Countries, including Japan, Australia, Taiwan, and India, have suspended parcel shipments to the US after President Trump scrapped the “de minimis” rule, which allowed goods under $800 duty-free entry.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar defended India’s oil imports from Russia, saying, “At the end of it all, we make decisions that are in national interest.”
Despite Trump’s boast of settling Congo-Rwanda tensions, over 300 civilians were killed in recent militia attacks. The Congolese army and M23 rebels accuse each other of violating both the Washington peace deal and Doha declaration.
Donald Trump also claimed that he played a key role in ending conflicts between Thailand and Cambodia, Iran and Israel, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Serbia and Kosovo, and Egypt and Ethiopia.