Section: US & Canada
The Real Stakes of Trump’s Trade War With China
President Donald Trump’s continuing trade war with China will escalate once more on September 1, when his administration plans to impose tariffs of 10 percent on $300 billion of Chinese imports. These new levies follow previously enacted tariffs of 25 percent on a separate basket of imports worth $250 billion, with still more to come later...
National-Security Adviser Bolton Arrives In Ukraine To ‘Underscore U.S. Support’
White House national-security adviser John Bolton has arrived in Kyiv — the first visit to Ukraine by a top U.S. official since the election of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in April. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moscow Shows Limited Enthusiasm Over Possibly Being Re-Admitted to G-7
One topic at the just-concluded G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, was U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Russia be invited to the next summit in 2020, to be held in the U.S. Russia was forced out from the group of industrialized leaders because of its 2014 annexation of Crimea. Now the prospect of Russian President Vladimir Putin...
With Trump as a Member, What’s the Point of the G7 Club?
Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via GettyThe G7 used to be a very exclusive club. To join, you had to be asked, and to be asked you had to preside over one of the richest industrial nations in the world. But that wasn’t enough. Your government had to be a democracy fundamentally committed to human rights, free speech, the rule of law,...
US Officials Fear Ransomware Attack Against 2020 Election
The U.S. government plans to launch a program in roughly one month that narrowly focuses on protecting voter registration databases and systems ahead of the 2020 presidential election.These systems, which are widely used to validate the eligibility of voters before they cast ballots, were compromised in 2016 by Russian hackers seeking to collect...
America’s Allies Seem to Be Moving On Without Trump
The most striking photograph to emerge from the G7 summit meeting in Biarritz, France, was one of an empty chair.It’s the seat that President Donald Trump was supposed to occupy during a meeting Monday where world leaders talked about climate trends that could render parts of the planet uninhabitable if left unchecked.Trump skipped it.The...
Canada opposes Russia’s return to G7, says Trudeau
Despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence that Russia should be readmitted into G7, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada would not support Russia’s reintegration into the club of “like-minded nations.” Russia was kicked out of then G8 in 2014 after it invaded and annexed Crimea and supported pro-Russian rebels in the...
U.S. National-Security Adviser John Bolton To Visit Ukraine
U.S. national-security adviser John Bolton said he will travel to Kyiv as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy prepares for his first trip to Washington. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
This time, Trudeau keeps low profile at G7 as election campaign looms
BIARRITZ, France — He may have spent the weekend an ocean away from home, rubbing elbows with world leaders during tense talks on international crises, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kept cool, collected and decidedly out of the fray. For a political leader who thrives in the flash of cameras and curated social media content, it was an...
Britain’s Dilemma: US or Europe
It was music to the ears of Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The British will be able to strike a “fantastic deal” with the United States once Britain has thrown off the “anchor” of the European Union, U.S. President Donald Trump told Johnson during a convivial bilateral meeting at the G-7 summit in the French...
