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China aims for ‘reciprocity’ in trade talks with US
Stockholm (AFP) - Chinese and US officials held a fresh round of talks in Stockholm on Monday, with the world’s...
EU defends Trump trade deal in face of backlash
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The European Union on Monday defended its trade deal with President Donald Trump, with EU capitals...
Ireland’s ‘economic miracle’ at risk from tariffs
London (AFP) - The deal between the United States and the European Union may have averted a transatlantic trade war,...
Brussels says EU-US deal ‘better than trade war’ with Trump
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU's top negotiator on Monday defended a trade agreement with the United States to avert...
Impact of US tariffs varies across European Union
Paris (AFP) - US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the United States was imposing 15-percent tariffs on all...
European Union resigned to 15 percent US tariff
Turnberry (United Kingdom) (AFP) - The United States and the European Union clinched a trade agreement on Sunday that will...
Trump, EU chief seek deal in transatlantic trade standoff
Turnberry (United Kingdom) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen met Sunday for make-or-break talks...
US Fed poised to hold off on rate cuts, defying Trump pressure
Washington (AFP) - The US central bank is widely expected to hold off slashing interest rates again at its upcoming...
New Zealand farmers battle pine forests to ‘save our sheep’
Wellington (AFP) - New Zealand sheep farmers are fighting to stop the loss of pasture to fast-spreading pine plantations, which...
Trump, EU chief to meet Sunday in push for trade deal
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump said Friday they would meet...
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