President Trump on 60 Minutes — “Greatest Nine Months in the History of the Presidency”

• Date/Source: November 3, 2025 — Articles
• Context: Highlights from President Trump’s 60 Minutes interview.

Key themes and quotes

• Government shutdown: Urges Democrats to vote to reopen; says Republicans are voting “almost unanimously” to end it.
• Healthcare/Obamacare: Calls Obamacare “terrible”; says he’ll work with Democrats to lower costs and improve care but “not by extortion.”
• Immigration: “If you came in illegally, you’re going to go out,” with a path to return legally.
• Senate rules: Suggests ending the filibuster (“nuclear option”) to get votes done.
• Economy and tariffs: Credits tariffs for record stock market and high 401(k)s; calls the Supreme Court tariffs case the most important in a century.
• “Retribution”: Denies seeking retribution; says he’s been “mild mannered” despite indictments.
• National security/foreign policy:

Fact Sheet — President Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China

• Date/Source: November 1, 2025 — Fact Sheets
• Theme: U.S.–China agreement announced in ROK to rebalance trade, address fentanyl flows, and ease tensions in critical minerals and semiconductors.

Key Chinese commitments

• Critical minerals/export controls:
• Fentanyl:
• Trade retaliation:
• Agriculture:
• Semiconductors and shipping:
• Tariff exclusions:

Key U.S. actions

• Tariffs and exclusions:
• Regulatory pauses:

Context and significance

• Caps a broader Asia trip with trade wins in Malaysia, Japan, and ROK.
• Targets de-escalation on critical minerals, boosts U.S. agriculture exports, and seeks to curb fentanyl precursor flows while preserving leverage via timelines and conditional suspensions.

Presidential Message on All Saints’ Day

• Date/Source: November 1, 2025 — Briefings & Statements
• Occasion: Message marking All Saints’ Day; nod to All Souls’ Day on November 2.

Key points

• Tribute to saints: Honors the saints as models of faith and virtue sustaining America’s liberty and truth.
• Historical exemplars named: Blessed Virgin Mary (Patroness of the U.S.), St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. John Neumann—highlighting service, education, and pastoral leadership.
• Religious freedom emphasis: Administration pledges to defend freedom of religion; protect believers from discrimination; safeguard churches, schools, and communities; affirm Christian values in public life.
• Call to action: Encourages Americans to follow the saints’ example, renewing commitment to live as one Nation under God in faith, hope, and freedom.

White House Public Tours to Reopen in December 2025

• Date/Source: October 31, 2025 — Office of the First Lady
• Reopening: Public tours resume Tuesday, December 2, 2025, with an updated tour route.

Key details

• Holiday decor: All December tours feature State Floor Christmas decorations curated under First Lady Melania Trump, highlighting the season’s spirit, warmth, faith, and hope.
• How to book:

Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate

• Date/Source: October 30, 2025 — Nominations & Appointments

Key items

• Michael Selig (Florida)
• Withdrawal

The Republic of Korea Joins First Lady Melania Trump’s “Fostering the Future Together”

• Date/Source: October 30, 2025 — Office of the First Lady
• Theme: South Korea joins a First Lady–led global coalition to empower children through technology, innovation, and education, aligned with the U.S.–Korea Technology Prosperity Deal.

Key points

• Coalition goal: Provide advanced technologies—including AI tools—to support children, educators, and parents while protecting youth from online harms.
• Implementation model:
• U.S.–Korea tech tie-in: The U.S.–Korea Technology Prosperity Deal formalizes cooperation on AI and emerging tech and reflects the initiative’s child-safety and education aims.
• First Lady’s statement: Praises ROK’s technological leadership and contributions to the coalition.
• Next steps: Inaugural coalition meeting at the White House in 2026 to share implementation progress, risks, and policy ideas; initiative builds on the First Lady’s “BE BEST” platform.

Presidential Message on the Birthday of President John Adams

• Date/Source: October 30, 2025 — Briefings & Statements
• Occasion: 290th birthday of John Adams, Founding Father and 2nd U.S. President.

Highlights

• Early life and service:

  • Massachusetts upbringing grounded in faith, work ethic, and civic virtue.
  • Principled lawyer who defended Redcoats after the Boston Massacre.
  • Delegate to both Continental Congresses; early advocate for independence.
  • Drafted Massachusetts’s Constitution; key diplomatic missions in Europe aiding victory in the Revolution.

