The United States’ Annual Threat Assessment (ATA) report has named China and India as ‘state actors’ facilitating the supply of precursor chemicals used in illicit fentanyl production.The report specifically highlights China as the primary source of fentanyl precursor chemicals and pill-pressing equipment followed by India.“A range of cyber and intelligence actors are targeting our wealth,…
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday said that the United States is “prepared” to go to war with China, following warnings from Beijing over rising trade tensions.Hegseth’s response came amidst an X post from China’s US Embassy, which said, “If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war…
TOI correspondent from Washington: In a warning shot that echoed across major world capitals and business majors on Tuesday, US President-elect Donald Trump said he will issue executive orders on day one of his presidency imposing new tariffs on all imported goods from China, Mexico and Canada, Washington’s three largest trading partners, to stop the…
