Foreign policy
Vance arrives in India, to hold talks with Modi under U.S. tariffs shadow
U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrives on April 21, 2025 in New Delhi, India. Vance will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as India attempts to boosts ties with the Trump administration and avoid steep U.S. tariffs. Kenny Holston-Pool | Getty Images U.S. Vice President JD Vance began a four-day visit to India on […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s threat to intervene in Fed could cause upheaval
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, U.S., on Feb. 27, 2024. Morah Ratner | Bloomberg | Getty Images An independent central bank is seen by most (including this newsletter) as the bedrock of a functional economy. Officials steer the economy by calibrating the benchmark interest rate on which bank loans and […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s desire to intervene in Fed could cause chaos
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images An independent central bank is seen by most (including this newsletter) as the bedrock of a functional economy. Officials steer the economy by calibrating the benchmark interest rate on which bank loans […]
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Vance set to visit India for bilateral talks on economic, trade and geopolitical ties
U.S. Vice President JD Vance shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting, at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador in Paris, France, Feb. 11, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters U.S. Vice President JD Vance will embark on a four-day visit to India on Monday as the two countries seek to unlock economic […]
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Iran, U.S. to hold talks in Rome in bid to reach nuclear deal
A newspaper featuring the headline story on indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States in Muscat, Oman, is displayed at a newsstand in Tehran, Iran, on April 12, 2025. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Images Iran and the United States will hold a new round of nuclear talks in Rome on Saturday to […]
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U.S. proposes lighter sanctions on Russia as part of peace plan with Ukraine: Bloomberg
Ukrainian servicemen operate a tank on a road near the border with Russia, in the Sumy region of Ukraine, on August 14, 2024. The Ukrainian army entered Russia’s Kursk region on August 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II. Roman Pilipey | […]
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Canadian small businesses are taking Trump’s tariffs personally
Close-up of ‘Shop Canadian’ poster displayed in a local storefront in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on April 4, 2025. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Just across the U.S.-Canada border, some small businesses are taking tariffs personally. President Donald Trump has said his wide-sweeping tariffs, even on some of the country’s closest trade partners, will […]
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U.S. will abandon Ukraine peace push if no progress ‘within a matter of days,’ Rubio says
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a press conference with Suriname’s President Chan Santokh (not pictured), in Paramaribo, Suriname, March 27, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump will walk away from trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs that a deal can be done, U.S. Secretary […]
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Ukraine says it has signed the outline of a minerals deal with the U.S.
Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Yulia Svyrydenko and the US Secretary of Treasury, Scott Bessent (not seen) sign the outline of a rare earth minerals deal over an online call, in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 17, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Ukraine said Thursday that it had signed the basis of […]
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Tariffs-spared Kremlin says a global war trade would still hurt Russia
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. Leonhard Foeger | Reuters Russia escaped unscathed from President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs unveiled earlier this month, but the Kremlin says Moscow is not immune from the economic aftershocks […]
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