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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during an event at the Concert Noble in Brussels on December 4, 2018. (Francisco Seco/POOL/AFP)
December 4, 2018, 4:20 pm
US takes aim at China, Iran, Russia over treaty violations
Secretary of state defends administration’s foreign policy; says UN, EU, African Union, International Monetary Fund and World Bank are no longer doing their jobs
By Matthew Lee
A T-shirt depicting US president Donald Trump for sale in NYC. December 23, 2016. (Serge Attal/FLASH90)
October 18, 2017, 10:50 pm
Israel, other allies irked by Trump’s ‘Buy American’ order
WTO members urge Washington to honor treaty which binds US to open competition to foreign markets
By AP
A broker reacts as President-elect Donald Trump shows up on a television screen at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
November 9, 2016, 6:35 pm
Trump win increases uncertainties for world economy
Analysts wonder whether incoming president will be the demagogue from the campaign trail, or a more measured figure
By David McHugh and Joe McDonald
Israeli Ambassador to Peru Ehud Eitam (Embassy of Peru)
August 7, 2016, 11:58 am
New offices in Peru, Chile cement trade alliances for Israel
Agreements bring Jewish state closer to full membership in one of the world’s largest trading blocs
By Dan Schwartz
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on during the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski)
July 25, 2016, 12:48 am
After NATO, the WTO: Trump ready to rip up post-war order
Republican nominee says French and German citizens will be subject to ‘extreme’ immigration checks to deter attacks
By Shahzad ABDUL
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini at EU headquarters in Brussels, May 27, 2015. (AFP/John Thys)
April 15, 2016, 5:48 pm
EU team visits Iran to seize opportunites after nuclear deal
Foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will lead delegation seeking to boost trade and regional peace
By AFP
The Senate side of the United States Capitol building in Washington, DC (Wikimedia Commons/File)
April 23, 2015, 8:03 pm
Congress moves to pressure Europe against BDS steps
Amendments in Senate and House to bill on historic US-EU trade deal reject actions targeting Israel
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin at Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on June 25, 2012 (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash90)
December 10, 2013, 9:02 pm
Israel, Russia to launch talks on free trade zone
‘You can’t put all your eggs in one basket,’ says one official, linking initiative to settlement spat with the European Union
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Relations were expected to improve between US President Barack Obama (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured in 2009, after the revocation of the Jackson-Vanik amendment. (photo credit: AP/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
November 16, 2012, 1:11 pm
US Congress set to replace historic law that helped free Soviet Jewry
With the support of Jewish groups, American legislators are expected to end Jackson-Vanik restrictions on Russia
By Ron Kampeas
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. (Sergei Karpukhin/AP)
November 10, 2012, 1:37 am
Congress to vote next week on removing Cold War-era trade restrictions with Russia
Bill to be combined with human rights component to make it more palatable, given Moscow’s crackdown on dissidents and record on Syria
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