Trump-Abe trade deal helps U.S. farmers and staves off auto tariffs
The U.S.-Japan trade deal, agreed in principle on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in France, spells out a big win for the U.S. that would slash Tokyo's tariffs on American beef, pork and other farm products, and a small win for ...
How Macron pulled a fast one on Trump with a gamble over Iran
In a break in summit talks Sunday afternoon, cameras caught British Prime Minister Boris Johnson congratulating his French host on his handling of a tense dinner the night before. "Well played," Johnson told President Emmanuel Macron, breaking, momentarily, into French. Conversations between U.S. President Donald ...
U.K.'s Johnson acknowledges touch-and-go prospects for Brexit deal
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged Sunday that the prospect of a Brexit deal was "touch and go," as other European Union capitals grasp the problems Britain has with the withdrawal agreement. Speaking on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit, Johnson said that ...
Trump and Abe say U.S. and Japan have agreed in principle on trade deal
The United States and Japan agreed in principle on Sunday to core elements of a trade deal that U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said they hoped to sign in New York next month. The agreement, if finalized, would cool a trade ...
Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world's largest tropical rain forest, according to a government video. As of Sunday, President Jair Bolsonaro had authorized military operations ...
G7 leaders vow to help Brazil fight wildfires and repair damage
Leaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they were preparing to help Brazil fight the fires burning across the Amazon rainforest and repair the damage even as tens of thousands of soldiers were being deployed to fight the blazes that have caused ...
Pushed to end a trade war with China, President Donald Trump instead upped his pressure on Beijing, saying through a spokeswoman Sunday that his only regret in hiking tariffs is that he didn't raise them higher. Just hours earlier, Trump had admitted to having "second ...
Iranian government jet lands in Biarritz where G7 leaders are meeting
An Iranian government jet landed Sunday in Biarritz, southwestern France, where leaders of the Group of Seven nations are meeting, the flight tracking website flightradar24.com showed. Biarritz's airport has been closed for the duration of the summit, which opened Saturday and closes on Monday. The same ...
For G7, 'too early' to re-integrate Russia: diplomatic sources
G7 leaders back strengthening cooperation with Russia after its expulsion from the group in 2014 but believe it is too early to re-integrate Moscow and return to a Group of Eight, diplomatic sources said Sunday. "The leaders of the G7 are in favor of reinforcing ...
At G7 summit, Trump offers Brexit Britain a 'very big' trade deal
U.S. President Donald Trump promised a big trade deal for post-Brexit Britain to Boris Johnson on Sunday and praised the new prime minister as the right man to take Britain out of the European Union. Johnson, who faces a delicate task of assuaging European allies ...
