The redeployments would encourage allies to shoulder more of their defense and leave U.S. forces less vulnerable to mass missile attacks, the analysts say.

"Deeply regrettable" is how Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has described US President Donald Trump's latest tariff threat - a 25% levy on Japanese goods. Tokyo, a long-time US ally, has been trying hard to avoid exactly this.

The prime minister will hold annual leaders' talks with China's Premier Li Qiang, as well as meeting China's President Xi Jinping on a six-day trip that takes in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that there needed to be a “genuine rebalancing” in the China-Europe relationship.

K UALA LUMPUR, July 11 — Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has described China as a neighbour for “almost 2,000 years,” arguing that Southeast Asian nations should strengthen ties with Beijing rather than submit to President Donald Trump’s trade war tactics.

The Central Asian nation, rich in critical minerals, is deepening its ties to China but does relatively little trade with the United States.

A Russian state TV host went off on Trump and fantasized about a nuclear attack on the U.S. amid Trump's recent escalation of rhetoric against Russia and Putin. The post ‘We Will Freaking Erase You!’ Russian Propagandist Goes OFF on Trump,

While President Trump correctly identified China as America’s primary geopolitical challenge, his transactional “America First” foreign policy is a “profoundly self-destructive” mistake that undermines the very alliances needed to compete.