WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday delayed slapping additional tariffs on imported autos and auto parts for 180 days, saying in a proclamation carried by the White House's website that he has ordered further negotiations to "address the national security threat."
"President Trump today issued a proclamation directing the United States Trade Representative to negotiate agreements to address the national security threat, which is causing harm to the American automobile industry," the White House statement said. (US-Auto Tariffs)
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TOKYO -- Japanese prosecutors will not indict Nissan Motor Co. CEO Hiroto Saikawa for violating Japan's financial instruments law following allegations he knew about former Chairman Carlos Ghosn under-reporting his remuneration, sources with knowledge of the matter said Friday.
A complaint filed against Saikawa had claimed he had knowledge that Ghosn had been under-reporting his remuneration in Nissan's securities reports submitted to Japanese regulators for two years through March 2018, in violation of Japan's financial instruments law. (Japan-Ghosn-Nissan)
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LONDON -- The cross-party discussions over Brexit on Friday ended without any agreement six weeks after they started.
The British Opposition Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn said in a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May that talks with the government to find a compromise over Brexit "have gone as far as they can." (Britain-Brexit)
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MOSCOW -- Russia has no intention to abandon the 47-nation Council of Europe (CoE) and is ready to continue its work in the organization for the sake of European security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
"We are interested in continuing our work in the Council of Europe on the basis of the norms of international law and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, which should be interpreted and applied in their inseparable relationship," he said in an address to a meeting of CoE foreign ministers in Finland's Helsinki, according to an official transcript published by the Russian Foreign Ministry. (Russia-CoE) Enditem
