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Economy
Greek general strike hits transport and commerce
Athens (AFP) - More than 15,000 people took to the streets in Greece on Wednesday in the second 24-hour general...
‘Catastrophe’: Volkswagen town rattled by Trump trade war
Wolfsburg (Germany) (AFP) - The dour mood at Germany's crisis-hit auto giant Volkswagen has given way to angst and fury...
How tariffs in the EU work
Paris (AFP) - Customs duties, or tariffs, have become a political punching ball as the European Union prepares to respond...
Some US consumers in ‘survival mode’ as Trump tariffs arrive
Arlington (United States) (AFP) - American consumers braced for pain even ahead of President Donald Trump's hefty tariffs on imported...
China seeks to ‘tariff-proof’ economy as trade war with US deepens
Beijing (AFP) - China is trying to tariff-proof its economy by boosting consumption and investing in key industries, but analysts...
Vietnam, Spain pledge to upgrade ties after tariff shock
Hanoi (AFP) - The leaders of Spain and Vietnam pledged on Wednesday to upgrade ties to the highest level, as...
Japan to sell more rice reserves as prices soar
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan will sell more rice from its emergency stockpile through July in an attempt to stabilise soaring...
India central bank cuts interest rates as Trump tariffs kick in
Mumbai (AFP) - India's central bank cut interest rates in the world's fifth-largest economy on Wednesday as US President Donald...
EU plan to end Russian fertiliser imports unsettles farmers
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU's plans to impose tariffs on fertiliser imports from Russia in a bid to increase...
Trump tariffs leave Italy’s luxury furniture makers sitting uncomfortably
Milan (Italy) (AFP) - Even the most sumptuous cushions cannot ease the pain that Italian luxury furniture makers -- gathered...
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