US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order enforcing his earlier threat to impose 50% tariffs on Brazil, citing the need to safeguard US interests. The order invokes a 1977 law, arguing that Brazil’s policies and the criminal prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro amount to an economic emergency.The tariffs come on top […]
Indian-origin Paul Kapur told Senate what his vision is about US’s future ties with India and Pakistan, if he gets confirmed. Paul Kapur, Donald Trump’s Indian-origin pick for the role of assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he would pursue security cooperation with Pakistan where […]
Donald Trump and Usha Chilukuri Vance (R) The TOI Correspondent from Washington: Red lights are flashing over Greenland and much of Europe after the United States deployed its Indian-American Second Lady Usha Chilukuri Vance for further incursion into the world’s largest island that President Trump wants to take over “one way or the other,” amid […]
