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EU leaders hold economic transformation talks
AFP, Published on 12/02/2026
» BRUSSELS - European Union leaders will converge on a Belgian castle on Thursday as the bloc seeks ways to punch its economic weight on the global stage — faced with threats from China and the United States, and hamstrung by its own divisions.
EU leaders push rival fixes to reverse bloc's 'decline'
AFP, Published on 12/02/2026
» ANTWERP (BELGIUM) - EU leaders told industry executives on Wednesday they were committed to transforming the bloc's lagging economy into a global powerhouse able to confront US and Chinese competition.
New frontline in Canada-US tensions: the World Series
AFP, Published on 25/10/2025
» TORONTO (CANADA) - Canada's only Major League Baseball team is looking to take the crown of "America's pastime" in a World Series matchup that opens Friday with an unusually heavy dose of national pride on the line.
Rubio says Asia might get 'better' tariffs than others
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that Asian nations might get "better" tariff rates than the rest of the world, as he attended Asean talks focused on Washington's trade war.
Trump tariff threat clouds final day of BRICS summit
AFP, Published on 08/07/2025
» RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) - US President Donald Trump's decision to hit "anti-American" BRICS nations -- including China and India -- with an extra 10 percent trade tariff roiled the final day of the bloc's summit in Rio de Janeiro Monday.
Trade war stifling global economic growth, says OECD
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» PARIS - The OECD slashed its annual global growth forecast on Tuesday, warning that US President Donald Trump's tariffs blitz will stifle the world economy -- hitting the United States especially hard.
Canada leaders make final pitches in campaign upended by Trump
News, AFP, Published on 26/04/2025
» MONTREAL - Canadian leaders campaigned in battleground districts Saturday, two days before a vote electrified by US President Donald Trump's threats, with Prime Minister Mark Carney favored after assuring voters he can stand up to Washington.
Xi’s Vietnam trip aims to ‘screw’ US, Trump complains
AFP, Published on 15/04/2025
» HANOI - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged Vietnam to join forces in upholding free trade, before wrapping up a visit that President Donald Trump said was aiming to “screw” the United States.
Trump's tariff exemptions give markets relief, but tensions loom
AFP, Published on 14/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - US tariffs exemptions for electronics prompted market rallies Monday from Asia to Wall Street but failed to settle nerves over a global trade war that Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned would have "no winner."
China, Vietnam sign agreements after Xi warns protectionism 'leads nowhere'
AFP, Published on 14/04/2025
» HANOI - China and Vietnam signed dozens of cooperation agreements Monday, strengthening ties between the communist-run countries after Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned that protectionism "leads nowhere" and that a trade war would have "no winners".