USDA to buy $1.2B in goods, offer $5B in aid to farmers hurt by trade war
The federal government will spend up to $1.2 billion to buy products from farmers hurt by the retaliatory tariffs from…
U.S., Mexico reach NAFTA deal, turn up pressure on Canada
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Mexico agreed on Monday to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),…
World stock index at highest in over five months on trade deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An index of major world stock markets rose to its highest level in more than five…
Trump announces new US trade deal with Mexico
After months of negotiations, President Donald Trump on Monday announced the United States and Mexico have come to an agreement…
Exclusive: U.S., Mexico reach NAFTA deal; talks with Canada to start immediately
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Mexico reached a deal on Monday to replace the North American Free Trade…
Mexico, U.S. likely ‘hours’ away from NAFTA agreement -minister
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Mexican trade negotiators are “hours” away from squaring away bilateral differences on the North American…
Trump says Mexico trade deal near; NAFTA hurdles seen easing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States could reach a “big Trade Agreement” with…
Much detail, little progress in U.S.-China talks, sources say
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S-China trade talks this week were heavy on details but short on progress as U.S. negotiators outlined…
Canada to rejoin NAFTA talks once U.S., Mexico resolve bilateral issues: Freeland
RICHMOND, British Columbia (Reuters) – Mexico and the United States need to resolve complicated bilateral issues before modernization of the…
British Airways, Air France halting flights to Iran from next month
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – British Airways and Air France said on Thursday they would halt flights to Iran from September for…
No-deal Brexit will bring tangle of red tape, Britain warns companies
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday told companies trading with the European Union they would face a tangle of red…
Exclusive: Pharma sector warns Saudis on German drug curbs
BERLIN (Reuters) – European and U.S. pharmaceutical associations have waded into a diplomatic row between Germany and Saudi Arabia, warning…
U.S., China to resume trade talks in Washington amid low expectations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese officials are set to resume contentious trade talks on Wednesday under the cloud of…
Foreign automakers oppose Trump NAFTA plan as U.S-Mexico talks resume
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Foreign-brand automakers with U.S. plants do not support Trump administration rules to raise the amount of local…
Asia stocks capped, dollar droops following Trump comments
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks were capped and the dollar dipped on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump accused China…
Exclusive: Trump doesn’t expect much from China trade talks this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump does not expect much progress from trade talks with China this week in…
Exclusive: Trump demands Fed help on economy, complains about interest rate rises
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was “not thrilled” with the Federal Reserve under his…
U.S. firms warn next China tariffs to cost Americans from cradle to grave
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A broad cross-section of U.S. businesses has a message for the Trump administration: new tariffs on $200…
Iran says no OPEC member can take over its share of oil exports
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran told OPEC on Sunday no member country should be allowed to take over another member’s share…
China finds second African swine fever case at WH Group plant
BEIJING (Reuters) – China found its second case of African swine fever (ASF) on Thursday at a slaughterhouse owned by…
Northeast governors, eastern Canada premiers meet in Vermont
Some governors from the northeast U.S. and premiers from eastern Canada on Monday called for the end of the trade…
China’s CNPC takes over Total’s share in big Iran gas project: Iranian agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – China’s state-owned energy major CNPC has taken over the share in Iran’s multi-billion dollar South Pars gas…
Macron leads G7 charge against Trump over trade
Leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations are set to clash with a combative President Trump at the Quebec…
Trade war threatens reign of luxury stocks
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – An escalating trade war between the United States and China could abruptly end a glittering stock market…
U.S. built Mercedes-Benz SUV’s held up by Chinese customs
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz sports utility vehicles built in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, are being checked for potential problems by Shanghai customs…
U.S. sanctions whack Russia’s rouble, Turkey’s lira free-falls
LONDON (Reuters) – Alarm bells were ringing on Thursday as harsh new U.S. sanctions drove drove down Russia’s rouble Turkey’s…
Chinese state media slams Trump for ‘extortion’ in trade dispute
