Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said his country’s top leader recently chatted with Donald Trump and is ready to deal with the new US president and his administration. “Our Party General Secretary To Lam has spoken with President Trump on telephone,

Vietnam’s leaders congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration, emphasizing their belief in the continued development of bilateral relations.

Overall, Trump’s second-term foreign policy, defense, and economic appointments suggest that security issues will dominate in Asia, despite his grumbling about trade imbalances. In addition, they suggest that his second administration will be even tougher toward China than his first, or than the Biden administration.

Osamu Inoue, president of Sumitomo Electric, which makes parts for Volkswagen, Toyota and Stellantis, among others, said Trump’s threatened 25 per cent tariffs on Mexican goods would do more harm to US suppliers, which account for almost a third of car parts investment in Mexico.

Vietnam is ramping up its imports from the US, spending billions on critical goods like Boeing aircraft and high-tech machinery, as it aims to balance trade and strengthen strategic ties.

Franklin County Commissioner Kevin Boyce says Donald Trump's orders around DEI had a chilling effect on free speech at a Central Ohio VA event.

Let’s hope his macho bluster against friendly countries in the hemisphere or adversaries further abroad is just to get some sort of negotiating advantage, because even limited military actions

The biggest reason for the likely persistence of higher borrowing costs is the surprising resilience of the economy following the upheavals of the pandemic, trillions of dollars of government financial support from Trump and former President Joe Biden, an inflation spike, and several rounds of recession fears.

The worry, of course, is that Donald Trump — who took his oath as the US’ 47th president last Tuesday — would increase tariffs on various countries and that (ostensibly) includes the Philippines. China,

The president may not have approved of Mariann Edgar Budde's homily at the National Cathedral. But the bishop answered to a higher moral calling.