• Presidency and legacy:

  • Strengthened the Navy, protected U.S. sovereignty, and advanced national interests.
  • Oversaw the federal government’s move to Washington, D.C.
  • Champion of rule of law, education, and civic duty; put country before politics.

• Contemporary framing:

  • As the U.S. approaches the 250th anniversary, the Administration links Adams’s ideals to current priorities: “peace through strength,” emphasis on equal justice, faith and tradition, and symbolic renaming of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

• Closing theme:

  • Calls to carry forward Adams’s legacy of strength, duty, and love of country to help usher in a “Golden Age of America.”

Fact Sheet — President Trump Brings Home More Billion-Dollar Deals During State Visit to the Republic of Korea

• Date/Source: October 29, 2025 — Fact Sheets
• Theme: Major U.S.–ROK deals advancing U.S. jobs, energy leadership, tech cooperation, and maritime capacity.

Deals and investments

• Aviation and defense

  • Korean Air: 103 Boeing aircraft worth $36.2B; supports up to 135,000 U.S. jobs.
  • GE Aerospace engines: $13.7B to power the new fleet.
  • ROK Air Force: $2.3B AWACS program with L3Harris; supports 6,000 U.S. jobs.
  • ReElement Technologies + POSCO International: U.S.-based rare earth separation, refining, and magnet production complex.

• Energy and grid

  • Korea Gas Corporation: ~3.3M tons/year of U.S. LNG via long-term agreements (Trafigura, TotalEnergies; offtake ties to Cheniere).
  • Centrus Energy + KHNP + POSCO International: Expand uranium enrichment in Piketon, Ohio; 3,000 U.S. jobs.
  • LS Group: $3B by 2030 for U.S. grid infrastructure (undersea cables, power equipment, winding wires); LS Greenlink building a $681M Virginia facility.

• Technology and space

  • U.S.–ROK Technology Prosperity Deal: Cooperation on AI exports/standards and adoption, research security, 6G, biotech supply chains, quantum innovation.
  • Amazon: $5B through 2031 to build ROK cloud infrastructure; complements AWS’s $40B investments across 14 APEC economies.
  • NASA Artemis II: Lunar flyby mission carrying a Korean satellite to measure space radiation.
  • Both countries: Commit to stabilize/diversify critical mineral supply chains.

• Maritime and shipbuilding

  • HD Hyundai + Cerberus: $5B to modernize U.S. shipyards, strengthen supply chains, apply autonomy/digitalization/automation.
  • Samsung Heavy Industries + Vigor Marine: Naval MRO, shipyard automation, new U.S.-flagged vessel construction.
  • Hanwha Ocean: $5B to strengthen Philly Shipyard workforce; increase capacity by >10x.

Context and significance

• Caps a multi-country Asia trip; reinforces the U.S.–ROK alliance and U.S. leadership as a Pacific power.
• Builds on earlier deals in Japan and Malaysia, bringing billions in investments and thousands of jobs to the U.S.

The United States Signs Technology Prosperity Deals with Japan and Korea

• Date/Source: October 29, 2025 — Articles
• Theme: U.S. signs bilateral Technology Prosperity Deals (TPDs) with Japan and South Korea to align standards, accelerate R&D, and strengthen national security, building on the September 2025 U.S.–UK TPD.

Highlights

• Strategic tech focus areas:
• U.S.–Japan TPD:
• U.S.–Korea TPD:

Quote

• Michael Kratsios (OSTP Director): The Administration is redefining U.S. technological leadership via bilateral partnerships to drive a new era of innovation.

U.S.–ROK Technology Prosperity Deal (Memorandum of Understanding)

• Date/Source: October 29, 2025 — Articles
• Purpose: Non-binding MOU to deepen U.S.–South Korea collaboration in strategic science and technology, elevating the alliance and fostering a “Golden Age of Innovation.”

Key areas of cooperation

• AI adoption and innovation:

  • Joint R&D via U.S. NSF, Korea NRF, and IITP; promote pro-innovation AI policy frameworks.
  • Expand exports across the full AI stack; explore regional AI export deals.
  • Strengthen enforcement of compute and critical tech protection measures; harmonize adoption guidelines.
  • Reduce operational burdens for innovators, including privacy-preserving hosting and better platform environments.
  • Refocus U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation + Korea AI Safety Institute partnership on secure, trustworthy AI.
  • Support children’s digital wellbeing and workforce prep, including through the “Fostering the Future Together” initiative.

