US Reaches Trade Deals With Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Oval Office at the White House on July 22, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The United States has reached trade agreements with Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on social media. With the Aug. 1 deadline approaching, the administration

Trump Announces Trade Deal With Japan

President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a reception with Republican members of Congress at the White House on July 22, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images With an Aug. 1 deadline approaching, the United States has reached a trade agreement with Japan, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on social media on Tuesday. “I just signed

School Districts Sue Trump Admin Over $6.8 Billion Funding Freeze

The U.S. Department of Education building in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A coalition of school districts, teachers unions, parents, and advocacy groups has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing federal officials of unlawfully freezing some $6.8 billion in education funds Congress had earmarked for programs such as after-school

Joint Statement on Framework for United States-Indonesia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade

Today, the United States of America (the United States) and the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia) agreed to a Framework for negotiating an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade to strengthen our bilateral economic relationship, which will provide both countries’ exporters unprecedented access to each other’s markets.  The Agreement on Reciprocal Trade will build upon our longstanding economic

Fact Sheet: The United States and Indonesia Reach Historic Trade Deal

DELIVERING ON RECIPROCAL TRADE: President Donald J. Trump announced a landmark trade deal with Indonesia that will provide Americans with market access in Indonesia once considered impossible and unlock major breakthroughs for America’s manufacturing, agriculture, and digital sectors. Under this deal, Indonesia will pay the United States a reciprocal tariff rate of 19%. The key