The United States and Taiwan began two days of face-to-face meetings in New York on Tuesday aimed at strengthening trade and economic ties at a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing. Although the pact will not be concluded until at least next year, Taiwanese officials have said they hoped to deliver an “early … Read more
The United States and Taiwan began two days of face-to-face meetings in New York on Tuesday aimed at strengthening trade and economic ties at a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing. Although the pact will not be concluded until at least next year, Taiwanese officials have said they hoped to deliver an “early … Read more
Relations between the United States and Mexico are on the rocks again, but it is not because of a fast-talking American politician who insults the neighbors. (That was Donald Trump, in case you forgot.) The latest confrontation is a looming commercial conflict sparked by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, aka AMLO. Last month, Mexico’s … Read more
ISTANBUL – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is deepening his country’s military support for Ukraine while keeping an open line of communication with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin – a relationship that helped keep Ukrainian grain exports afloat this week – as he tries to expand Turkey’s role as a regional electricity broker. In recent … Read more
BRUSSELS – US and European Union environmental policies are on a collision course, prompting an urgent meeting to defuse rising tensions over clean-tech subsidies that threaten to disrupt a trade relationship that leaders had promised to rebuild. A new task force focused on clean-energy tax credits that were included in the US Inflation Reduction Act … Read more
A shake-up by Mexican trade officials has clouded prospects for a quick resolution of a dispute with the United States and Canada over what is seen as Mexico’s nationalistic energy policies. The changes at the Economy Ministry are part of an effort by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to put people who support his … Read more
A shake-up by Mexican trade officials has clouded prospects for a quick resolution of a dispute with the United States and Canada over what is seen as Mexico’s nationalistic energy policies. The changes at the Economy Ministry are part of an effort by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to put people who support his … Read more
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz heads to Beijing this week, days after Chinese leader Xi Jinping began a third term and reaffirmed his support for Russia despite Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The visit – it is also the first by a group of seven leaders since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic – comes amid a … Read more
Russia’s growing use of Iranian drones in Ukraine poses a growing threat to the United States and its European allies as Tehran seeks to project military power across the Middle East. In recent weeks, Ukrainian officials say, Russia has launched more than 300 Iranian drones that have targeted military units, power plants and civilian buildings … Read more
LONDON — Europe is suddenly sitting on a glut of natural gas, sending prices lower and easing fears of winter fuel shortages and rationing as the continent weans itself from Russian energy. Just a few months ago, officials, executives and analysts worried that as Europe swung from Russian gas in the wake of Moscow’s invasion … Read more