Ahead of Trump meeting, Abe told not to take campaign rhetoric literally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will seek reassurances from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on U.S.-Japan ties on Thursday and a senior adviser to Abe said he had been told that campaign remarks calling the alliance into que…
No new U.S. administration is completely prepared: Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – No newly elected administration is totally ready to govern on the first day in office, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday after a lunch meeting with Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
Top U.S. diplomat role an unlikely fit for ‘tough guy’ Giuliani
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is now the leading candidate to become President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state, but even some Republicans say his tough-guy personality and global business ties may be at odds w…
Despite Trump, U.S. lawmakers want response to Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers want Washington to respond to Russia’s alleged interference in the U.S. election and actions in Ukraine and Syria, despite Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s calls to improve…
Trump adviser calls for tax reform as bipartisan ‘jobs’ bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A co-author of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s tax plan called on Congress Wednesday to pursue corporate tax reform as a bipartisan “jobs” bill that could finance a massive new infrastructure program while slashing business t…
Chicago City Council passes mayor’s 2017 budget
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s fiscal 2017 budget which calls for a tax on plastic bags and the first phase of hiring more than 900 police officers.
In valedictory speech, Obama takes note of values he sought in office
ATHENS (Reuters) – President Barack Obama extolled the strengths of democracy from its Greek birthplace on Wednesday in a valedictory speech aimed at highlighting the values he sought to respect in office and prodding his Republican successor, Donald T…
Trump infrastructure plan adds little to global copper backdrop
LONDON (Reuters) – Investors who sent copper to a 17-month peak on hopes for a splurge of U.S. infrastructure spending by Donald Trump may end up underwhelmed given that the plans, even if successful, would add only modestly to world demand.
After Trump victory, Obama and Merkel stress benefits of EU-U.S. trade deal
BERLIN (Reuters) – German and U.S. employers, workers, consumers and farmers would “without doubt” benefit from a free trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and the United States, U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angel…
Janus’ Gross says Trump will be one-termer, in failure for populism
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump will last no more than four years in the White House, a period when corporations and Wall Street will retain the upper hand over the struggling workers who helped elect him in a populist wave, bond mana…
