Soybeans are the notable exception, revealing Beijingโs selective approach to fulfilling trade commitments ahead of the summit between President Trump and Xi Jinping.
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In May, China agreed to buy at least $17 billion in U.S. farm goods a year through 2028. China had already vowed separately to step up purchases of American soybeans.
Soybeans are the notable exception, revealing Beijingโs selective approach to fulfilling trade commitments ahead of the summit between President Trump and Xi Jinping.
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In May, China agreed to buy at least $17 billion in U.S. farm goods a year through 2028. China had already vowed separately to step up purchases of American soybeans.
As Beijing presses President Trump to freeze a proposed $14 billion weapons sale to the island, Taiwan is trying to show that its security is in U.S. interests.
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President Trump and Chinaโs leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing in May. Mr. Trump has held off on arms sales to Taiwan as he has sought pragmatic ties with China.
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and President Emmanuel Macron of France met just after the European Union invited Canada to become its first โassociate member.โ
As Beijing presses President Trump to freeze a proposed $14 billion weapons sale to the island, Taiwan is trying to show that its security is in U.S. interests.
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President Trump and Chinaโs leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing in May. Mr. Trump has held off on arms sales to Taiwan as he has sought pragmatic ties with China.
Beyond warm meetings between their leaders, the countries are engaging in tit-for-tat measures that call into question the stability of their arrangement.
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President Trump and Xi Jinping, the leader of China, met last year in Busan, South Korea.
Beyond warm meetings between their leaders, the countries are engaging in tit-for-tat measures that call into question the stability of their arrangement.
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President Trump and Xi Jinping, the leader of China, met last year in Busan, South Korea.
The United Nations is also searching for a replacement for Antรณnio Guterres, who has served two terms as the secretary general and is stepping down.
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The United Nations headquarters in New York. For the first time, the threat posed by artificial intelligence will be atop the agenda of the U.N. General Assembly meeting this week.
The United Nations is also searching for a replacement for Antรณnio Guterres, who has served two terms as the secretary general and is stepping down.
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The United Nations headquarters in New York. For the first time, the threat posed by artificial intelligence will be atop the agenda of the U.N. General Assembly meeting this week.
In a meeting on Sunday, the U.S. Treasury secretary and Chinaโs vice premier talked about having a shared vision on the goals of artificial intelligence and the threats it poses.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that the alert system would be activated when a matter related to artificial intelligence reaches the national security level.
The president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. But he also needs the kingdomโs cooperation in his war against Iran.
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President Trump boarding Air Force One last week. On Sunday, he said he was in โdeciding modeโ on what to do in the larger war with Iran.
The U.S. presidentโs threats to seize Greenland left its people on edge, and with details scarce, the news of an agreement didnโt seem to be putting minds at ease.
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India is trying to secure affordable energy while preserving a crucial relationship with Washington, a balancing act made harder by turmoil in global energy markets.
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People line up to fill their vehicles with petrol at a fuel station in New Delhi last month.
President Trump signed the legislation, named for Senator Lindsey Graham, at the White House, but he has broad leeway to waive its requirements.
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President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Anchorage last year. The new law orders the U.S. administration to execute sanctions against Russia that are already in place, including those against Mr. Putin.
President Trump insisted for months that the Danish territory should be part of the United States. Now, a security deal โ not a takeover โ seems to be on the table.
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Nuuk, Greenlandโs capital, last year. Polls have indicated that a vast majority of Greenlanders do not want to join the United States.
Jailed in Madrid on an extradition request from the United States that his lawyer says is tied to pro-Palestinian activism, James Chambers fears persecution if returned.
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James Chambers in a cafe in Tunis in 2024. He was arrested in Spain this year and is fighting an extradition request from the United States.
President Lee Jae Myungโs comments followed President Trumpโs repeated demand for โa little handโ from South Korea, a decades-old American ally.
President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea holding a news conference at the Blue House in Seoul on Friday. Mr. Lee rejected any South Korean military involvement in the Middle East conflict.
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trumpโs deportation program.
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A still from a video showing a police officer point a firearm at men deported by the United States to Equatorial Guinea at Hotel Bamy on the outskirts of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Sept. 5.
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