factory in Tongren city, southwest China's Guizhou province, 16 January 2018.

AT Finance, China, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

China makes $8.46 from an iPhone — that’s why a trade war is futile

by Jason Dedrick, Greg Linden and Kenneth L. Kraemer July 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Secretary of commerce Wilbur Ross. Photo: AFP

Egypt, European Union, India, Italy, Middle East, South Asia, World

Trump’s ‘business first’ policy brings UAE, Qatar together at US event

by PK Semler July 9, 2018