China copper imports hit 13-month high in November on improved factory activity
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s copper imports rose 12.1% in November from the previous month to their highest in more than…
Phase one trade deal with China is in good shape: U.S. Commerce chief
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (not pictured) at the Maximos Mansion…
China to raise import tariffs on U.S. scrap copper, aluminum from December 15
FILE PHOTO: A worker drives a forklift past aluminum rolls at a factory in Huaibei, Anhui province, China March 2,…
U.S., Chinese officials to discuss trade in phone call this week: Mnuchin
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin gives a briefing on cryptocurrency at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2019.…
Mexico says it is close to U.S. metals tariff deal, waiting for Canada
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mexico is close to resolving its dispute with the United States over steel and aluminum tariffs without…
Explainer: Who pays Trump’s tariffs – China and other exporters or U.S. customers?
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would raise tariffs to 25 percent from 10 percent…
Trump on China trade spat: ‘We’re going to win either way’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a tour of Nuss Truck & Equipment in Burnsville, Minnesota, U.S., April 15, 2019.…
Mexico eyes fresh U.S. targets for tariffs to pressure Trump over steel
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government on Friday threatened to slap duties on new U.S. products in retaliation for the…
Canada’s Freeland pushes end of steel, aluminum tariffs in meeting with Pelosi
FILE PHOTO – Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland attends the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February…
Exclusive: Elliott steps in to boost Arconic’s sale process – sources
(Reuters) – Elliott Management Corp, the activist hedge fund that sits on Arconic Inc’s (ARNC.N) board, has stepped in to…
U.S. says China’s steel wheels subsidized, will impose duties on imports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it had made a preliminary determination that imports of certain…
U.S.-China trade talks end with no breakthrough as tariffs kick in
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese officials ended two days of talks on Thursday with no major breakthrough as their…
Amazon, Toyota, Alcoa and others working to counter Trump’s tariff plans
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big companies in the United States from Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) to Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and…
Trump aide says Canada’s Trudeau overreacting to trade dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Trade frictions between the United States and Canada are a “family quarrel,” President Donald Trump’s economic adviser…
U.S. isolated at G7 meeting as tariffs prompt retaliation
WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) – The United States’ closest allies attacked the Trump administration on Friday for imposing tariffs on…
U.S. allies hit back at Washington’s steel, aluminum tariffs
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Canada and Mexico retaliated with levies on billions of dollars of U.S. goods from orange juice to…
U.S. allies hit back at Washington’s steel, aluminum tariffs
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) – Canada and Mexico retaliated against the United State’s decision on Thursday to impose tariffs on steel and…
U.S. hits allies with tariffs as risk of trade war rises
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday said it will impose tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from Canada,…
Trump metals tariffs make Granite City great again, but at what cost?
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (Reuters) – After Donald Trump was elected president in 2016 on a pledge to “Make America Great…
Russia’s VTB Bank says no longer lending to Deripaska: CNBC
MOSCOW (Reuters) – VTB (VTBR.MM), Russia’s second-largest bank, has stopped lending to sanctioned Russian metals tycoon Oleg Deripaska, VTB’s President…
Exclusive: En+ set to ask U.S. for more time for Deripaska stake sale: source
LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s En+ Group, which manages Oleg Deripaska’s aluminum and hydropower businesses, is likely to ask the U.S.…
Mexico says NAFTA deal unlikely this week, signing possible this year
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s economy minister said on Tuesday that he saw diminishing chances for a new North American…
Rusal shares plunge over 40 percent on U.S. sanctions
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Shares of Russian aluminum giant United Company Rusal Plc (0486.HK) plunged as much as 41.8 percent…
Asia’s biggest exporters bristle over U.S. tariffs, fanning trade war fears
TOKYO (Reuters) – Major Asian nations reacted sharply on Friday to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on…