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...Yet Chinese officials later pushed back at many of Yellen’s main talking points, especially US complaints of Chinese excess capacity and dumping....
...Kurt Campbell, the Biden administration’s former Asia tsar, was on Tuesday confirmed by the Senate in his new role as deputy secretary of state, giving him a wider foreign affairs remit than the Indo-Pacific...
...It is supporting an expansion of capacity at Urenco’s enrichment plant in New Mexico, which is expected to be complete by 2027....
...A spokesperson for Glen said that “as a friend and former colleague” he would “regularly meet” Hammond “in a private capacity”. “These were not official meetings and did not require declaring....
...Several prominent US lawmakers will travel to Taipei in the coming weeks in a show of support for Lai Ching-te, who will be inaugurated as Taiwan’s new president in May following his election victory on...
...said Ashely Teasdel, South Carolina’s deputy secretary of commerce, of Volkswagen’s $2bn plan to build an electric vehicle plant in the state’s central region....
...Total eclipse: Millions in the US, Mexico and Canada will be hoping for clear skies as they try to catch a glimpse of a rare total eclipse of the sun....
...“The scale of subsidies just dwarfs what we see in OECD economies,” a Treasury official said during the trip, noting that the excess capacity was having “global spillovers”....
...She highlighted companies’ announcements of more than $675bn in clean energy and manufacturing investments since the start of the administration, saying that solar accounted for more than half of new power...
...well as in Ohio, New Mexico and Oregon....
...“Drug-trafficking gangs such as Los Choneros, many with ties to powerful cartels in Mexico, threaten communities in Ecuador and throughout the region,” said Brian Nelson, the US Treasury’s under-secretary...
...The state department did not respond to request for comment....
...US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm told reporters that as US LNG exports surged it was “critical” for her department to “remain a responsible actor” as it looked at whether the additional volumes were...
...More banking news: New York Community Bank will raise more than $1bn in a deal led by the investment firm of former US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin. 2....
...the third Summit for Democracy, running until Wednesday, with attendees including US President Joe Biden (virtually) US: Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Manila for an official two-day visit, where...
...Top stories today Gove lays out plans to boost housebuilding | Michael Gove has outlined new policies intended to increase the supply of homes on used land in big cities in England, as the government faces...
...He has defended his strategy as one of working on behalf of the Mexican public....
...Garland and other top officials, including secretary of state Antony Blinken and homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, will visit Mexico City this week for talks focused on combating fentanyl....
...The surplus of £16.7bn comes as chancellor Jeremy Hunt assesses whether tax cuts are feasible in his March 6 Budget....
...“The issues with UNRWA go back for many years — how it defines refugees, since new generations can become refugees, and promoting the right of return, which the Israeli government sees as code for destroying...
...As Xi Jinping toured China’s central Hunan province last week, local officials were called forward to inform the nation’s powerful leader on their plans to accelerate the development of “new quality productive...
...Mexico has joined Brazil in calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, with leftist president Andrés Manuel López Obrador brushing off Israel’s criticism of his failure to condemn Hamas....
...The decision comes as a blow to health secretary Steve Barclay, who had been urging Hunt to lay out extra funding in his Autumn Statement later this month....
...With a case for crimes against humanity in the International Criminal Court under investigation and a $15mn US state department reward on his head for drug-trafficking, the Venezuelan leader has few incentives...
...Prigozhin welcomed the coup and offered its new leaders the services of his mercenaries....
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