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Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc holds phone talks with United States President Donald Trump on December 22, 2020. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Tuesday held phone talks with United States President Donald Trump, during which the former stated that Vietnam’s monetary policy is not designed to gain competitive edges in international trade.
PM Phuc and President Trump discussed the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)’s ongoing investigation into Vietnam s monetary policy and timber materials in accordance with Article 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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A US-Israeli delegation signed agreements with Morocco in Rabat on Tuesday, cementing a normalization of relations between the Jewish state and the North African country. AFP
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Governor of Morocco’s capital Rabat Mohamed Yacoubi (3rd left) welcoming US Presidential adviser Jared Kushner (central) and Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat (right) upon arrival in the capital on the first Israel-Morocco direct commercial flight.
A US-Israeli delegation signed agreements with Morocco in Rabat on Tuesday, cementing a normalization of relations between the Jewish state and the North African country.
The visiting delegation, led by Jared Kushner son-in-law and adviser to outgoing United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benja
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Trump awards PM Modi with Legion of Merit for elevating India-US ties ANI | Updated: Dec 22, 2020 07:51 IST
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has presented Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the prestigious Legion of Merit, a top US honour, for his leadership in elevating India and US strategic partnership, National Security Advisor Robert C. O Brien informed.
Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu accepted the medal on the behalf of Prime Minister Modi. President @realDonaldTrump presented the Legion of Merit to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his leadership in elevating the U.S.-India strategic partnership. Ambassador @SandhuTaranjitS accepted the medal on behalf of Prime Minister Modi. tweeted National Security Council (NSC) quoting NSA Robert C. O Brien.
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Undercutting United States President Donald Trump on multiple fronts, Attorney General William Barr said Monday he saw no reason to appoint a special counsel to look into the president’s claims about the 2020 election or to name one for the tax investigation of President-elect Joe Biden’s son.
Mr. Barr, in his final public appearance as a member of Mr. Trump’s Cabinet, also reinforced the belief of federal officials that Russia was behind a massive hack of U.S. government agencies – not China, as the president has suggested.
Mr. Barr is leaving the Justice Department this week, having morphed from one of Mr. Trump’s most loyal allies to one of the few members of the Cabinet willing to contradict the president openly. That’s been particularly true since the election, with Mr. Barr declaring in an interview with The AP that he had seen no evidence of widespread voting fraud, even as Mr. Trump continued to make false claims about the integrity of the contest.