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US President Donald Trump has announced via his Truth Social account that he held a “highly successful” phone call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Trump’s declaration that the United States will impose a 25 per cent tariff on India has placed Washington–New Delhi relations under the spotlight, while the President has also revealed that he has issued tariff letters to seven additional countries.
Speaking on negotiations with Mexico, Trump underlined that the deal is more complex than those with other nations due to border issues and existing resources:
“We have agreed to extend the arrangement we recently reached for a further 90 days. Mexico will continue paying a 25 per cent tariff on fentanyl, a 25 per cent tariff on cars, and a 50 per cent tariff on steel, aluminium and copper,” Trump stated.
According to Trump, Mexico has also agreed to remove numerous non-tariff trade barriers immediately. Over the next 90 days, the two sides will hold further talks, aiming to sign a comprehensive trade agreement within this period.
The US President further emphasised that cooperation at the border will continue on all aspects of security, including drug trafficking, drug distribution and illegal migration.
The Kremlin is utilising the recent United States and Israeli military strikes on Iran to validate its ongoing war in Ukraine. Russian officials are pointing to the escalation in the Middle East as evidence that Western nations do not adhere to international rules.
Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Saudi Aramco closed its Ras Tanura refinery on Monday following an Iranian drone strike, an industry source told Reuters as Tehran retaliated across the Gulf after a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iranian targets over the weekend.
The Middle East crisis intensifies after the deadly attack on the compound of the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei on Saturday that killed him, other family members and senior figures. Iran has launched retaliatory strikes on U.S. targets in the region.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. military has enough stockpiled weapons to fight wars "forever"; in a social media post late on Monday. The remarks came hours before conflict in Iran and the Middle East entered its fourth day.
Türkiye raised its security level for Turkish-flagged vessels in the Strait of Hormuz to Level 3 on Sunday (2 March). The development follows Iranian restrictions on shipping after U.S. and Israeli strikes and confirmation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s death.
Strikes across the Middle East are intensifying, fuelling travel disruption, driving up global energy prices and forcing diplomatic missions to shut their doors as tensions continue to rise.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said the United States has a “virtually unlimited supply” of munitions and is capable of sustaining military action indefinitely, as the conflict with Iran entered its fourth day.
The United Nations has called for an investigation into a deadly attack on a girls’ primary school in Iran, which Iranian officials say has killed more than 100 children. The U.S. has said its forces “would not” deliberately target a school.
U.S. first lady, Melania Trump chaired a UN Security Council meeting on children and education in conflict on Monday (2 March), a move criticised by Iran as hypocritical following U.S. and Israeli strikes that triggered a UN warning about risks to children.
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