TRADE WARS

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China increasingly seduced by Brazilian market
Jul 23, 2018 (AFP)
Before 2010, Chinese funds flowing into Brazil were primarily focused on assuring food and energy supplies for the Asian giant. But in recent years, that strate...
China launches steel dumping probe against EU, Japan, S. Korea, Indonesia
Jul 23, 2018 (AFP)
This spring Washington slapped steep tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from major producers, including China, citing concerns that a glut of the metals was...
Mnuchin pushes for EU, China concessions amid trade stalemate
Jul 22, 2018 (AFP)
In his opening salvo at the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires, Mnuchin urged China and the EU to respect "free, fair and reciprocal trade" amid talk of an esca...
Trump threatens tariffs on all $505bn of Chinese imports
Jul 20, 2018 (AFP)
"I'm ready to go 500," the Republican leader told the US network CNBC, referring to the $505.5 billion in Chinese imports accepted into the United States in 201...
Trump accuses China, EU of currency manipulation
Jul 20, 2018 (AFP)
The comments also signaled an undiminished appetite for battle on multiple fronts after a week dominated by coverage of the fallout from his dealings with Russi...
S. Korea minister warns of fallout of US-China trade war
Jul 18, 2018 (AFP)
The world's 11th largest economy is expected to grow 2.9 percent this year, lower than an earlier estimate of three percent, Kim Dong-yeon said, citing slowing ...
China's Xi holding up deal to resolve trade dispute: Trump adviser
Jul 18, 2018 (AFP)
"I think Xi is holding the game up," said Larry Kudlow, director of the White House National Economic Council. "I don't think President Xi has any intention of ...
Europe seeks steel safeguards against U.S. tariffs
Jul 18, 2018 (UPI)
"The U.S. tariffs on steel products are causing trade diversion, which may result in serious harm to EU steelmakers and workers in this industry," Commissioner ...
US to respond to concerns over trade policy at G20: official
Jul 17, 2018 (AFP)
However, the official said Mnuchin has no plans for a separate meeting with Chinese officials to try to resolve the trade conflict that has led to an exchange o...
EU urges big powers to avert trade 'conflict and chaos'
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
The comments from EU Council President Donald Tusk come as Washington and Beijing stand on the brink of a trade war which many fear could hammer the global econ...
China economic growth slows in second quarter, warns on trade war
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
The world's second-biggest economy expanded 6.7 percent in April-June, down from 6.8 percent in the first quarter and in line with a forecasts in an AFP survey ...
As trade war rages, Trump flags fly out of China factory
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
The US and China have slapped tariffs on billions of dollars worth of each other's goods, but there is little evidence of the dispute at the Jiahao Flag Company...
EU takes anti-Trump trade show to China and Japan
Jul 14, 2018 (AFP)
The trip by EU Council President Donald Tusk and Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker includes the signing of a free trade deal with Japan, which was moved from ...
China's trade surplus with US swells in June
Jul 13, 2018 (AFP)
The figures come after the two sides exchanged tit-for-tat tariffs on billions of dollars worth of goods and US President Donald Trump threatened to up the ante...
China pledges more BRICS cooperation as US trade tensions rise
Jul 13, 2018 (AFP)
China will enhance coordination on macroeconomic policies with fellow BRICS members Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa in response to the "challenges posed ...
China, US not talking on trade: ministry
Jul 12, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing blamed Washington for expanding the scope of the trade conflict with its latest tariff threats and repeated that China would not back down from a trade ...
Dubai warns of action against China on Djibouti trade zone
Jul 12, 2018 (AFP)
The warning came one week after Djibouti launched the first phase of Africa's biggest free trade zone, developed by China, months after scrapping a concession a...
Trade war ramps up as US threatens $200bn in Chinese goods
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
The latest moves in the ballooning trade conflict between the world's top two economies came just days after tit-for-tat duties on $34 billion in goods came int...
Trump pursues hardline trade policies, despite costs
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
And as Trump's attacks on Germany at the NATO summit this week demonstrate, that aggressive strategy extends to allies as well as traditional rivals and to secu...
Shippers respond to U.S. steel needs in the face of tariffs
Jul 11, 2018 (UPI)
"The global shipping industry is ready to service the U.S. demand for steel, be it pipelines or any other product," Peter Sand, the chief shipping analyst for i...
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