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Asia Stocks Surge on US-China Trade Deal Breakthrough

This is Beirut, 27/10 11:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Asian equities surged Monday as investors cheered a breakthrough in US-China trade talks that set the stage for leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to finalize a deal, averting an escalation in the world's biggest trade dispute. Markets rallied after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the threat of the US president imposing an additional ...

China and US Agree to Fresh Trade Talks

This is Beirut, 18/10 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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China and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world's two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat tariff battle. Beijing last week announced sweeping controls on the critical rare earths industry, prompting US President Donald Trump to threaten 100 ...

US and China Escalate Trade War

This is Beirut, 14/10 15:05 - Reading : less than a minute

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New US tariffs and Chinese sanctions reignite trade war fears, shaking markets and industries across Asia and the US.

Trump Says No Reason to Meet Xi, Threatens 'Massive' China Tariffs

This is Beirut, 10/10 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said Friday he no longer feels a summit is necessary with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this month, slamming Beijing for hostile trade practices and threatening "massive" tariffs. "Some very strange things are happening in China! They are becoming very hostile," Trump said in a long post on Truth Social that railed ...

Poultry Sector Warns: Imports Are Killing Our Industry

This is Beirut, 30/09 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Syndicate of Poultry Producers, led by William Boutros, issued a warning on Tuesday, urging authorities to act swiftly to save local businesses now facing extinction. The reason is that Lebanese poultry products are banned from Arab markets, while similar goods imported from neighboring countries freely enter Lebanon duty-free. “Most Arab ...

Trump Announces Steep New Tariffs, Reviving Trade War

This is Beirut, 26/09 05:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump announced Thursday punishing tariffs on pharmaceuticals, big-rig trucks, home renovation fixtures and furniture, reviving his global trade war. The late evening announcement is the harshest trade policy by the president since last April's shock unveiling of reciprocal tariffs on virtually every US trading partner ...

New Round of US-China Trade Talks Kicks Off in Madrid

This is Beirut, 14/09 17:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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China and the United States kicked off the latest round of trade talks on Sunday in Madrid, where they are set to thrash out their TikTok dispute and President Donald Trump's promised hefty tariffs. The Chinese delegation is in the Spanish capital until Wednesday and senior officials, including Vice Premier He Lifeng, will meet with the US ...

BRICS Leaders Denounce Protectionism, Tariff 'Blackmail'

This is Beirut, 08/09 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Leaders of the 11-member BRICS bloc railed against economic protectionism and "tariff blackmail" during a virtual meeting Monday held amid a damaging trade war with US President Donald Trump. The group of emerging economies met via videoconference at the initiative of Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose office ...

88 Postal Operators Suspend Services to US over Tariffs

This is Beirut, 06/09 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Postal traffic to the United States plunged more than 80 percent following Washington's imposition of new tariffs, with 88 operators worldwide fully or partially suspending services, the Universal Postal Union said Saturday. The UPU, the United Nations' postal cooperation agency, is working on "the rapid development of a new technical solution ...

25 Countries Suspend Postal Services to US over Tariffs

This is Beirut, 26/08 19:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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At least 25 countries have decided to suspend package deliveries to the United States, as concern grows over the impact of President Donald Trump's looming tariffs, a UN body said Tuesday. The Trump administration said late last month that it will abolish a tax exemption on small packages entering the United States from August 29. The move ...

Trump Signs Order Extending China Tariff Truce by 90 Days

This is Beirut, 11/08 22:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump reportedly signed an order delaying the reimposition of higher tariffs on Chinese goods on Monday, hours before a trade truce between Washington and Beijing was due to expire. The halt on steeper tariffs will be in place for another 90 days, the Wall Street Journal and CNBC reported, citing Trump administration ...

Trump Says Gold Will Not Face Tariffs after Customs Confusion

This is Beirut, 11/08 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said Monday that gold imports will not face additional tariffs, days after confusion flared on whether recent hikes applied to certain gold bars, threatening to upend global trade of the precious metal. Trump's comments came after US customs authorities made public a letter saying that gold bars at two standard weights, ...

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