Clock ticking down to Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China
Time is running short for Canada, Mexico and China to avert sweeping tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump, with the planned levies to take effect past midnight over what he deems an “unacceptable” flow of drugs. Trump unveiled — then paused — blanket tariffs on imports from his country’s major trading partners Canada and […]
Writing on the wall as Chinese businesses fret over US trade war
At a bustling Shanghai trade fair, exporters of goods ranging from plush toys to chainmail bikinis expressed growing unease at the escalating US-China trade war as new US tariffs took hold on Tuesday. President Donald Trump on Monday doubled previously imposed tariffs to 20 percent, which themselves pile atop existing levies on various Chinese goods. […]
