High tariffs

The USA is proposing revising tariffs to 25 per cent, on products from México and Canada, and even China. There will be possible reciprocals. This will have repercussions for...

The situation

EU hits back at US with counter-tariffs

Even as US President Donald Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, the European Union (EU) hit back with tariffs on American goods like peanuts,...

Japanese PM plays his card well in US

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on his visit to Washington seems to have struck a pragmatic relationship with American President Donald Trump, who has been on an imposing-tariffs-on-allies spree....

New slogan

Trump's tariffs brought China and Mexico closer

The last time Donald Trump was president, he imposed a slew of tariffs on China that upended global trade. He’s threatening to do it again. Round One inadvertently pushed...

Greek peach producers hit by tariff war between US and EU

A tariff war between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) is threatening to buckle one of Greece’s most buoyant export sectors, which survived a decade of economic...

Britain revises tariff regime in event of Brexit without a deal

Britain on Tuesday revised the tariff regime that would come into force if it leaves the European Union (EU) without a deal, making 88% of total imports by value eligible...

US regulators approve some Apple tariff exemptions

US trade regulators approved 10 out of 15 requests for tariff exemptions filed by Apple amid a broader reprieve on levies on computer parts, according to a public docket published...

China announces tariff hike on $75 billion of US products

China on Friday announced tariff hikes on $75 billion of US products in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s latest planned increase, deepening a conflict over trade and technology that threatens...