British Prime Minister Theresa May will be the first foreign leader to meet new U.S. President Donald Trump, launching talks on renewed ‘special relationship’ between two countries. Reportedly a free trade deal is high on the agenda, allowing May to strengthen her position during Brexit at home and towards EU27, shifthing trade vector from…
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Trump to control US-Mexico border
Today President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to start a construction of a wall between the USA and Mexico as part of realisation of his campaign programme. Big day planned on NATIONAL SECURITY tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 25, 2017 Apparently…
Trump to sign refugees restrictions
Today president Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting onwards including a temporary ban for an indefinite period of time for the most of the refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other countries of Middle East and Africa, according to congressional aides and Washington immigration experts….
President Trump withdraws from TPP
Today President Donald Trump will start to unravel the behemoth trade deal he inherited from his predecessor, as he signed an executive action to withdraw from the negotiating process of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. That executive action sends signals to Democrats and leaders in foreign capitals around the world that Trump’s rhetoric on trade during the…
Steinmeier predicts 'turbulence'
Germany must prepare itself for turbulent times under U.S. President Donald Trump said Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday, underlining that the free trade and trans-Atlantic co-operation to fight extremism and terrorism remain key issues for his government. Previously Steinmeier made critical remarks about Donald Trump calling him “Hassprediger” or “hate preacher”, however he also…
MEPs congratulate Trump individually
Donald John Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States at noon on Friday, the day different traditional ceremonies are expected to take place in Washington DC. On Friday morning as a part of the inauguration day programme Donald Trump and his wife Melania attended a service at St. John’s…
Merkel's 'catastrophic mistake'
As a “catastrophic mistake” assessed US President-elect Donald Trump German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open doors migration policy, letting to her country more than a million asylum-seekers from Middle East and Africa. The evaluation was made during a joint interview, published on Sunday, 15/01/2017. In the same interview given to the Times of London and German…
Deadline to USA 'political' ambassadors
The politically appointed US ambassadors are denied the extension of their mandate beyond the inauguration day 20/01/2016, according to the State department sources in Washington DC. The decision of the president-elect Donald Trump to accelerate the process of political change in the US corps-diplomatique is not surprising to independent experts, pointing at the necessity of…
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