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media on Monday lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies in an unusually…
Indonesia lobbies U.S. to maintain special tariff treatment
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia lobbied visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to keep the Southeast Asian nation on a…
China won’t accept U.S. trade ‘blackmail’: state media
BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s state media said on Saturday the government’s retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods showed…
GM seeks to exclude China-made Buick SUV from tariff
(Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) is seeking an exemption to a 25 percent U.S. tariff on its Chinese-made Buick…
More drugmakers build Brexit stockpiles as EU agency faces exodus
PARIS/ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) – Sanofi (SASY.PA) and Novartis (NOVN.S) said on Wednesday they planned to increase stockpiles of medicines in Britain…
Iran’s parliament summons Rouhani as economy falters under U.S. pressures
LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian lawmakers have given President Hassan Rouhani one month to appear before parliament to answer questions on…
Meat processor Tyson Foods cuts profit forecast on mounting tariff pressures
(Reuters) – Tyson Foods Inc (TSN.N) cut its full-year profit forecast on Monday, citing the uncertainty in trade policies and…
Exclusive: BMW to raise prices of two U.S.-made SUV models in China
BEIJING (Reuters) – German carmaker BMW (BMWG.DE) said it will raise the prices of two U.S.-made crossover sport-utility vehicles in…
Global auto powers plotting response to Trump auto tariff threats
MEXICO CITY/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada, the European Union, Japan, Mexico and South Korea will meet in Geneva next week to…
Trump eases car tariff threat as U.S., EU launch talks to quell trade tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In what the EU chief called a “major concession,” U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Wednesday to…
China says threats, intimidation on trade will never work
BEIJING (Reuters) – Threats and intimidation on trade will never work on China, its foreign ministry said on Monday, after…
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 tariffs could ‘destroy’ EU’s steel industry
Warning comes as speculation mounts that US President will slap import tariffs on European steel and aluminium… READ MORE ……
Trade war puts the hoof into U.S. pig part exports to China
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Before the U.S.-China trade war, American pig processors exported nine out of every 10 pigs’ feet and…
Boeing concerned about tariff talk, but no business impact yet
LONDON (Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) is concerned about the impact of possible trade tariffs on the cost of running…
Planemakers plot course through trade, Brexit worries to air show deals
FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) – Aerospace firms are setting out wares from luxury jets to lethal drones at back-to-back British air…
U.S. lifts ban on suppliers selling to China’s ZTE
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Commerce on Friday lifted a ban on U.S. companies selling goods to ZTE Corp,…
China says ‘bully’ United States started a trade war
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States has started a trade war and China will defend itself, Chinese Vice Minister of…
House Speaker casts doubt on Congress acting to stop trade tariffs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday that while he does not support President Donald Trump’s…
Beijing urges U.S. firms in China to lobby Washington over trade war
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – China on Thursday said foreign firms operating in China would suffer in a trade war, urging U.S.…
Accessing free -trade zones in Africa [Business Segment]
The fall in the prices of raw materials such as cotton, coffee and cocoa in the 1980s led to the…
China promises ‘firm and forceful’ measures in response to new U.S. tariffs
China promised to take “firm and forceful” measures Wednesday in response to the United States’ proposed levy of 10 percent…
China’s ZTE clears hurdle to lifting U.S. ban
(Reuters) – The United States said on Wednesday that it signed an agreement with ZTE Corp (000063.SZ) that paves the…
China says will hit back after U.S. proposes fresh tariffs on $200 billion in goods
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China accused the United States of bullying and warned it would hit back after the Trump administration…
U.S. ratchets up China trade war, threatens tariffs on $200 bln of goods
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – The Trump administration raised the stakes in its trade dispute with China on Tuesday, saying it would…
Boris Johnson quits as UK’s May faces mounting Brexit crisis
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Sterling slides as foreign minister’s resignation heaps pressure on May
LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling slid on Monday after the resignation of the British foreign minister heaped pressure on Prime Minister…
France says Europe united against U.S. tariffs as Germany eyes negotiation
AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) – The French government insisted on Sunday that Washington should expect united retaliation from Europe to further…