- Title: U.S. foreign policy in Trump's first two years: 'Our country is respected again'
- Date: 7th December 2018
- Summary: TANGSHAN, HEBEI PROVINCE, CHINA (FILE - OCTOBER 2011) (REUTERS) STEEL MOVING ALONG CONVEYOR BELT OF PRODUCTION LINE WORKERS PACKING ROLL OF STEEL SHANGHAI, CHINA (FILE - SEPTEMBER, 2013) (REUTERS) CONTAINERS IN PORT TIANJIN, CHINA (FILE - MAY 16, 2015) (REUTERS) CONTAINER BEING LOADED ONTO TRUCK LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - FEBRUARY 6, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SHIPS LOADED WITH CONTAINERS AT SEA The rumblings of a global trade war sent stocks and currency markets tumbling on March 23 after U.S. President Donald Trump announced long-promised tariffs on Chinese goods and China retaliated with a pledge to fight to the end any such war. TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE - MARCH 23, 2018) (REUTERS) JAPANESE MEDIA FILMING TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE STOCK BOARD ELECTRONIC STOCK BOARD SHOWING THE NIKKEI 225 AVERAGE AT 20788.12 DOWN 803.87 ELECTRONIC STOCK BOARD ELECTRONIC STOCK BOARD SHOWING USD TOJPY AS 104.84 YEN, DOWN 0.84 SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (FILE - MARCH 23, 2018) (REUTERS) ELECTRONIC BOARD SHOWING KOREA COMPOSITE STOCK PRICE INDEX (KOSPI) VARIOUS OF STOCK PRICES ELECTRONIC BOARD SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (FILE - MARCH 23, 2018) (REUTERS) ELECTRONIC BOARDS DISPLAYING STOCK PRICES AND MARKET GAINS AND LOSSES ELECTRONIC BOARDS DISPLAYING S&P / ASX 200 GRAPH AND TOP 10 S&P / ASX 200 LOSSES China's embassy in Washington vows Beijing would "fight to the end" in any trade war.
- Embargoed: 21st December 2018 18:31
- Keywords: tariffs UK COP24 Brexit sanctions trade war Nuclear Netanyahu Rouhani nuclear deal Theresa May Russia EU Iran Republicans Emmanuel Macron Xi Jingpin China Trump alliances Iran leader Jerusalem Xi Macron detention center global warming Guatemala. Honduras Saudi Arabia foreign policy Congress Caravan Vladimir Putin Chinese president G20 climate change Ali Khamenei North Korea immigrants Mexico foreign relations
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- Country: USA
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA01699YXNPJ
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- Story Text: EDITORS NOTE: FOR EXTENSIVE FILE VIDEO OF TRUMP'S DOMESTIC AGENDA, PLEASE SEE EDIT 0425-USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-DOMESTIC POLICY
FOREIGN POLICY CONTINUES IN EDIT: 0426-USA-TRUMP/FOREIGN POLICY PART 1
Donald Trump assumed the office of the President of the United States with a pledge to "make America great again."
Half-way through his first term, Trump claims that task has been accomplished, telling audiences at any of his frequent political pep rallies that "our country is respected again all over the world".
But, in the arena of U.S. foreign policy, whether Trump has engineered a solidification of America's position in the world, or whether he has weakened America's status as the pre-eminent global economic, military, and moral force, is a question that is sharply debated within America's fractious politics.
Few dispute, however, that whatever Donald Trump is doing in his foreign policy, it is unlike the way any previous U.S. president operated on the global stage. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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