A prohibition on taxing digital downloads expired, after members of the World Trade Organization concluded their annual meeting without an agreement.
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Global Ban on Digital Duties Expires After Stalled Talks at W.T.O.
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Trump Officials Look to More Managed Approach to Trade With China
The New York Times – Business:The administration has begun discussing a new “Board of Trade” with China to try to balance what U.S. officials see as an unequal economic relationship.
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Trump to Target Forced Labor in Global Tariff Scheme
The New York Times – Business:The Trump administration is expected to begin a trade investigation into whether dozens of countries have policies to combat forced labor.
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Trump Administration to Announce New Trade Investigations
The New York Times – Business:The investigations into unfair trade practices will likely lead to tariffs on foreign countries, as the administration works to replace the import taxes struck down by the Supreme Court.
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Tariff Turmoil Returns to Global Markets
The New York Times – Business:Businesses and U.S. trade partners are again grappling with the uncertainty of President Trump’s trade war, even as he imposes new levies.
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Trump Mulls a North American Trade Pact Without Canada
The New York Times – Business:U.S. officials are threatening major changes to a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada that could upend the way business is done and leave Canada on the outs.
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The Quiet Architect of Trump’s Global Trade War
The New York Times – Business:Jamieson Greer, a low-key lawyer from a working-class background, is rewriting the rules of the global economy at the president’s behest.
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Trump’s Trade Policies Sort Manufacturers Into Winners and Losers
Tariffs have protected some companies, but more often they’ve hit the parts and materials many factories need to make finished goods.
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Why Europe and the United States Are Still Haggling on Trade
While the two sides reached a broad agreement months ago, American officials will visit Brussels this week to discuss the details. Europe has a wish list, but so does the United States.
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Switzerland Reaches Agreement With U.S. to Cut Tariff to 15%
The deal would reduce an extraordinarily high tariff rate that had threatened to cripple Swiss exports.
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Trump Officials Prepare Tariff Exemptions, Seeking to Lower Food Prices
If the proposal goes into effect, it would be the latest rollback of one of President Trump’s key economic policies over concerns about affordability.