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Britain's Starmer meets China's Xi for talks on trade, security
AFP, Published on 29/01/2026
» BEIJING - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, seeking closer trade ties while balancing sensitive issues of national security and human rights.
Stock markets, dollar rise on EU-US trade deal
AFP, Published on 28/07/2025
» LONDON - Stock markets and the dollar advanced on Monday after the European Union and United States struck a deal to avert a damaging trade war.
G7 rallies behind Ukraine after abrupt Trump exit
AFP, Published on 18/06/2025
» KANANASKIS (CANADA) - Group of Seven powers, holding talks Tuesday at a summit that Donald Trump left early, promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fresh support as Russia stepped up attacks on its neighbor.
Tesla EU sales slump 52% in April
AFP, Published on 27/05/2025
» PARIS — Sales of cars made by Elon Musk's Tesla slumped by more than half in April as Chinese electric carmakers saw their share surge, the continent's manufacturing association said Tuesday.
'Makes no sense': Hollywood shocked by Trump's film tariffs announcement
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» LOS ANGELES - Hollywood reacted on Monday with skepticism to US President Donald Trump's announcement of 100% tariffs on foreign films, with movie insiders calling it a policy made up on the fly by a president who fails to understand how the industry works.
Trump says 'I don't know' if must uphold US Constitution as president
AFP, Published on 04/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said in remarks airing Sunday that he does not know whether he must uphold the US Constitution, the nation's founding legal document.
Tesla sales plunge in EU as Musk takes flak
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» PARIS - Tesla electric car sales in Europe plunged in the first three months of the year, industry data showed Thursday, in a fresh blow to its boss Elon Musk who has been criticised for his work in US President Donald Trump's administration.
Trump says he’ll be ‘kind’ with tariffs
AFP, Published on 01/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - America’s trading partners were bracing on Tuesday for an expected fresh raft of tariffs, while US President Donald Trump promised to be “very kind” in addressing what he says are unfair trade imbalances.
Trump doubles down on Canada trade war with major tariff hike
AFP, Published on 12/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum Tuesday, while threatening to "shut down" the country's auto industry and saying the best way to end the trade war is for Washington's ally to be absorbed into the United States.
Imposing pickup trucks symbolise Pakistan's power gulf
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» KARACHI - In Pakistan's largest city, cars inch forward in bumper-to-bumper traffic. But some seamlessly carve through the jam: SUVs flanked by Toyota Hilux pickup trucks.