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 ...
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‘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 ...
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 ...
Taiwan exporters count the cost of Trump’s ‘ridiculous’ tariffs
Taipei (AFP) - Taiwanese exporters are crunching numbers and talking to American clients as they scramble to figure out how ...
Trump’s new tariffs take effect, with 104% on Chinese goods
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump's punishing tariffs on dozens of economies came into force Wednesday, including over 100 ...
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