7 d. ago UK Manufacturing Shrinks as Exports Dry Up Amid Tariffs Shock

UK factories were hit by the biggest plunge in overseas orders in five years as a global trade war outbreak sapped demand from the US, Europe and China, according to a closely watched survey.

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1 week ago Oil Ticks Higher With Trade War and China’s Outlook to the Fore

Oil ticked higher after a volatile week as traders parsed the latest signals in the trade war, prepared for details of how China aims to support its economy, and weighed geopolitical developments in Iran.

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1 week ago Amid trade war with China, Canada back in Trump’s sights over alleged flow of fentanyl

An annual U.S. threat assessment released last month doesn't mention Canada once in its analysis of fentanyl trafficking.

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2 w. ago China Stops Imports of US LNG Amid Trade War, Custom Data Shows

China’s purchases of US liquefied natural gas plunged to zero in March after a sharp decline in the previous two months, as the trade war between the two biggest economies alters shipping routes.

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3 w. ago Show us some respect then we can talk trade, China tells Trump

The fate of the global economy and financial markets hinges in large part on whether the U.S. and China can find a way to avoid a protracted trade war

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3 w. ago China pivots from U.S. to Canada for more oil as trade war worsens

Chinese refiners are importing record amounts of Canadian crude after slashing purchases of U.S. oil

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3 w. ago Hong Kong ‘suspends’ U.S. package shipments over ‘bullying’ tariffs

Hong Kong says its postal service will no longer handle packages being shipped to the U.S. by sea or by air in the latest reaction to the trade war between China and the U.S.

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3 w. ago Older Arizona voters are closely watching Trump’s tariffs – and their retirement accounts

SUN CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Susan Hemphill said she’s always been frugal with her spending. But the recent volatility in the stock market caused by President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs and an escalating trade war with China have made her even more cautious. These days, Hemphill is staying closer to home in Sun City, […]

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3 w. ago China’s Xi says there are ‘no winners’ in a tariff war as he visits Southeast Asia

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — China’s leader Xi Jinping started a week of diplomacy in Southeast Asia with a visit to Vietnam on Monday, signaling China’ s commitment to global trade, just after U.S. President Donald Trump upended the global economy with his latest tariffs moves. Although Trump has paused some tariffs, China was the outlier, […]

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3 w. ago Carney warns of signs that global economies are slowing amid Trump’s tariffs

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said there are signs the global and Canadian economies are slowing as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war escalated again Friday, with China announcing it will push up retaliatory tariffs to 125 per cent. “In the last week there have been a lot of developments in terms of U.S. […]

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3 w. ago Trade war ramps up as China retaliates by raising tariffs on U.S. imports

China hits back by raising tariffs on imported American products from 84 per cent to 125 per cent after the U.S. raising tariffs on China earlier this week.

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3 w. ago Here’s what some exporters in China say about Trump’s trade war

YIWU, China (AP) — The trade war between the world’s two largest economies is escalating as China on Friday slapped a 125% tariff on U.S. goods in response to President Donald Trump’s 145% tariff on Chinese products. Caught in the crosshairs are businesses that are part of the more than $582.4 billion trade between the […]

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3 w. ago European Stocks Edge Higher With Index Set for Third Weekly Loss

European stocks rose, paring some of this week’s losses, with investors cautious about the economic effects from the US and China trade war.

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3 w. ago Trade War to Slash China’s Demand for Plastic Feedstock From US

China’s demand for some of the building blocks used to produce plastics is set to drop as costs rise because of the trade war between Beijing and Washington.

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3 w. ago Apple has few incentives to start making iPhones in U.S., despite Trump’s trade war with China

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has been predicting its barrage of tariffs targeting China will push Apple into manufacturing the iPhone in the United States for the first time. But that’s an unlikely scenario even with U.S tariffs now standing at 145% on products made in China — the country where Apple […]

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4 w. ago China’s Consumer Deflation Persists as Trade War Poses New Risks

China’s consumer deflation extended for a second month in March, as an escalating trade war with the US threatens to put more downward pressure on prices.

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4 w. ago Stampede out of stocks gathers momentum as China ups ante in trade war

'We’re reaching a new stage in the selloff'

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last month China’s Farm Sector Buckles Up for Tariffs as Trade War Worsens

Chinese tariffs on US agricultural goods will test the farm sectors of both nations.

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last month China warns it will fight trade war ‘until the end,’ as Trump sows confusion over tariffs

Trump's slew of comments Monday offered little clarity about what he wants from trading partners in exchange for lowering tariffs — or whether he’s willing to do that at all

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