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US-UK trade deal imposes conditions on ownership of British steel plants
Trump administration understood to have pushed for requirements to be attached to deal in effort to freeze out Chinese steel.
Trump blinked in trade war with China. Can South-east Asia get a break, too?
US President Donald Trump significantly reduced tariffs on Chinese goods signaling a shift toward renewed trade negotiations with China. While some ASEAN nations are engaging in negotiations and considering concessions, uncertainty remains over the US’s long-term trade strategy and its pressure to limit economic ties with China.
US and China reach a deal to slash tariffs
The United States and China announced a joint agreement to dramatically slash reciprocal tariffs as Washington and Beijing seek to end a trade war that for months has upended the global economy and set financial markets teetering on collapse.
Democracy sidelined in UK-US trade deal
The announcement of the new UK-US trade agreement raises serious concerns about the lack of democratic scrutiny surrounding the deal.
What is in the UK-US tariff deal?
It is only the bare bones of a narrow agreement, there will be months of negotiations and legal paperwork to follow.
US declines to engage with ASEAN as a group on tariffs
The United States has chosen to avoid tariff negotiations with ASEAN as a unified group, preferring instead to engage in bilateral talks with individual member countries, according to Malaysia’s Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry.
US pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink, cables show
Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in conjunction with trade talks, State Department staffers wrote. The US has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, but Musk’s role complicates the picture.
A trade deal with the US could spell disaster for the UK
As the spectre of Donald Trump’s tariffs looms over British exports, Labour confronts a stark choice: in its mission to secure tariff relief, what is the government willing to surrender?
US eyes de-escalation as trade talks with China set for weekend
The United States and China will hold talks to de-escalate trade tensions, in the first known high-level in-person contact between representatives of the world's two largest economies since President Donald Trump unleashed hefty tariffs on imports.
Trump tells Carney CUSMA is 'good deal for everybody' but leaves door open for termination
Le premier ministre canadien et le président américain ont ouvert la porte à une renégociation rapide de l’Accord Canada–États-Unis–Mexique.