WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump faced fierce opposition on Tuesday from his own Republican camp over his threat of tariffs to force Mexico to stem illegal immigration, with top allies warning Congress may not back him in his latest trade standoff. As Mexican officials shuttled through Washington for last-ditch talks to avoid punitive tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in goods, Trump doubled down with his threats -- and said Republicans would be "foolish" to try and stop him. Trump has vowed that five-percent tariffs on all imports from its southern neighbor would begin on June 10, and reach 25 per cent in the fall unless Mexico dramatically reduces the flow of undocumented migrants, mainly from Central America, to the US border. Such levies would be "catastrophic,' a leading Mexican cross-border business group warned. With tensions running high, Senate Republicans made clear they were considering a brazen … [Read more...] about Trump’s Republicans warn him against Mexico tariffs
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VUFO leader receives US legislative assistant delegation
Illustrative photo (Source: internet) Hanoi (VNA) – Leaders of the Vietnam Union of the Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and Vietnam – US Friendship Association hosted a delegation of US legislative assistants in Hanoi on April 16. The delegation consists of 10 assistants to US senators and congressmen from the Democrat and Republican parties on a working visit to Vietnam from April 12 to 20 The trip is part of a programme themed “Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership for peace and prosperity” and aims at boosting ties between the two nations and their parliaments in various areas, including trade collaboration, alleviation of war consequences, the East Sea issue, response to climate change and cybersecurity. At the meeting, VUFO President Nguyen Phuong Nga said the visit will help delegates obtain knowledge on Vietnam’s socio-economic and political affairs. People-to-people exchange has been an important factor in Vietnam – US relations, she … [Read more...] about VUFO leader receives US legislative assistant delegation
Party delegation visits US to seek stronger partnership
Politburo member and Secretary of the CPV Central Committee Nguyen Van Binh (R) meets US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Karen Dunn Kelley (Photo: VNA) Washington (VNA) – A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Nguyen Van Binh, a Politburo member and Secretary of the CPV Central Committee, started a visit to the US from April 8. Binh, also head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for Economic Affairs, met with US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Manisha Singh, during which the two sides agreed that the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership has seen fruitful results and boasts great potential. The two sides discussed the US’s implementation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy and its impacts on the region and Vietnam. The US side affirmed Vietnam is one of its most important partners in the region. The outcomes of bilateral comprehensive collaboration in all fields from security to investment and trade, as well as the … [Read more...] about Party delegation visits US to seek stronger partnership
Republicans gain Senate seat as Donnelly loses in Indiana: US networks
Viet Nam News WASHINGTON — Republicans on Tuesday dealt a hammer blow to Democratic efforts to take back the US Senate, as the candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump, businessman Mike Braun, defeated incumbent Senator Joe Donnelly, networks projected. Donnelly was one of five Democratic senators up for re-election in states that Trump won by a sizeable margin in 2016. Indiana is a Rust Belt state that has tended to lean conservative, and Donnelly ran -- unsuccessfully -- as a moderate Democrat. The projected win gives Republicans 43 seats, in their quest to maintain their majority. Currently, they have a 51-49 advantage. Democrats snatch first House seats from Republicans Democrats seized their first two Republican-held seats of the US midterm elections Tuesday, networks projected, flipping House seats in Virginia and Florida seen as crucial to the opposition party’s effort to regain a majority in the chamber. Jennifer Wexton, a Democratic state lawmaker, was … [Read more...] about Republicans gain Senate seat as Donnelly loses in Indiana: US networks
Florida man charged in connection with 14 bombs sent to Trump critics
Florida man charged in connection with 14 bombs sent to Trump criticsThe Saigon Times Daily A van with windows covered in pro-Trump and anti-Democrat stickers, which was seized on October 26, 2018 during an investigation into a series of parcel bombs, is seen in Hollywood, Florida, April 6, 2018 – PHOTO: REUTERS PLANTATION (REUTERS) - A man suspected of sending at least 14 bombs to prominent critics of U.S. President Donald Trump in the run-up to elections next month was arrested on Friday in Florida and charged with five federal felonies. Cesar Sayoc, 56, a former stripper and professional wrestler once charged with threatening to bomb an electric company for trying to shut off his lights, was taken into custody outside an auto parts store in Plantation, Florida, near Miami. Authorities also seized a white van belonging to Sayoc, the windows of which were plastered with pro-Trump stickers, the slogan “CNN SUCKS” and images of Democratic politicians with red … [Read more...] about Florida man charged in connection with 14 bombs sent to Trump critics