Highlights for U. S. President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday: NORTH KOREA North Korean state media warns the United States of a "super-mighty pre-emptive strike" after U. S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U. S. is looking at ways to bring pressure to bear on North Korea over its nuclear program.
Highlights for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday: NORTH KOREA North Korean state media warns the United States of a "super-mighty pre-emptive strike" after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. is looking at ways to bring pressure to bear on North Korea over its nuclear program. IRAN Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States should meet its own obligations agreed in a landmark nuclear deal in 2015 rather than making accusations against the Islamic Republic. RUSSIA Russia dismisses as false a Reuters report that said a government think tank controlled by President Vladimir Putin had developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Trump's favor. U.S. ECONOMY American economic growth will not achieve the new administration's 3 percent goal this year or next, even if some fiscal stimulus and changes to tax laws are implemented, according to economists in a Reuters poll. U.S. STEEL American steel stocks rise following news that Trump will sign a directive asking for a speedy probe into whether imports of foreign-made steel are a U.S. national security risk. TRADE WITH JAPAN Japan has less room to compromise with the United States under a bilateral trade deal than under a multilateral agreement like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, its deputy prime minister says, taking a swipe at U.S. attempts to directly pressure Tokyo into opening up heavily protected markets like agriculture. IMF, WORLD BANK MEETING International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde says she believes the IMF can work successfully with the Trump administration to improve the global trading system, but adds that open trade must be preserved as a growth engine. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says he is "encouraged" by the Trump administration's interest so far in the multilateral lender's mission and its plans to harness more private capital for development finance. PENCE IN INDONESIA Trump will attend three summits in Asia in November, Vice President Mike Pence says in Jakarta during a visit to the headquarters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Pence tours Southeast Asia's largest mosque during a visit to Indonesia, calling the Muslim-majority nation's tradition of following a moderate form of Islam "an inspiration to the world." TURKEY Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says he will meet his U.S. counterpart in Washington on May 16-17, in their first meeting since Trump took office in January.
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