Trade sanctions loom as Paulson fails to get results
With nothing from talks, Congress could force issue of yuan revaluation.
US TREASURY Secretary Henry Paulson returned to Washington virtually empty-handed after
Author: Derwin Pereira
Can Bush resolve Iraq mess?
UNITED STATES
Iraq to grab lion’s share of President’s attention even as Democrats seek to force tougher stance on trade.
MR GEORGE W. Bush
US-China talks to focus on trade and currency
GLOBAL AGENDA
Dec 11 - 17
CHINA
WHAT IT IS
US TREASURY Secretary Henry Paulson heads to China this week for the first meeting of the
US agrees to landmark nuke deal with India
INDIA has welcomed US lawmakers’ backing of a landmark deal that will allow America to supply it with civilian nuclear fuel and
A bruising battle ahead over Iraq
IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT
Democrats want drastic change in US policy but govt dashes hopes of a U-turn.
AFTER a damning indictment of his
Iraq just a part of problem in Middle East
NEWS ANALYSIS
US must engage region but will Syria and Iran play ball? Will Bush bite the bullet?
ALL eyes may have been on
Bush Administration’s Iraq dilemma
Panel’s likely call to engage Iran and Syria will be hard to heed.
THE Bush administration is caught between a rock and a
US ‘overstating’ China’s military power
Pentagon doing this to justify its weapons build-up, but it may lead to new arms race, report warns.
THE United States has been
Bush moves to stave off civil war in Iraq
He will meet Iraq’s PM and Jordan’s king in desperate bid for peace in Middle East.
US PRESIDENT George W. Bush heads to
The fall of the neocons
IRAQ - A BLOODY MESS
Bush sees the writing on the wall as worsening Iraqi crisis realigns political forces in the US.
IN THE
US invites key Asian allies to be Nato partners
Move seen as a strategy to counter Russian and Chinese military ambitions.
PRESIDENT George W. Bush goes to the Nato summit next week
US vote on N-deal with India seals strategic partnership
THE United States Senate yesterday endorsed overwhelmingly a nuclear accord with India, in effect cementing a strategic partnership.
The vote in Congress on