• Trusted technology leadership:

  • Research security: capacity building for universities/industry; joint threat analysis; promote rigorous practices with allies.
  • Telecom/6G: collaborate on advanced RAN and 6G with standards-body engagement and industry partnerships.
  • Bio/pharma supply chains: protect IP; remediate vulnerabilities across academia–industry, including CROs/CDMOs.
  • Quantum: interoperable standards, institutional partnerships, secure supply chains for a robust quantum ecosystem.
  • Basic research and STEM exchange: expand participation in large-scale projects; researcher exchanges.
  • Space: Artemis contributions, Korean cubesat rideshare on Artemis II, NASA CLPS, Korea Positioning System interoperable with GPS, and Commercial LEO Destinations.

Governance and legal

• Operative upon last signature; modifiable by mutual written decision; either party may discontinue with 180-day notice.
• Non-binding; no legal obligations or funding commitments; consistent with domestic and international law; implemented via a Joint Committee Meeting mechanism.

Fact Sheet — President Trump Drives Forward Billions in Investments from Japan

• Date/Source: October 28, 2025 — Fact Sheets
• Theme: Major U.S.–Japan economic, energy, security, and tech initiatives advancing Japan’s prior $550B U.S. investment commitment.

Headlines

• Massive U.S. industrial investments:

  • Energy infrastructure: Up to $332B for nuclear (AP1000 and SMRs with Westinghouse, GE Vernova, Hitachi), baseload power (ENTRA1), EPC (Bechtel, Kiewit), design/maintenance (SoftBank), gas transmission (Kinder Morgan).
  • Grid equipment: Up to $25B (GE Vernova) and up to $25B (Toshiba) for turbines, generators, HVDC, transformers, substations.
  • Thermal cooling: Up to $20B with Carrier.
  • AI/data center stack: Up to $30B (Mitsubishi Electric), $25B (TDK), $20B (Fujikura).
  • Electronics/supply chain: Up to $15B (Murata), $15B (Panasonic).
  • Critical minerals: $3B ammonia/urea facility; $2B copper smelting/refining in western U.S.
  • Manufacturing/logistics: $600M port upgrades; $500M diamond grit facility; $350M LFP battery materials plant.
  • Shipbuilding MOC to expand capacity via aligned investment, procurement, workforce, tech.

• Export and market access commitments:

  • Toyota to export U.S.-made vehicles to Japan and open its Japanese distribution to U.S. automakers; Japan to accept U.S.-certified vehicles without extra testing.
  • Implementation of Mobile Software Competition Act without discrimination against U.S. firms; respect for IP.

• Energy deals:

  • LOIs by Tokyo Gas and JERA for LNG offtake from an Alaska pipeline (>10% of capacity).
  • JERA $1.5B in Haynesville Shale (total U.S. investments >$6B).

  • $100M multi-year U.S. thermal coal deal with Tohoku Electric.

  • U.S. participation encouraged in Japan’s nuclear decommissioning market.

• Supply chain and security measures:

  • U.S.–Japan critical minerals agreement to diversify and strengthen resilience.
  • Stronger inbound/outbound investment screening; Japan to pursue sanctions targeting “shadow fleets.”

• Defense and law enforcement:

  • Japan to significantly increase defense capabilities; U.S. accelerates AMRAAM deliveries for Japan’s F-35s (first tranche delivered).
  • Enhanced intel-sharing, risk profiling; plan to amend the CMAA to combat customs violations and synthetic drug trafficking.

• Advanced technology cooperation:

  • Technology Prosperity Deal MOC: collaboration on AI, research security, 6G/Open RAN/AI-RAN, bio/pharma supply chains, quantum, fusion, space.
  • New U.S.–Japan working group on secure/sovereign cloud standards and requirements.

• Context:

  • Builds on July landmark economic/trade agreement ($550B investment, 15% baseline tariff) and September EO implementing the framework; complements recent Malaysia agreements.

U.S.–Japan Technology Prosperity Deal (Memorandum of Cooperation)

• Date/Source: October 28, 2025 — Articles
• Purpose: Non-binding MOC to deepen U.S.–Japan cooperation in strategic science and technology to drive a “new Golden Age of Innovation.”

