Page 3 - Trade Wars
Trump admin moves to ban Huawei from govt contracts, escalates trade war
The new rules are part of a sweeping effort by President Donald Trump's administration to restrict Huawei
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Trump hits China with more tariffs, says Xi moving too slow on trade
Moody's said the new tariffs would weigh on the global economy at a time when growth is already slowing in the United States, China and the euro zone
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IMF issues fresh warning, says trade war risks weighing on global economy
While the US trade war with China has cooled with a recent truce and renewed talks, the world's second-largest economy has slowed amid President Donald Trump's tariffs
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No easy exit in sight from worst Japan-South Korea spat in decades
Japan is also considering removing South Korea from a list of trusted export markets, a move that could affect a broader swath of products
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This is going to be prolonged war with Japan: Korean Prez warns biz leaders
The dispute has moved into the economic arena what the two see as proper contrition for Japan's colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula
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Trump slaps new curbs on Iran, 'it will lock up billions of dollars'
Trump also said the sanctions would have been imposed regardless of the incident over the drone
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Trump warns of more sanctions on Iran but not much is left for US to target
The new sanctions "will be a further effort to ensure that their capacity not only to grow their economy but to evade sanctions becomes more and more difficult," Pompeo said.
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Retaliatory tariffs: India may extend deadline on 29 US items by 14 days
The government has already extended this deadline over half a dozen times since June 2018
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Meeting with Xi on cards, says Trump amid high-level trade negotiations
In response, China imposed tit-for-tat tariffs on billions of dollars worth of American imports
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Flexible intellectual property to help China to diffuse trade tension: IMF
The opening up of the Chinese economy in the late 70s had remarkable positive effects on China's standard of living
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A winter-coat heavyweight gives Trump's trade war the cold shoulder
A water-resistant jacket triggers a 7.1 percent tariff, while a jacket that has not been waterproofed gets hit with a 27.7 percent tariff
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Just the fear of trade war straining economy
The Mexican government recently imposed 20 percent tariffs on American apples in response to Mr. Trump's duties on steel
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'Trade wars leave no winners,' warns IMF chief Christine Lagarde
She said poor countries and poor people in rich countries have benefited from the surge in global trade over the past decade
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EU threatens to target Levi's and other iconic American brands
Hours after Trump said in a Twitter message that "trade wars are good, and easy to win," European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the bloc was prepared to respond forcefully
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Isolationism, trade wars will fail, says William Dudley
Says trade barriers an expensive way to preserve jobs in less competitive or declining industries
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