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Trump launched a trade offensive against China, including a threat of tariffs on $60 billion of imports and tighter restrictions on acquisitions and technology transfers. China unveiled plans for tariffs against $3 billion in U.S. imports.

The president formally approved temporary exclusions from metal tariffs for six nations and the EU.

Officials are signaling that they have cleared a roadblock on thorny auto-industry issues in Nafta talks.

The president named Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., as national security adviser to succeed McMaster.

Trump's lead lawyer in the Russia investigation quit after the hiring of an attorney expected to take a more confrontational approach.

The Senate passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill early Friday, acting to avert a government shutdown with less than 24 hours to spare.

A U.S.-European rift over parts of the Iran nuclear deal threatens to scuttle efforts to preserve the accord.

The CIA gave some details about Trump's pick for director, who has spent her career in clandestine operations.

Strikes in France shut schools and halted trains amid protests against Macron's economic overhauls.

Sarkozy fired back against charges that the ex-French president took campaign cash from Libya's Gadhafi.

The decision to dismiss U.S. charges against most members of the Turkish leader's security detail over a Washington melee drew criticism.

 

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