Key areas of cooperation

• AI and enabling infrastructure:

  • Joint research via NSF, JST, JSPS, RIKEN; advance HPC, leading-edge semiconductors, and quantum computing.
  • Pro-innovation AI policy frameworks; promote exports across the full AI stack; harmonize guidelines; strengthen protections for critical/sensitive tech.
  • Refocus U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation + Japan AI Safety Institute partnership on trustworthy AI; support children’s digital wellbeing and workforce readiness.

• Trusted technology leadership:

  • Research security: build capacity across universities, labs, and industry; share rigorous practices with allies.
  • Telecoms: collaborate on Open RAN/AI-RAN, Beyond 5G/6G, all-photonics and quantum networks via NTIA, MIC, NSF, NICT; align in standards bodies and open testbeds; expand Indo-Pacific submarine cable cooperation.

• Bio/pharma supply chains:

  • Identify and remediate vulnerabilities across R&D and manufacturing (including CROs and CDMOs); protect IP and innovation ecosystems.

• Quantum information science and technology:

  • Joint work on performance, algorithms, real-world deployments, talent development, and trusted supply chains.

• Fusion energy:

  • Industrial ecosystem collaboration on magnets, high-power components, fuel cycle/blankets, neutronics, materials; R&D via JT-60SA toward commercial deployment.

• Space:

  • Continue civil space and aeronautics cooperation: ISS, Artemis lunar missions, commercial space; improve debris mitigation and space situational awareness.

Legal/administrative

• Non-binding; no legal rights/obligations or funding commitments; consistent with domestic/international law.
• Effective upon signature; modifiable by written decision; either party may discontinue (mutual date or 180 days after notice).
• Signed in Tokyo on October 28, 2025.

Implementation of the Agreement Toward a NEW GOLDEN AGE for the U.S.–Japan Alliance

• Date/Source: October 27, 2025 — Briefings & Statements
• Context: President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae met in Tokyo on October 28, 2025.

Key points

• The leaders reaffirmed the July 22, 2025 U.S.–Japan Agreement, Executive Order 14345, a related joint statement, and a September 4, 2025 MOU on strategic investments.
• They expressed satisfaction with swift progress and reiterated a strong commitment to fully implement the “GREAT DEAL.”
• Objectives: strengthen economic security, promote economic growth, and contribute to global prosperity.
• Directive: Ministers and secretaries were instructed to take further steps toward a “NEW GOLDEN AGE” of the U.S.–Japan alliance.
• Formality: Signed in Tokyo on October 28, 2025, by President Trump and Prime Minister Takaichi.

United States–Japan Framework for Securing Critical Minerals and Rare Earths

• Date/Source: October 27, 2025 — Briefings & Statements
• Purpose: Establish a non-binding policy framework to secure and diversify U.S.–Japan supply chains for critical minerals and rare earths across mining, separation, and processing.

Key elements

• Supply security:

  • Coordinate economic tools (financing, stockpiles, appropriate trade measures) to accelerate secure supply for advanced technologies and industrial bases.
  • Promote upstream–downstream industry dialogues to diversify supply chains.

• Investment and financing:

  • Jointly identify priority projects (magnets, batteries, catalysts, optical materials).
  • Mobilize grants, guarantees, loans, equity, offtakes, insurance, and regulatory facilitation.
  • Within six months: take steps to financially support selected projects.
  • Convene a bilateral Mining, Minerals and Metals Investment Ministerial within 180 days.

• Regulatory and market measures:

  • Streamline/accelerate permitting for mining, separation, and processing.
  • Address non‑market policies and unfair trade by building high-standard marketplaces and pricing mechanisms reflecting true costs.
  • Develop/strengthen authorities to review and deter sensitive asset sales on national security grounds.

• Recycling, partners, and mapping:

  • Invest in recycling technologies; coordinate on scrap management.
  • Work with international partners as appropriate.
  • Cooperate on geological mapping in the U.S., Japan, and elsewhere.

• Rapid response and stockpiles:

  • Create a U.S.–Japan Critical Minerals Supply Security Rapid Response Group led by the U.S. Secretary of Energy and Japan’s METI Minister.
  • Consider complementary stockpiling arrangements using national systems.

• General provisions:

  • Monitor/review projects; meet within 10 days upon request.
  • Either side may discontinue with written notice; framework is non‑binding and creates no legal rights or obligations.
  • Signed in Tokyo on October 28, 2025, by President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae.

