Khushboo Razdan

1 week ago | scmp.com | Khushboo Razdan

The Trump administration’s top officials have urged a US court to uphold the president’s sweeping tariff powers, warning that a legal setback could upend an “asymmetric” trade truce with China, embarrass Washington and reignite conflict between India and Pakistan. The officials claimed that Trump used his tariff power to broker a ceasefire between New Delhi and Islamabad earlier this month and bring about a fragile peace.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Khushboo Razdan

11 hours agoWhy Japan sees President Trump's tariffs as a 'national crisis'Robert Ward is the Japan chair at the London-based think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), where he also directs the geo-economics and strategy program. He is the author of "Evaluating Japan's New Grand Strategy".

1 week ago | scmp.com | Khushboo Razdan

Over the past two weeks, the New York-based Court of International Trade has held its first oral arguments in lawsuits challenging US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs and the administration’s authority to impose the kind of levies previously placed on China, Canada and Mexico over the US’ deadly fentanyl crisis.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Khushboo Razdan

Few Americans knew of Norman Wong, a 75-year-old retired carpenter living quietly in Brentwood, California, until a presidential executive order transformed him into an unlikely symbol of a new national battle over a core constitutional issue: who is an American? His face has appeared across major American news organizations in recent days.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Khushboo Razdan

Britain signed a deal on Thursday to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after a London judge overturned a last-minute injunction and cleared the way for an agreement the government says is vital to protect the nation’s security. The multibillion-dollar deal will allow Britain to retain control of the strategically important US-UK airbase on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, under a 99-year lease.