U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met counterparts in Southeast Asia on Thursday during his first visit to Asia since taking office, reassuring them it is a priority for Washington despite President Donald Trump's tariff offensive.

Rubio will nevertheless seek to firm up U.S. relationships with partners and allies, who have been unnerved by the tariffs, and is likely to press the case that the United States remains a better par...

The pause on the biggest of Trump's tariffs won't pass this week, as planned, but the problems they present still loom large.

Trump has begun his Cabinet meeting in made-for-TV fashion, gathering top officials to showcase their recent actions and take questions from the press.

The letters listed a range of tariffs. Goods entering the U.S. from Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, and Tunisia will be subject to a 25 percent levy. There will be a 30 percent levy on South African and Bosnian goods, while imports from Indonesia will be subject to a 32 percent rate.

President Donald Trump sent letters to the leaders of five more countries Wednesday, adding to the growing list of US trading partners for whom he has set new tariff rates.