Eyeing China, Quad leaders to expand joint maritime security operations in Indo-Pacific

Eyeing China, Quad leaders to expand joint maritime security operations in Indo-Pacific

The leaders of the US, Australia, India and Japan will announce on Saturday an expansion of their joint maritime security operations into the Indian Ocean and closer coastguard integration throughout the Indo-Pacific. Against a backdrop of rising tensions in the South and East China seas, particularly between Chinese and Philippine vessels, deliverables from the summit…

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US-China trade: Donald Trump likelier than Kamala Harris to threaten tariffs, analysts say

US-China trade: Donald Trump likelier than Kamala Harris to threaten tariffs, analysts say

Both major US presidential candidates fundamentally agree on international trade objectives, former American trade officials said on Thursday, but look for more threats, posturing and volatile tariff barriers under a Donald Trump 2.0 administration, particularly against China. Since then, campaigning has cast international trade in decidedly domestic terms, with Trump threatening to impose up to…

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