House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has been accused of hypocrisy for his plan to ban US President Donald Trump from addressing Parliament when he visits Britain later this year. He cited Parliament’s strong opposition to “racism and to sexism” and its “support for equality before the law and an independent judiciary” as reasons why it should not play host to Trump when he visits.
Category: Xi Jinping
Trump’s Withdrawal From Asia Trade Deal Viewed as Boon for China
Shoppers walk past lanterns displayed at an ornament market in the Yuyuan district ahead of the Lunar New Year in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 22, 2017. President Donald Trump’s formal withdrawal from a long-planned trade deal with Pacific Rim nations creates a political and economic vacuum that China is eager to fill, offering a boost for beleaguered U.S. manufacturing regions while damaging American prestige in Asia.
Xi says world needs China, U.S. to have stable relationship
The world needs China and the United States to have a stable and cooperative relationship, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, just days before new uncertainty looms with Donald Trump taking office as president. Meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Xi told Biden that he “positively appraised” his efforts to increase friendship and mutual understanding between the two countries, China’s Foreign Ministry said late on Tuesday.
Chinaa s Xi takes spotlight at Davos as US makes transition
President Xi Jinping leads a Chinese delegation of over 100 officials and scores of business executives attending the World Economic Forum, embodying a tectonic shift at an event that started nearly a half-century ago among Europeans and Americans. Xi’s opening plenary address Tuesday to political and business leaders is shaping up as perhaps the highlight both of this year’s WEF and Xi’s one-country European visit to ultra-stable and chronically neutral Switzerland.