Trump tells US to ‘be cool’ as China, EU strike back
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump brushed off global market panic Wednesday after China and the European Union announced ...
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US Treasury chief defends tariffs, warns against aligning with China
Washington (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned countries Wednesday against closer alignment with China on trade, as he ...
Trump trade war escalates as China, EU counterattack
Beijing (AFP) - US President Donald Trump's trade war boiled over on Wednesday as China and the European Union adopted ...
Trade war escalates as China hits US with huge tariff
Beijing (AFP) - China announced Wednesday massive retaliatory tariffs on US goods, sharply escalating a trade war started by President ...
‘Curve ball’: Irish whiskey producers fret over US tariffs
Dundalk (Ireland) (AFP) - For Tony Healy, an Irish whiskey producer in Dundalk, near the UK border with Northern Ireland, ...
How the EU is responding to Trump’s trade assault
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Hit by three waves of painful US tariffs since President Donald Trump returned to office, the ...
‘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 ...
Trump’s steep tariffs trigger fresh market panic
Beijing (AFP) - US President Donald Trump reignited market turmoil on Wednesday as punishing tariffs on dozens of countries kicked ...
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 ...
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