Before Trump: The long US history of tariff wars with Canada and the world

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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he will skip Group of 20 (G20) talks in South Africa amid an escalating spat between Washington and Pretoria over a controversial land expropriation law. Rubio’s announcement on Wednesday came days after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut aid to South Africa over its passage…

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NewsFeed US rules out pre-2014 borders and NATO membership for Ukraine US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined the Trump administration’s stance on the Ukraine war saying that restoring Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is ‘unrealistic’ and ruled out NATO membership for Kyiv. Published On 12 Feb 202512 Feb 2025

Iran says it has yet to receive a letter from President Donald Trump after the US leader said he had sent one seeking talks with the country’s leadership about its nuclear programme. “We have not received such a letter so far,” a spokesman for Iran’s embassy said on Friday. Recommended Stories list of 3 items…

Several US federal agencies told employees not to respond to a demand by President Donald Trump’s adviser Elon Musk to list their accomplishments in the last week or be fired. Federal agencies gave the memo on Sunday, a day after Musk’s team sent an email to hundreds of thousands of federal employees giving them about…