19 h. ago How the steep U.S. tariffs on China are pushing up the price of new baby equipment in B.C.

Because most retailers here buy through U.S.-based distributors, they have to pay the 145 per cent tariffs imposed by the U.S. on goods manufactured in China

Economics

9 d. ago China’s CICC Eyes Middle East, Southeast Asia in Global Push

China International Capital Corp., one of the nation’s largest brokerages, is seeking to tap growing demand for cross-border financial services in the Persian Gulf and Southeast Asia as the firm pushes its global expansion.

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2 w. ago China says it wants Canada as a partner in pushing back against U.S. tariff ’bullying’

Wang Di said that China and Canada appear to be the only countries taking 'concrete and real countermeasures against the unjustified U.S. tariffs'

Economics

2 w. ago China says it wants to partner with Canada to push back against American ’bullying’

OTTAWA — China’s ambassador says Beijing is offering to form a partnership with Canada to push back against American “bullying,” suggesting the two countries could rally other nations to stop Washington from undermining global rules. “We want to avoid the situation where humanity is brought back to a world of the law of the jungle […]

Culture

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. […]

Economics

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 […]

Technology

4 w. ago Trump Shock Pushes US and China Toward Decoupling Cliff Edge

An unraveling of the US-China trade relationship would be ‘disastrous,’ Yellen once warned

Sport

4 w. ago Spain Is Pushing for EU Pivot to China to Counter Trump Tariffs

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s trip to see President Xi Jinping will offer a chance to swap notes on a common problem: how to respond to an increasingly unreliable US.

Economics

4 w. ago Oil Extends Steep Selloff as Fresh Tariff Wave Imperils Demand

Oil extended a steep selloff that’s driven prices to four-year lows as an intensifying trade war threatens to batter energy demand, with investors waiting for a fresh wave of levies to go into effect.

Economics