10 h. ago Report: Under Pressure from China Hutchison Will Delay Sale of Panama Ports

Report: Under Pressure from China Hutchison Will Delay Sale of Panama Ports  The Maritime Executive

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11 h. ago Trump, Canada’s PM Carney ease tensions with ‘productive’ call

Trump said the two had agreed to meet soon after Canada’s general election on April 28.

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11 h. ago Trump and Canada’s PM Carney ease tensions with ‘productive’ call

The US president says the two leaders have agreed to meet soon after Canada’s general election in April.

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12 h. ago Trump Narrows Tariff Plans, Senator Daines Visits Beijing, and USTR Holds Hearing on Chinese Shipbuilding

Trump Narrows Tariff Plans, Senator Daines Visits Beijing, and USTR Holds Hearing on Chinese Shipbuilding  The US-China Business Council

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14 h. ago Outraged by Trump, Canada scrambles to define what makes a nation

Threatened with annexation, Canadians reluctant to be absorbed nevertheless find it hard to say what distinguishes them from Americans.

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30 h. ago Era of close ties with US ‘over’, Canada PM says, as Trump asks to talk

Mark Carney says he expects to speak to the US president in ‘a day or two’, and that Canada will retaliate against planned US car tariffs.

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33 h. ago Trump’s plan to take over Greenland is ‘serious’, Putin says

The Russian leader is concerned that Nato countries could use the Arctic as a springboard for future conflicts.

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39 h. ago How Trump’s assault on US universities is reshaping rivalry with China

In purging individuals and ideas from US universities, Donald Trump’s new ‘red scare’ will only diminish America’s ability to attract top tech talent.

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42 h. ago How Trump’s reckless policies could trigger a financial crisis

The institutional and legal underpinnings of the US system on which investors have long relied are under sustained assault from the Trump administration.

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47 h. ago Japan braces for blow from Trump’s car tariffs as Ishiba weighs countermeasures

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tokyo will consider the ‘most effective response’ to US levies on car imports.

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48 h. ago Hong Kong rise for a second day as they shrug off Trump’s latest tariffs

Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs on US car imports to take effect from April 2, saying this would spur growth.

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48 h. ago Hong Kong stocks rise for a second day as they shrug off Trump’s latest tariffs

Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs on US car imports to take effect from April 2, saying this would spur growth.

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50 h. ago In China, EU trade chief to play hardball after Trump tariff rebuff

EU officials experienced on China have insisted in planning meetings that no concessions should be made to Beijing.

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51 h. ago Canada PM Mark Carney calls Trump car tariffs a ‘direct attack’ on his country

The prime minister says his government will defend Canadian workers and companies, and the US president’s trade war is hurting Americans.

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53 h. ago Is the ‘China threat’ the last thing keeping Trump’s US and the rest of the West together?

As ‘America first’ pressures G7 unity, Western moves to divert Washington’s hostility could be short-lived if US-China relations improve.

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59 h. ago Top trade envoys for US and China speak for first time since Trump’s return to White House

In call, Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer trade ‘serious concerns’ but agree to maintain contacts.

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61 h. ago US adds more Chinese firms to tech ban list. Is this just the start for Trump 2.0?

America has a sense of urgency about the way China is closing the technology gap, analyst says.

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61 h. ago Why did Donald Trump link the US fentanyl crisis to tariffs on China?

Synthetic opioids have killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and the US President’s actions have brought a renewed focus on the issue.

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63 h. ago Why Trump’s Venezuela tariff move presents a dilemma for China

Beijing may have to choose between giving up on its closest ally in the Americas or being hit with additional US tariffs, analysts said.

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64 h. ago Philippines set to host second Typhon missile system, signalling Trump’s defence pledge

The second Typhon unit will allow more Philippine troops to train with the system and enhance the country’s sovereignty, analysts say.

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