The president is again threatening higher tariff rates on a dozen foreign nations, as a deadline elapses this week for making trade deals.
Category: International Trade and World Market
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Canada Shipping Natural Gas to Asia as It Looks Beyond the US for Trade
A tanker is headed to South Korea with a first shipment of liquefied natural gas from Canada, which hopes to reduce its export reliance on its neighbor.
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Can Taiwan Really Disconnect Its Economy From China?
Momentum is building in Taiwan to lessen its business dependency on China, its biggest trading partner. Doing so will not be easy.
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Bessent Says He Expects Trade Deals by This Week’s Deadline
But the Treasury secretary also said that some countries working toward agreements with the United States could have until Aug. 1.
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Bessent Says He Expects Trade Deals by This Week’s Deadline
But the Treasury secretary also said that some countries working toward agreements with the United States could have until Aug. 1.
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China Sets Steep Duties on European Brandy but Spares Biggest Producers
Major Cognac companies made concessions to avoid the worst of the penalties, imposed by Beijing in retaliation for E.U. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
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White House to Start Notifying Countries About Tariffs, Trump Says
After striking only a few trade deals since declaring a 90-day pause in April, President Trump said he would announce new duties starting Friday.
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Why China Isn’t Lecturing Trump About His Costly Bill
Beijing has a history of warning Washington about the safety of its Treasury holdings. This time it may have reasons to stay silent, at least publicly.
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In Europe, Economists See a Chance to Rise on the Global Stage
Central bankers who gathered in Portugal this week focused on ways that Europe could improve its competitiveness with the United States and China.
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Trump Wants the World to Squeeze Out China. He’s Starting With Vietnam.
An initial trade deal with Vietnam offers a glimpse of how President Trump is pushing countries to cut back on trade with China.
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Why This Country’s Stock Market Is Up 30% This Year
South Korea has zoomed upward in anticipation that a new president will pass shareholder-friendly reforms, making it the best-performing market in Asia and beyond.
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Hit by Trump’s Tariffs, French Clothing Maker Saint James Puts Shipping on Hold
Hit by President Trump’s tariffs, the Saint James clothing factory has put its inventory of striped shirts and sweaters intended for U.S. retailers in its warehouse in France.