Tag: Trump tariffs

Kenyan President William Ruto said his country wants to deepen its cooperation with China in order to boost its modernization drive. This alignment with the Chinese official language is arguably an early sign of the geopolitical significance of the visit. Ruto is the first African leader to visit China ...

China issued a warning to countries against making deals with the United States to isolate China. A statement from the Commerce Ministry said: “China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the expense of China’s interests If this happens, China will never accept it and will resolutely ...

Brazil's already strained ties with the United States are likely to fray even more when President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva travels in a few weeks to Moscow and Beijing for separate talks with his Russian and Chinese counterparts. The primary focus ...

Indonesia is moving quickly to convince Washington it’s not the problem — announcing trade concessions, cutting import duties on American goods, and signaling it’s open to buying more. All this was done to defuse tensions with U.S. tariffs about ...

Trump’s latest tariffs aren’t just an attack on Southeast Asia — they’re a calculated strike at China’s economic flank. Vietnam has a 46% tariff, Cambodia and Laos have 49% and 48%, and Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore have rates between ...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Friday that Malaysia will consult ASEAN member states to form a collective response to the United States' new reciprocal tariffs, stressing the need to uphold fairness in international trade. Anwar said he has ...

The Trump administration marked what it called “Liberation Day” with the imposition of sweeping tariffs on imports from numerous trade partners. The White House described the measure as rectifying “a lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade relationships, disparate tariff rates and non-tariff barriers” imposed by foreign ...

Reuters reports that the Trump administration’s proposed fees on Chinese-made ships are starting to affect U.S. exports. U.S. coal and agricultural products are accumulating as exporters struggle to find ships to send goods abroad. The administration has plans to impose levies of up to $1.5 million on Chinese-made ...

China is expected to target U.S. agricultural goods in its latest countermeasures against new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, according to the Communist Party-run newspaper Global Times. Since China is the largest export market for U.S. farmers, any new ...

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday issued a call to action for ASEAN, urging the region to move beyond traditional trade and investment strategies and embrace a future defined by technological collaboration, economic resilience in ASEAN, and sustainable growth. Speaking ...

Trump's tariffs, U.S. trade war, China retaliation, Canada and Mexico tariffs dominate the headlines as United States President Donald Trump announces sweeping tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada, setting the stage for what could become a global trade war. The ...

China’s economy ended 2024 on a strong note, achieving its fastest quarterly growth in over a year. However, escalating trade tensions under the Trump presidency and the threat of deflation pose serious challenges to its 2025 growth outlook. Exports surged, and ...