David Brunnstrom

@davidbrunnstrom

Asia/other foreign policy @Reuters Washington. Previously Brussels and all over Asia. Once retweeted by the Downing Street cat.

Washington DC

Joined April 2008

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David Brunnstrom@davidbrunnstrom · Jul 21

more from my colleagues @geddiejdk and @kellyJapan in Tokyo #Japan PM vows to stay on after bruising election defeat reuters.com/world/japan-pm…

davidbrunnstrom's tweet card. Japanese premier Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay on after his ruling coalition suffered a bruising defeat in upper house elections on Sunday as some of his own party discussed his future and the...

David Brunnstrom@davidbrunnstrom · Jul 21

The LDP has been urging fiscal restraint, eyeing a very jittery bond market, as investors worry about #Japan 's ability to refinance the world's largest debt pile. Any concessions the LDP must now strike to pass policy will elevate nerves, analysts say reuters.com/world/japans-s…

davidbrunnstrom's tweet card. The outcome further weakens Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's grip on power.

David Brunnstrom@davidbrunnstrom · Jul 17

Japan's upper house elections set for Sunday Ruling coalition expected to lose majority, polls show Investors sell government bonds, fearing fiscal shift Far-right could gain as populism takes root #japan reuters.com/markets/asia/j…

davidbrunnstrom's tweet card. Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, an outcome that could jolt investor confidence in the world's fourth largest economy and complicate...

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David Brunnstrom@davidbrunnstrom · Jul 2

Trump said that goods from #Vietnam would face a 20% tariff and that any trans-shipments from third countries would face a 40% levy. Details were scarce and it was not immediately clear how the trans-shipment provision would be implemented. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

davidbrunnstrom's tweet card. The United States will place a lower-than-promised tariff on many Vietnamese exports, Donald Trump said, cooling tensions with its tenth-biggest trading partner days before the U.S. president could...

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David Brunnstrom@davidbrunnstrom · Jun 25

Other crimes that will no longer lead to the death penalty include activities aimed at overthrowing the government, vandalising state property, manufacturing fake medicine, jeopardising peace, triggering invasive wars, espionage and carrying drugs reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

davidbrunnstrom's tweet card. Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at overthrowing the government, parliament said on Wednesday, sparing the life of...

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U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue@USAmbChina · Jun 3

In a meeting today with Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office Director and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, I emphasized President Trump's priorities on trade, fentanyl, and illegal immigration. Communication is vital to the 🇺🇸-🇨🇳 relationship.

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Secretary Marco Rubio@SecRubio · May 28

The U.S. will begin revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.

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Reuters@Reuters · May 22

President Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans reut.rs/4mI3S7w 1/3

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David Brunnstrom@davidbrunnstrom · May 13

"I think it's going to be fantastic for China, I think it's going to be fantastic for us, and I think it's going to be great for unification and peace," Trump said, without mentioning #Taiwan. US mission says 'unification' comment about US-China trade - reuters.com/world/us-missi…

davidbrunnstrom's tweet card. U.S. President Donald Trump's comment on "unification" was about the U.S.-China trade relationship and U.S. policy toward Taiwan has not changed, the de facto U.S. embassy on the island said on...

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David Brunnstrom@davidbrunnstrom · May 5

Congrats to my @Reuters colleagues for this one. First Reuters Pulitzer for an investigative series. Reuters wins Pulitzer for investigation of fentanyl trade - reuters.com/world/china/re…

davidbrunnstrom's tweet card. The series of stories penetrate the international trade in the chemicals used to make fentanyl, the drug at the heart of a crisis that has killed some 450,000 Americans and counting.

David Brunnstrom@davidbrunnstrom · May 3

Ali France: disability activist who overcame grief to oust Australia opposition chief Dutton - reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

davidbrunnstrom's tweet card. Disability advocate Ali France pulled off a shock defeat of Australia's opposition leader Peter Dutton in his own seat on Saturday at the third time of asking, just over a year after losing her son...

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David Brunnstrom@davidbrunnstrom · May 3

Peter Dutton, leader of Australia’s conservative Liberal party, conceded defeat and the loss of his own seat - echoing the fate of Canada's conservatives and their leader whose election losses days earlier were also attributed to an anti-Trump backlash. - reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

davidbrunnstrom's tweet card. Peter Dutton, leader of the conservative Liberal party, conceded defeat and the loss of his own seat - echoing the fate of Canada's conservatives and their leader whose election losses days earlier...

David Brunnstrom@davidbrunnstrom · May 1

Britain's #AUKUS adviser briefs US and Australian officials on project review - reuters.com/world/britains…

davidbrunnstrom's tweet card. Britain's special representative for the AUKUS defense project, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, has been briefing U.S. officials in Washington this week about a review of the project he presented to the...

David Brunnstrom@davidbrunnstrom · Apr 29

Carney's Liberals win tight Canada election, will form minority government, CTV says - reuters.com/world/americas…

davidbrunnstrom's tweet card. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals retained power in the country's election on Monday, but fell short of the majority government he had wanted to help him negotiate tariffs with U.S....

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