President Trump Opens Asia Trip by Securing Landmark Wins for America

• Date/Source: October 27, 2025 — Articles
• Theme: Kickoff of Asia tour in Malaysia focused on peace, trade, and critical minerals to advance “America First” objectives.

Key points

• Peace deals:

  • Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords signed by Thailand and Cambodia, facilitated by President Trump, to end border conflict and reduce tensions.

• Trade deals:

  • Historic reciprocal trade agreements with Malaysia and Cambodia to eliminate or reduce tariffs, address non‑tariff barriers, and expand market access for U.S. goods.
  • Reciprocal trade frameworks announced with Thailand and Vietnam to lower tariff barriers and grant preferential access for U.S. industrial and agricultural exports.

• Critical minerals:

  • Transformative critical minerals agreements with Malaysia and Thailand to deepen partnerships, diversify and secure supply chains, spur investment and trade, and bolster U.S. national security.

Joint Statement — U.S.–Viet Nam Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade

• Date/Source: October 26, 2025 — Briefings & Statements
• Purpose: Announce a framework toward a bilateral trade agreement that expands market access and strengthens economic ties, building on the 2000 BTA.

Key elements

• Market access:

  • Viet Nam to provide preferential access for substantially all U.S. industrial and agricultural exports.
  • U.S. to maintain 20% reciprocal tariffs per EO 14257 (as amended), with some items from EO 14346 Annex III at 0%.

• Non‑tariff barriers:

  • Viet Nam to accept vehicles built to U.S. safety and emissions standards.
  • Address import licenses for U.S. medical devices.
  • Streamline approvals for U.S. pharmaceuticals.
  • Fully implement obligations under certain international IP treaties and address conformity assessment concerns.

• Agriculture:

  • Prevent barriers to U.S. products; recognize U.S. regulatory oversight and accept agreed U.S. certificates.

• Digital, services, and investment:

  • Finalize commitments on digital trade and on services/investment.
  • Engage on IP, labor, environment, customs/trade facilitation, good regulatory practices, and SOE distortions.

• Supply chain and security:

  • Cooperate on resilience, address duty evasion, and coordinate on export controls.

• Commercial deals noted:

  • Vietnam Airlines to purchase 50 Boeing aircraft (over $8B).
  • 20 MOUs for Vietnamese purchases of U.S. agricultural commodities (over $2.9B).

• Next steps:

  • Finalize the agreement text, prepare for signature, and complete domestic procedures before entry into force.

Fact Sheet — President Donald J. Trump Secures Peace and Prosperity in Malaysia

• Date/Source: October 26, 2025 — Fact Sheets

• Headline outcomes in Kuala Lumpur:

  • Peace: Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords between Thailand and Cambodia end border tensions, establish border observer teams, and prompt Thailand to release 18 detained Cambodian soldiers.
  • Trade: Reciprocal trade agreements signed with Malaysia and Cambodia; negotiation frameworks announced with Thailand and Vietnam.
  • U.S.–Malaysia ties elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; new MOUs on critical minerals and maritime security.

• Commercial deals and investments:

  • Up to $3.4B/year U.S. LNG purchases with Petronas; $42.6M/year U.S. coal to TNB Fuel; $119M U.S. telecom purchases.
  • Purchase of 30 Boeing aircraft, with option for 30 more.
  • Purchases of U.S. semiconductors, aerospace components, and data center equipment estimated at ~$150B.
  • Malaysia joins the Artemis Accords (with the Philippines), bringing total signatories to 59.

• Cambodia engagement:

  • U.S. to remove arms embargo; restart ANGKOR SENTINEL defense exercise; expand slots for Cambodian officers at U.S. military colleges.
  • Increased cooperation against transnational crime (narcotics, online scam centers).

• Thailand engagement:

  • Enhanced law-enforcement cooperation against cyber/financial crimes tied to scam centers.
  • MOU on critical minerals, supply chain resilience, and measures (e.g., price floors) to counter dumping, heavy subsidies, and low standards.

Agreement Between the United States of America and Malaysia on Reciprocal Trade

Date/Source: October 26, 2025 — Briefings & Statements

• Purpose: Establish a reciprocal trade framework to expand U.S.–Malaysia market access, align on economic/national security, and reduce tariff and non‑tariff barriers.

