This is Beirut, 07/03 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday delayed some tariffs targeting Canada and Mexico, leading Ottawa to halt an upcoming wave of countermeasures -- offering a reprieve to companies and consumers after blowback on financial markets. Stock markets tumbled after Trump's duties of up to 25 percent took effect Tuesday, as economists warned that ...
This is Beirut, 06/03 19:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Mexico Canada Tarifs on imports
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was pausing sweeping tariffs recently imposed on Mexican imports after talks with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, while tensions with Canada continued to simmer amid strong blowback on world markets. Trump said fresh tariffs targeting Mexico would not apply to trade falling under a pact between ...
Maurice Matta, 06/03 11:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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In his longest-ever speech before Congress, US President Donald Trump addressed several domestic and foreign issues, calling for the beginning of the “America’s Golden Age” and the strengthening of its sovereignty and independence. He emphasized that the United States “will remain free and independent.” As he delivered his speech, Trump ...
This is Beirut, 05/03 17:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Mexico will look for other trading partners if needed in the face of US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, his Mexican counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum warned Wednesday. Mexico has to take "important decisions for the future of the country" and "if necessary, other trading partners will be sought," she said at her morning news ...
This is Beirut, 04/03 16:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Mexico United States Donald Trump Tariffs
Mexico will hit back at US President Donald Trump's tariffs with retaliatory duties of its own, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday, accusing Washington of "defamatory" claims against her government. There was "no reason or justification" for Trump to impose the 25 percent tariffs despite Mexico's collaboration in ...
This is Beirut, 04/03 05:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump shut down hopes Monday of an eleventh-hour deal with Canada and Mexico to avert sweeping tariffs, while signing an order to further hike duties on China. Trump had unveiled -- and then paused -- blanket tariffs on imports from major trading partners Canada and Mexico in February, accusing them of failing to stop illegal ...
This is Beirut, 03/03 23:28 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump shut down hopes Monday of an eleventh hour deal with Canada and Mexico to avert sweeping tariffs, while signing an order to hike duties on China. Trump had unveiled -- and then paused -- blanket tariffs on imports from major trading partners Canada and Mexico in February, accusing them of failing to stop illegal ...
This is Beirut, 28/02 05:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Mexico on Thursday extradited some of its most notorious imprisoned drug lords to the United States in a bid to avert sweeping tariffs, including a cartel kingpin wanted for decades over the murder of a US undercover agent. Rafael Caro Quintero, who allegedly ordered the kidnap, torture and killing of DEA special agent Enrique "Kiki" ...
This is Beirut, 27/02 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Tariffs China Canada Mexico
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would impose an added 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports while moving ahead with levies on Canada and Mexico next week, citing "unacceptable" fentanyl smuggling. Trump had announced – then halted – sweeping 25 percent levies on Canadian and Mexican imports this month over illegal immigration ...
Paul Guillot, 05/02 12:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Donald Trump Canada Mexico China Trade Tariffs
The Trump administration has disrupted the global economy with a series of dramatic announcements and last-minute negotiations, imposing new tariffs on key trading partners – Canada, Mexico and China. While Canada and Mexico secured temporary reprieves through emergency agreements, China remains entrenched in a fierce tariff standoff. Amid ...
This is Beirut, 03/02 18:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump delayed the start of tariffs on Mexico and Canada for a month Monday after the US neighbors struck last-minute deals to tighten border measures against the flow of migrants and the drug fentanyl. Global stock markets had slumped as Trump's threat of sweeping 25 percent levies on exports from Canada and Mexico to the ...
This is Beirut, 02/02 05:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Mexico Canada China
President Donald Trump announced broad tariffs Saturday on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China, claiming a "major threat" from illegal immigration and drugs -- a move that sparked promises of retaliation. Canadian and Mexican exports to the United States will face a 25 percent tariff starting Tuesday, although energy resources from ...