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Trump’s tariff Big Bang puts global economy under threat
Paris (AFP) - It took just one 50-minute speech by US President Donald Trump to undermine global economic stability and...
How can the EU respond to Trump tariffs?
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU has "everything on the table" as a response to President Donald Trump's sweeping new...
Trump goads China as global trade war escalates
Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump goaded China on Friday after the US's chief economic rival retaliated against his tariffs,...
Where things stand in the US-China trade war
Beijing (AFP) - China has hit back against US President Donald Trump's "liberation day" tariffs, slapping 34 percent levies on...
‘Frightening’: US restaurants, producers face tariff whiplash
Washington (AFP) - From European wines to industrial tools, global tariffs launched by US President Donald Trump this week promise...
German industry grapples with AI at trade fair
Hanover (Germany) (AFP) - Artificial intelligence is set to bring sweeping change to modern life, but at an industrial fair...
TikTok must find non-Chinese owner by Saturday to avert US ban
Miami (AFP) - TikTok on Friday was hours from a deadline to find a non-Chinese owner or face a ban...
Japan PM says Trump tariffs a ‘national crisis’
Tokyo (AFP) - US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Japanese goods are a "national crisis", Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said...
Pacific nations perplexed, worried by Trump tariffs
Sydney (AFP) - Pacific island nations hit hardest by US President Donald Trump's trade tariffs are querying the "unfair" impost,...
Stocks extend global rout after Trump’s shock tariff blitz
Hong Kong (AFP) - Equities widened losses in Asia and Europe on Friday, extending a global rout inflicted by Donald...
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