Key provisions

• Tariffs and quotas

  • Malaysia applies customs duties on U.S.-origin goods per Annex I Schedule 1.
  • U.S. applies revised reciprocal tariffs on Malaysian-origin goods per Annex I Schedule 2.
  • Malaysia won’t impose quantitative import restrictions except consistent with GATT 1994.

• Non‑tariff barriers

  • Import licensing: No restrictive licensing; any non‑automatic licensing must be transparent, non‑discriminatory, and not unduly burdensome.
  • Standards/TBT: Accept U.S. or international standards without extra conformity assessments; remove duplicative testing; treat U.S. conformity assessment bodies no less favorably.
  • Agriculture/SPS: Science- and risk-based measures; remove unjustified SPS barriers; avoid third‑country arrangements that disadvantage U.S. exports.
  • Geographical indications: Protect/recognize GIs only when qualities are attributable to origin; transparency and fairness required.
  • Cheese/meat terms: Mere use of listed terms cannot restrict U.S. market access.
  • Intellectual property: Robust protection and effective civil/criminal/border enforcement, including online infringement.
  • Services: Malaysia extends to the U.S. any services commitments it grants in future to third countries (ASEAN commitments excluded).
  • Good regulatory practices: Adopt GRP for transparent, predictable rulemaking.
  • Labor: Ban imports made with forced labor within two years; protect and enforce internationally recognized labor rights; don’t weaken protections to attract trade/investment.
  • Environment: Maintain/enforce environmental protections and governance.
  • Customs/trade facilitation: Enable pre‑arrival processing, paperless trade, and digitized border procedures.
  • Border measures/taxes: Coordinate with U.S. border‑adjusted measures; no discriminatory VAT; don’t challenge U.S. export tax rebates at the WTO.

• Digital trade and technology

  • No discriminatory digital services taxes.
  • Facilitate digital trade and trusted cross‑border data flows; collaborate on cybersecurity.
  • Consult the U.S. before entering digital trade deals jeopardizing essential U.S. interests.
  • No forced tech/source code transfers as a condition of market entry, with narrowly tailored exceptions.

• Rules of origin

  • If benefits accrue largely to third countries, a Party may establish rules of origin to ensure benefits accrue to the Parties.

• Economic and national security

  • Complementary actions: When the U.S. takes trade/security measures against third countries, Malaysia will adopt equivalent measures or an agreed timeline.
  • Export controls/sanctions/investment security: Cooperate on multilateral regimes; align with U.S. unilateral controls; restrict dealings with BIS Entity List and OFAC‑listed parties; explore inbound investment review for security.
  • Other measures: Streamline defense trade; combat transshipment/duty evasion via a cooperation agreement; U.S. may terminate if Malaysia signs certain FTAs that jeopardize essential U.S. interests; limits on nuclear purchases from specified countries unless no alternatives exist.

• Commercial considerations and opportunities

  • Investment: Malaysia to facilitate U.S. investment in critical sectors; U.S. EXIM/DFC may consider financing; Malaysia to facilitate about USD 70B of investment in the U.S. over 10 years.

• Implementation and enforcement

  • Entry into force: 60 days after exchange of notifications or as agreed.
  • Modifications: By written agreement; take effect 60 days after notification.
  • Enforcement: Parties retain rights to impose additional tariffs for remedies/security; consult when practicable.
  • Termination: Either Party may terminate with 180 days’ notice.
  • Annexes, appendices, footnotes are integral to the Agreement.

Summary: U.S.–Malaysia MOU on Critical Minerals Cooperation

• Date/Source: October 26, 2025 — Briefings & Statements
• Purpose: Non-binding MOU to deepen U.S.–Malaysia cooperation across the critical minerals and rare earths value chain, strengthen supply chain resilience, and promote trade and investment.
• Scope and objectives:
• Cooperation mechanisms:
• Policy areas:
• Market safeguards:
• Implementation and legal status:
• Signatories: Signed in Kuala Lumpur on October 26, 2025, by President Donald J. Trump (United States) and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (Malaysia).

Joint Statement on United States–Malaysia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade

• Date/Source: October 26, 2025 — Briefings & Statements
• Purpose: Announce a reciprocal trade agreement to deepen U.S.–Malaysia economic ties and expand market access, building on the 2004 TIFA.
• Tariffs:
• Non-tariff barriers:
• Standards and enforcement:
• Digital/services/investment:
• Economic/national security:
• Critical minerals/rare earths:
• Noted commercial deals:
• Next steps: