Top trade negotiators from the U.S. and China agreed to a “framework” for a possible trade deal over the weekend, dialing back some of the
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I have a lot of respect for President Xi,” Donald Trump declared in recent days. “He likes me a lot, I believe, and respects me.”
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed the alliance with Japan as “the foundation of peace and security in the Pacific,” underscoring renewed strength in
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Trump sign rare earths and missiles deals
US President Donald Trump and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi praised one another profusely on Tuesday, trumpeting a “new golden age” in relations between their
US Navy helicopter, fighter jet crash in separate South China Sea incidents
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North Korea test-fires cruise missiles ahead of Trump visit to South Korea
North Korea test-fired sea-to-surface cruise missiles to the west of the Korean Peninsula , state media KCNA said on Wednesday, just as U.S. President Donald
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High costs, long lead times and limited resources are challenges as Indo-Pacific nations aspire to build resilient defense industrial bases to reduce reliance on foreign
Trump to talk trade, security with Japan’s new leader Takaichi
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday for talks on trade and security, a week after