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US isolated as G7 ministerial draws to a close
AFP, Published on 03/06/2018
» WHISTLER (CANADA) - Fraught high-level meetings between the world's top economies were due to draw to a close on Saturday as the United States faced a unified opposition to President Donald Trump's escalating, multi-front trade offensive.
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EU joins global battle against Trump tariff onslaught
AFP, Published on 02/06/2018
» WHISTLER, Canada: The European Union on Friday launched its first counteroffensive against Washington's punishing steel and aluminum tariffs while the US began meetings in Canada with outraged finance ministers from its top trading partners.
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US unemployment falls to 3.8% in May, lowest in 18 years
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» WASHINGTON - The US unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 18 years in May, the Labor Department reported Friday, showing the world's biggest economy remains robust even as it stands on the precipice of an all-out trade war.
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Trade war looms as US tariffs roil G7 meet
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» WHISTLER (CANADA) - The world's largest economies stood at the precipice of all-out trade war on Thursday as major US allies announced retaliation against stinging steel and aluminum tariffs that are due to take effect in the coming hours.
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US to impose steel, aluminum tariffs on EU, Canada, Mexico
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» WASHINGTON - The United States said Thursday it will impose stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, Canada, Mexico, reviving fears of a trade war with angry allies and trading partners.
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US to impose steel, aluminum tariffs on EU, Canada, Mexico
AFP, Published on 31/05/2018
» WASHINGTON - The United States said Thursday it will impose harsh tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, Canada, Mexico at midnight (0400 GMT Friday) -- another move sure to anger Washington's trading partners.
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US to impose steel tariffs on EU: report
AFP, Published on 31/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump intends to impose steep import duties on steel and aluminum imports from Europe starting Friday, after weeks of talks failed to reach a compromise, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
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White House moves to finalise China trade sanctions
AFP, Published on 30/05/2018
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is moving to finalise trade sanctions against China even as a US delegation is set to travel to Beijing for talks to resolve the dispute.
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The world according to Trump, Xi
News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 25/05/2018
» The world's leading democracy, the United States, is looking increasingly like the world's biggest and oldest surviving autocracy, China. By pursuing aggressively unilateral policies that flout broad global consensus, President Donald Trump effectively justifies his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping's longtime defiance of international law, exacerbating already serious risks to the rules-based world order.
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Trump administration weighs slapping tariffs on auto imports
AFP, Published on 24/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: The US Commerce Department said Wednesday it launched an inquiry that could allow the Trump administration to impose tariffs on auto imports over national security concerns.
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