EU tariffs to target 20 billion euros of U.S. imports – diplomats
The European Commission has drawn up a list of U.S. imports worth around 20 billion euros ($22.6 billion) that it could hit with tariffs over...
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China won’t weaken currency to boost exports, premier says
China will not engage in competitive currency devaluations, Premier Li Keqiang stressed, hours after China hit back, with a softer punch than the one landed...
US – China trade war escalates as Trump hits China with fresh tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with Beijing, imposing 10 percent tariffs on about $200 billion worth of imports in a move one...
US-China trade war escalates as new tariffs kick in (Update)
The United States and China escalated their acrimonious trade war on Thursday, implementing punitive 25 per cent tariffs on $16 billion worth of each other’s goods, even...
EU readies new trade retaliation list before Trump visit
The European Union’s trade commissioner said on Thursday she hopes an EU mission to Washington will ease a transatlantic trade disupte but the bloc is...
EU leaders unite over Trump tariffs, foreign investments
European Union leaders pledged on Friday to react firmly against protectionism and called for a new EU law to screen foreign investments, with Washington and Beijing clearly...
Trump threatens 20 per cent tariff on European Union cars
US President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 20 per cent tariff on all European Union-assembled cars coming into the United States, a month after the administration...
Trump sets $50bn in China tariffs, Beijing ready to strike back
US President Donald Trump announced hefty tariffs on $50bn of Chinese imports on Friday as Beijing threatened to respond in kind, in a move that looks set...
Trump’s tariffs “a joke” but chance to redesign trade rules, Lamy says
By Stelios Orphanides The former director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Pascal Lamy said that while the decision of US President Donald Trump to...
Trump threatens $100 bln more in tariffs, China to retaliate
President Donald Trump on Thursday directed U.S. trade officials to identify tariffs on $100 billion more Chinese imports, upping the ante in an already high-stakes...
China retaliates for U.S. tariffs, slaps duties on key U.S. imports
China hit back on Wednesday at the Trump administration’s plan to slap tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods, retaliating with a list of similar...
Wall Street gives up 2018 gains amid tech selloff, trade fears
By Stephen Culp Wall Street shares nosedived on Monday, with the Dow falling to its lowest level of the year and the S&P 500 and...
EU: Trump putting ‘gun to our head’ over tariffs (Update)
European Union leaders called on US President Donald Trump on Friday to make permanent an EU exemption from US metal import duties, saying they reserved...
China urges US away from ‘brink’ as Trump picks trade weapons
China urged the United States on Friday to “pull back from the brink” as President Donald Trump‘s plans for tariffs on up to $60bn in Chinese goods...
Trump suggests Canada, Mexico could win tariff exemption
US President Donald Trump on Monday appeared to suggest that Canada and Mexico could win exemptions to his planned sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminium if...
Trump defiant after criticism of steel, aluminium tariffs (Update)
US President Donald Trump said on Friday trade wars were good and easy to win, striking a defiant tone after global criticism of his plan to slap...
EU promises firm response to US steel tariffs
The European Union said it would propose countermeasures within days in response to the United States’ decision to impose hefty tariffs on steel and aluminium...
EAC to overhaul tariffs after new study
Large commercial and industrial consumers stand to benefit the most, and household consumers the least, from the planned introduction of a new electricity pricing system...
Neophytou: the EAC is not a charity (Update 2: parties react)
The island’s state-owned power company (EAC) has been turned into a charity organisation, DISY chief Averof Neophytou said, used to exercise social policy by providing...
ASEAN establishes landmark economic and security bloc
By Trinna Leong Southeast Asian nations on Sunday established a formal community that attempts to create freer movement of trade and capital in an area...