4 h. ago Carney focuses on Asia, diversifying trade amid Trump tariff hikes

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney offered a terse response to President Donald Trump’s promise to further hike tariffs on Canadian goods in response to a TV ad, saying that Ottawa is prepared to resume trade talks with the US at any time. “Canada stands ready to build on the progress that we had been making in our negotiations or discussions with our American counterparts,” Carney told reporters in Malaysia, where he is attending the Asean meeting. As Carney was travelling to Asia, Trump...

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18 h. ago Trump travels to Asia to meet China's Xi, as government shutdown continues

Trump travels to Asia to meet China's Xi, as government shutdown continues  Yahoo

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18 h. ago Trump travels to Asia for summits and a meeting with China's Xi as U.S. government shutdown drags on

Trump travels to Asia for summits and a meeting with China's Xi as U.S. government shutdown drags on  Los Angeles Times

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18 h. ago Trump to travel to Asia to meet with world leaders, including China's president

Trump to travel to Asia to meet with world leaders, including China's president  CBS News

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20 h. ago Trump travels to Asia to meet with China's Xi Jinping as the U.S. government shutdown in the U.S. drags on

Trump travels to Asia to meet with China's Xi Jinping as the U.S. government shutdown in the U.S. drags on  CBS News

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20 h. ago Trump travels to Asia to meet with China's Xi Jinping as the government shutdown in the U.S. drags on

Trump travels to Asia to meet with China's Xi Jinping as the government shutdown in the U.S. drags on  CBS News

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22 h. ago Trump travels to Asia and a meeting with China's Xi as the US government shutdown drags on

Trump travels to Asia and a meeting with China's Xi as the US government shutdown drags on  AP News

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29 h. ago Trump travels to Asia for trade talks, meeting with China's Xi Jinping

Trump travels to Asia for trade talks, meeting with China's Xi Jinping  CBS News

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65 h. ago Trump to meet Xi in South Korea next Thursday as part of key Asia trip

US President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 30 in South Korea, the White House confirmed. “On Thursday morning local time, President Trump will participate in a bilateral meeting with President Xi of the People’s Republic of China,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing on Thursday. The meeting between the two leaders will take place at the end of a trip by the US president to Asia, which will begin in Malaysia, continue to Japan and...

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5 d. ago US begins sending nuclear workers home as government shutdown drags

The agency responsible for safeguarding the US nuclear stockpile began placing most staff on enforced leave on Monday, US media reported, as the government shutdown dragged into a fourth week. Some 1,400 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) were expected to receive notices telling them they had been placed on unpaid “furlough”, CNN reported, leaving just 375 at their posts. “Since its creation in 2000, NNSA has never before furloughed federal workers during funding...

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6 d. ago Is China President Xi Jinping picking his successor? Key Beijing meet holds key

Is China President Xi Jinping picking his successor? Key Beijing meet holds key  The Economic Times

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8 d. ago 'Stupid ': Trump shocks China just before Xi Jinping meet, intensifies rare earths

'Stupid ': Trump shocks China just before Xi Jinping meet, intensifies rare earths-100% tariff war? | Hindustan Times  Hindustan Times

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2 w. ago Trump threatens to scrap trade talk with China's Xi Jinping: 'There seems to be no reason' to meet

Trump threatens to scrap trade talk with China's Xi Jinping: 'There seems to be no reason' to meet  qz.com

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2 w. ago 'No reason to meet Xi Jinping now': Donald Trump slams 'hostile' China’s rare earth curbs; warns of 'mass

'No reason to meet Xi Jinping now': Donald Trump slams 'hostile' China’s rare earth curbs; warns of 'mass  Times of India

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3 w. ago US government shutdown to drag into next week, as Senate funding vote fails

The US government shutdown is set to stretch into next week after senators voted on Friday for a fourth time to reject a funding fix proposed by President Donald Trump’s Republicans. Federal agencies have been out of money since Wednesday – with a wide range of public services crippled – as a result of deadlocked talks in Congress on how to keep the lights on. Tourist sites such as the Washington Monument have closed, key data on employment has been delayed and some official websites have ground...

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