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What Trump 2.0 would mean for trade, migrants, climate change and electric cars

A Donald Trump presidential election victory would have huge implications for US trade policy, climate change, the war in Ukraine, electric vehicles, Americans’ taxes and illegal immigration. While some of his proposals would require congressional approval, here is a summary of the policies he has said he would pursue in his second four-year term in office: More tariffs Trump has floated the idea of a 10 per cent or more tariff on all goods imported into the US, a move he says would eliminate the trade deficit. But critics say it would lead to higher prices for American consumers and global economic instability. He has also said he should have the authority to set higher tariffs on countries that have put tariffs on US imports. He has threatened to impose a 200pc tariff on some imported cars, saying he is determined in particular to keep cars from Mexico from coming into the country. But he has also suggested that allies such as the European Union could see higher duties on t
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India aims to curb judges’ arbitrary sentences for criminals, sources say

India plans to overhaul its criminal sentencing norms to counter accusations of arbitrary punishment, sources said, following public outrage over the 2022 rape conviction of a man within 30 minutes of trial, by a judge who handed him the death penalty. A higher court in the eastern state of Bihar later overturned the conviction and ordered a retrial, saying the man had been denied the opportunity to defend himself and the judge had acted in “utmost haste”. It also called for more training for the judge. In response, the government plans to develop a grading system to ensure punishment matches the crime, and help standardise sentencing, so pulling the judicial system closer in line with the likes of Britain, Canada and New Zealand. The law and justice ministry will unveil its plan to the Supreme Court around December, after the court asked the government in May to consider adopting a comprehensive sentencing policy following the Bihar case, one source said. The government sources s
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Iranian forces kill 4 after deadly attack in southeast: state media

Iranian armed forces killed four militants after a deadly attack on a police station in the restive southeast, state media reported on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to eight. On October 26, militants from the Jaish al-Adl group killed 10 police officers in Taftan county, Sistan-Baluchistan province — one of the deadliest attacks in the region in recent months. “A total of eight terrorists have been killed” during operations in the province, Revolutionary Guards commander Ahmad Shafahi said, quoted by the official IRNA news agency. “Fourteen other terrorists have been arrested,” including key figures involved in the Taftan attack, he said, adding security forces seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition. Late Monday, IRNA quoted Guards ground forces commander Mohammad Pakpour as saying the militants who carried out the October 26 attack “were not Iranian”, without specifying their nationalities. Sistan-Baluchistan straddles the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan, and
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Dengue spray team beaten up in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: A dengue spray team was attacked with iron rods and threatened of dire consequences by a group of residents of Gul Afshan Colony in Dhamial area. Amir Sajjad, a health inspector, lodged an FIR with Dhamial police saying that he received a phone call while he was on patrol duty that their dengue spray team, led by Manan Mahmood, was carrying out mosquito killer spray in the Arnial area of UC 12 when they knocked on the door of a house. He said in response, a man identified as Arbaz Khan opened the door but later went back inside the house without talking to anyone from the health department team. He further said that as the dengue spray team moved forward, the man (Arbaz Khan) came out of his house along with 15 people and attacked the health department team. The complaint further said that the team members were punched, kicked and tortured with iron rods and batons. One of the health team members called emergency police 15 who arrived at the spot and rescued the health
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Who does South Asia want in the White House?

Like all parts of the world, countries in South Asia are closely following the US presidential race , keeping an eye out for their interests and preparing to tweak policies based on who among Donald Trump and Kamala Harris prevails on November 5. Analysts say major regional countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan — are divided in who they would like to be the next US president, but all remain willing to engage with whoever emerges victorious. On the flip side, US policies are likely to be in the realm of “continuation,” with neither administration applying “a very sharp strategic lens to South Asia,” according to Michael Kugelman, an expert on Washington’s relations with South Asian nations. “But I do think that you would see a sharper lens, relatively speaking, from Harris than from Trump,” he said. The US will “investigate possibilities for infrastructure investments in South Asia, working with India for sure to counter China, trying to step up varying levels o
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