1. US President Donald Trump says he has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to play a role in resolving Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. On Tuesday, Trump was asked by a reporter whether he had discussed the war in Ukraine with Xi, who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
2. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is considering imposing an additional 10 percent tariff on imports from China starting on February 1. That is the same date on which he is mulling slapping 25-percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada. 3. US President Donald Trump has announced the launch of a joint venture dubbed Stargate that will invest hundreds of billions of dollars to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US. Trump said “A new American company that will invest 500 billion dollars at least in AI infrastructure in the United States, and very quickly moving, very rapidly, creating over 100,000 American jobs almost immediately.”
日: 2025年1月22日
January 21, Tuesday, 2025
1. The yen saw a sharp price swing against the dollar on Tuesday following the latest tariff remarks by US President Donald Trump. During Tokyo trading, the Japanese currency briefly fell after Trump said he’s considering a 25-percent levy on imports from Canada and Mexico. He said he could introduce the change from February 1.
2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has congratulated US President Donald Trump, saying he is sure “the best days of our alliance are yet to come.” Netanyahu thanked Trump for his efforts in helping free Israeli hostages in Gaza. Three hostages were released by Hamas a day earlier, under a six-week ceasefire deal brokered by the US and others. 3. The mother of a Japanese woman who was abducted by North Korea says she hopes new US President Donald Trump will rescue her daughter and other abductees from North Korea. Yokota Sakie, who is 88 years old, issued a statement after Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday.