Wall Street CEO co-chairs Donald Trump’s transition team and was previously said to be in the running for treasury secretary.
20 Nov 2024 - 6:20AM videocam
China tariffs in focus as president-elect’s high-profile advisers like Elon Musk push candidates who embody a break from ‘business as usual’.
Trump nominees for high-level positions suggest Washington will lean more toward New Delhi and further from Beijing, analysts say.
The views of upset, alienated and aggressive voters served as a harbinger of Donald Trump’s second rise to power.
After Joe Biden and Donald Trump discuss transition, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says competition with Beijing is ‘paramount’.
Hardline appointees and nominees may curb his transactional impulses on issues like trade, technology and Taiwan, US-based analysts say.
13 Nov 2024 - 10:03AM videocam
President-elect’s transaction-based approach to diplomacy could see informal behind-the-scenes dialogue with Beijing coming to the forefront.
13 Nov 2024 - 4:46AM videocam
Swing state takes hawkish turn as candidates seize on mainland-backed EV battery plant to accuse one another of harbouring Beijing ties.
8 Nov 2024 - 1:30AM videocam
The Trump-Harris race has been a contest like no other but will be decided as many before – by the swing states.
6 Nov 2024 - 6:13AM videocam
Republican nominee’s closing argument stretches into early hours of Election Day morning at battleground state rally.
5 Nov 2024 - 5:35PM videocam
Former prosecutor and US senator has invoked her Indian family’s past activism in explaining her groundbreaking journey into public service.
4 Nov 2024 - 1:00AM videocam
Among the fiercest battlegrounds in this year’s US presidential election are three states Donald Trump won in 2016 but lost in 2020.
In a social media post directly to Hindu voters, the Republican nominee said he will strengthen ties with Hindu-nationalist Modi.
1 Nov 2024 - 5:14PM videocam
Move by Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and USA Today spark staff resignations and reader outcry, who say owners are scared of Trump.
2 Nov 2024 - 5:01AM videocam
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris may have different priorities, so New Delhi officials have been coming to Washington seeking reassurance.
27 Oct 2024 - 1:00AM videocam
US Treasury chief reiterates Washington’s concerns about industrial overcapacity and impact on American workers and firms.
26 Oct 2024 - 4:24PM videocam
Washington is ‘willing to engage in dialogue’ with China ‘to better understand risks and counter misperceptions’ about AI, says official.
25 Oct 2024 - 6:03AM videocam
Possible export-controls violation benefiting mainland-based tech titan hit by American sanctions could lead to penalties.
Washington ‘closely following’ developments after Indian announcement that ‘disengagement process’ on disputed border has been completed.
Both sides seem poised to renew a landmark agreement from 1979, sources say, but anti-China feelings in Washington make it hard to say when.
17 Oct 2024 - 5:40AM videocam
Republicans hope their opposition to Chinese EV battery maker’s planned US$2.4 billion Michigan factory is winning issue in a vital swing state.
Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao land at Dulles International Airport after a 19-hour flight from China’s Sichuan province.
16 Oct 2024 - 5:43AM videocam
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and supporters spread falsehoods about federal response and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
The seven states where Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump will win – or lose – the White House.
2 Nov 2024 - 4:18AM videocam
The US secretary of state is expected to raise both topics in Laos this week, highlighting China’s actions in each.
The US spy agency posts instructions for interested applicants in Mandarin, Farsi and Korean on several social media platforms.
Ford Motor, Carrier and Tesla are top three businesses most vulnerable in analysis by market research firm.
Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the two countries are undermining the territorial integrity of their neighbours.
Consensus eludes group of major emerging national economies on General Assembly sidelines as new members balk at South Africa’s candidacy.
America’s real GDP could plummet by nearly 10 per cent in one scenario, analysis finds, with some impact expected to be felt through 2040.
27 Sep 2024 - 7:29AM videocam