50 h. ago Canada’s Carney unveils billions in relief hit by Trump and China tariffs

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday rolled out a multibillion-dollar relief package for businesses battered by tariffs imposed by both the US and China. Carney said his government will invest C$5 billion (US$3.6 billion) through a new fund to help firms adapt, diversify and grow, as well as boost Business Development Bank of Canada loans for small and medium-sized businesses and expand a loan facility for tariff-hit large enterprises. He also said his government would waive 2026 model...

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58 h. ago 'Lost India, Russia to deepest, darkest China': Trump's cryptic post amid tariff row; wishes for 'prosper

'Lost India, Russia to deepest, darkest China': Trump's cryptic post amid tariff row; wishes for 'prosper  Times of India

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2 d. ago How Trump's tariffs are pushing food and drink exporters closer to China

How Trump's tariffs are pushing food and drink exporters closer to China  BBC

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2 d. ago US restricts visas of some Central American nationals over China ties

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Washington was restricting visas for some Central American nationals who it alleged to be “intentionally acting on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party” and undermining the rule of law. “As a result, these individuals and their immediate family members will be generally ineligible for entry into the United States,” Rubio said in his statement. The statement did not name any individuals or cite specific examples of actions over which they...

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3 d. ago Trump’s sons’ American Bitcoin stake worth US$1.5 billion in stock debut

A bitcoin company tied to US President Donald Trump’s two oldest sons more than doubled in value in its stock market debut on Wednesday, valuing the sons’ stake at well over US$1.5 billion as the first family grows their crypto business interests. Shares in American Bitcoin, a bitcoin miner, soared as high as US$14.52 on its first day of trade on the Nasdaq, before pulling back to be up 16.5 per cent at US$8.04 by the end of the day. The company was around 20 per cent owned by Eric Trump and...

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7 d. ago ‘We’re trapped’: Trump’s tariffs lock US businesses in China

‘We’re trapped’: Trump’s tariffs lock US businesses in China  Politico

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7 d. ago India, China reaffirm ‘development’ partnership amid steep Trump tariffs

India, China reaffirm ‘development’ partnership amid steep Trump tariffs  The Hill

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7 d. ago China launches tiny Mexican satellites in rare North American rocket contract

Mexico has become the second country in North America to send satellites into orbit using a Chinese rocket – more than half a decade after Canada blazed the trail. Two satellites from ThumbSat, a start-up based in Tijuana, just across the border from San Diego, were among a batch of seven launched into sun-synchronous orbit earlier this month by Beijing-based CAS Space on board its solid-fuel Kinetica-1 rocket. ThumbSat hailed the launch of its femtosatellites – each weighing less than 100 grams...

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7 d. ago India’s Modi meets Xi on his first China trip in seven years as Trump’s tariffs bite

India’s Modi meets Xi on his first China trip in seven years as Trump’s tariffs bite  CNN

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8 d. ago SCO summit in China: Who’s attending, what’s at stake amid Trump tariffs?

SCO summit in China: Who’s attending, what’s at stake amid Trump tariffs?  Al Jazeera

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8 d. ago Trump’s tariffs illegal, US appeal court rules, in blow to trade war strategy

A federal appeal court in Washington has ruled that US President Donald Trump’s global “reciprocal” and fentanyl tariffs against China, Mexico and Canada are illegal, upholding a lower court’s decision to block them. The court decided to keep the tariffs in place until October 14, allowing the Trump administration time to appeal to the US Supreme Court. The verdict deals a major blow to Trump’s “America first” trade strategy. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that the...

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9 d. ago Are Trump’s tariffs nudging India and China to mend their ties?

As India and China reconfigure their relationship, US President Donald Trump’s steep trade tariffs may prove to be a blessing in disguise and bring greater urgency to efforts to mend ties between the two neighbours. Peace talks have been ongoing, resulting in Indian and Chinese troops pulling back from their common borders last year, and there are other signs of possibly warmer bilateral ties. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Tianjin at the end of this month to attend the...

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1 week ago Trump tariffs live updates: EU moves to speed US car duty cuts as Mexico bows to Trump with tariffs on China

Trump tariffs live updates: EU moves to speed US car duty cuts as Mexico bows to Trump with tariffs on China  Yahoo Finance

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1 week ago Singer with ‘Hong Kong Spirit’ picked by American Idol creator for pop group

A 20-year-old Hong Kong woman who emerged from the same talent show as local heartthrob Keung To of popular boy band Mirror has been chosen to join a global pop group created by the man behind American Idol. XIX Entertainment, the company that runs the global pop group Now United made up of a rolling international membership, announced on Thursday that its newest addition was Hongkonger Ariel Tsang. Tsang said in a media showcase that the opportunity had come at a “perfect time”. “I was in a...

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1 week ago Why Trump’s furniture tariffs could complicate efforts to reassemble China trade

US President Donald Trump’s renewed threat to impose tariffs on imported furniture could erode some of China’s exports while doing little to bring manufacturing back to America as he promised, according to analysts. And they added that such a move risks escalating tensions between the world’s two largest economies, whose earlier extension of a trade truce, coupled with conciliatory statements, had suggested a more amenable posture in trade negotiations. Trump announced plans to impose steep...

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1 week ago Hong Kong official, lawmaker pull out of Bitcoin Asia 2025 featuring Eric Trump

A senior Hong Kong official and a lawmaker have withdrawn from the Bitcoin Asia 2025 conference, where Eric Trump, son of United States President Donald Trump, will attend, with sources confirming they were advised not to interact with the American businessman. A check by the Post on the conference’s website on Wednesday found that Eric Yip Chee-hang, executive director of the city’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), had been removed from the list of keynote speakers for the forum taking...

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1 week ago Should the US be worried? India’s Modi set for rare China trip after Trump’s tariff sting

Should the US be worried? India’s Modi set for rare China trip after Trump’s tariff sting  CNN

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1 week ago Suspect arrested in Germany after US man injured in knife attack on Dresden tram

A man has been arrested in connection with a weekend knife attack on a tram in the German city of Dresden in which an American national was wounded, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The 20-year-old male victim was attacked just after midnight on Sunday while the tram was at a stop. Police said he intervened when two men harassed a woman on board the tram and was then attacked himself before the men fled. He sustained a deep wound to the face. The US embassy in Berlin condemned the “brutal attack” in...

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1 week ago 'Will impose 200% tariff on China': Donald Trump’s latest salvo at Beijing, says, ‘I have such cards, which,

'Will impose 200% tariff on China': Donald Trump’s latest salvo at Beijing, says, ‘I have such cards, which,  India.Com

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1 week ago EU urged to unleash ‘trade bazooka’ in response to Trump’s tariff threats

Calls are mounting for the European Union to fire its “trade bazooka” at Washington after US President Donald Trump threatened tariffs and export restrictions on countries applying digital laws and taxes to American firms. In a late-night post on social media, Trump vowed to slap “substantial additional tariffs” and restrict the export of “technology and chips” to countries enforcing “digital taxes, legislation, rules or regulations”. While he did not name Europe directly, the American leader...

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