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President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership but other Pacific Rim leaders are vowing to push market-opening efforts they say are vital for growth. The possible decline of the 12-nation TPP could give a boost to alternative initiatives including one promoted by China in which the United States is not taking part.
President-elect Donald Trump promises big tax cuts, a border wall and massive spending on infrastructure. That's a recipe for bigger deficits that conservative fiscally-minded Republicans have railed against during President Barack Obama's tenure.
US President-elect Donald Trump seems to have a friendly perspective towards India, a senior BJP leader has said and expressed hope that he would bring "fresh ideas" to combat terrorism and establish the rule of law. Summarising the current state of Indo-US relationship, Ram Madhav, the general-secretary of the ruling party, said the ties reached a new peak under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama .
If there is one hopeful sign in the Presidency of Donald Trump, it is his pledge to ' drain the swamp ' as it relates to those special insider interests who run the show and those outsider interests who own the show. It is a hugely ambitious task and hardly achievable in four short years but there is a branch of the Federal government where the President-elect would find immediate results and bring the satisfaction that American foreign policy would no longer be dependent on globalization or spreading unwinnable wars on wasteful adventurism overseas.
In this Nov. 18, 2016, photo, the U.S. Capitol dome is seen at sunset on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump promises big tax cuts, a border wall and massive spending on infrastructure.
Donald Trump has surprised us all so many times, but could it be that he will go down in history as a politician who, in the vein of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, won by mastering a revolutionary new technology? I'm speaking, of course, of Twitter. In recent days, Trump has used the platform to attack the cast of "Hamilton" and to express some kind words about Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday.
In this July 19, 2016, file photo, Education Secretary John B. King, Jr., speaks on a panel with first lady Michelle Obama to college-bound students participating in the Reach Higher initiative's third annual Beating the Odds event in the East Room of the White House in Washington. King is urging governors and school leaders in states where student paddling is allowed to end a practice he said would be considered "criminal assault or battery" against an adult.
To the extent the divided American electorate can be said to agree on anything after Nov. 8, it would seem to be broad rejection of "trade deals" such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership . Both major-party candidates, Republican winner Donald Trump and Democratic loser Hillary Clinton - as well as her erstwhile primary opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
When President Obama campaigned for Hillary Clinton, he repeatedly exhorted his audience not only to vote for her, but also to vote to preserve his legacy. And he scolded anyone he thought might not vote.
President-elect Donald Trump unveiled plans Monday for his first 100 days in office, including proposals related to immigration, trade deals and defense policy, using a video published online to briefly outline his proposals. "Whether it's producing steel, building cars, or curing disease, I want the next generation of production and innovation to happen right here, in our great homeland: America - creating wealth and jobs for American workers," Trump said in the two-and-a-half-minute video statement.
Top guns: Najib sharing a light moment with other leaders including US President Barack Obama at the Lima Convention Centre in Peru. - Bernama LIMA : The International Monetary Fund , supportive of Malaysia's currency move, has acknowledged that the ringgit's current volatile movement is beyond the country's control.
Here's the idea: Swiftly pass a repeal of President Barack Obama's health care law, perhaps soon enough for Donald Trump to sign it the day he takes the presidential oath. Then approve legislation restructuring the nation's huge and convoluted health care system - despite Republican divisions, Democratic opposition and millions of jittery constituents.
Environment minister Kathleen McKenna said Monday that the goal is to make sure 90 percent of Canada's electricity comes from sustainable sources by that time - up from 80 percent today. The announcement is one of a series of measures Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government is rolling out as part of a broader climate change plan.
In this slideshow, these syndicated cartoonists poke fun at how the transition is going from the Barack Obama administration to what a Donald Trump administration is looking like.
The hard-eyed view along the Tug Fork River in West Virginia coal country is that President-elect Donald Trump has something to prove: that he'll help bring back Appalachian mining, as he promised time and again on the campaign trail. Nobody thinks he can revive it entirely - not economists, not ex-miners, not even those recently called back to work.
Obama says heA ll speak out against Trump if he thinks US ideals are at risk Associated Press, by Staff LIMA, Peru - President Barack Obama said Sunday he doesnA t intend to become his successorA s constant critic -- but reserved the right to speak out if President-elect Donald Trump or his policies breach certain "values or ideals." Offering a rare glimpse into his thoughts on his post-presidency, Obama suggested once he was out of office he would uphold the tradition of ex-presidents stepping aside quietly to allow their successors space to govern.
Republican lawmakers have said they plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act when President-elect Donald Trump is in office, with a one or two-year transition period before it takes effect to give customers notice. "The discussion right now about repeal and replacement is making the market very, very nervous.
German chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with U.S. president Barack Obama at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Monday June 8, 2015 during the G-7 summit. Nicolas Sarkozy has dropped out of the race to be next French president.
In this Nov. 15, 2016 photo, a mechanized shovel loads coal from an 80-feet thick seam into a haul truck at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek mine near Decker, Mont. Coal from the mine is shipped to power plants for generating electricity.