U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, will lead a congressional delegation to Taiwan in August, a senior congressional official said on Thursday. The trip,

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U.S. Republican Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is set to lead a congressional delegation to Taiwan in August, according to a report by the Financial Times citing three

Taiwan’s leader Lai Ching-te suffered a string of high-profile political setbacks over the past week, wounding his presidency at home and abroad. With a US tariff deadline looming, things could get worse.

The U.S. cancelled a meeting with Taiwan's defence minister in June, highlighting concern that President Donald Trump is wary of supporting the island in ways that could harm U.S. relations with China,

Some of the US’s biggest trading partners are racing to strike last-ditch trade deals with Donald Trump, with less than 24 hours to go before sweeping tariffs are due to kick in. The US president has set a deadline of 00:01 on Friday morning for countries to reach an agreement, or face being hit with his highest levels of tariffs.

The U.S. has announced just six deals — with the U.K., the EU, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

As the August 1 deadline for new tariffs looms, Canada and Mexico, two of the largest trading partners of the U.S., find themselves without exemptions. With President Trump's 'Liberation Day' strategy in full swing,

Donald Trump unleashed a series of tariff deals and demands on the eve of his Friday deadline, including surprises on India and copper as the US president attempts to create a new global trade order.M