CANADIAN ELECTION Canada's next PM Mark Carney vows to 'win' US trade war Today 12:52 Liberal Party elects former investment banker Mark Carney to succeed Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his combative anti-Trump rhetoric.
TRADE WARS Trump changes tack on some tariffs, but steel, aluminium remain 06-03-2025 18:20 Mexico and Canada given grace period, but levies on imported metals and agricultural products look set to hit Argentina hard.
Global trade Trump escalates global trade war, sparking tit-for-tat tariffs 04-03-2025 12:27 Confirmation of the levies lays to rest doubts Trump would actually follow through on his repeated threats to upend global economic ties to counter what he casts as imbalanced trade.
TRADE WAR US or China? Latin America under pressure to pick a side 14-02-2025 12:55 US President Donald Trump pressures key trading partners like Mexico to break away from China's influence, vowing to shut the 'backdoor' allowing China to import products tariff-free through Latin America.
TRADE WAR No exemption for Argentina on steel, aluminium tariffs 12-02-2025 18:10 US president confirms 25% steel, aluminium tariffs on imports because United States has “a small deficit” with Argentina on trade.
TRADE WAR Trump, China's Xi set to speak on tariff battle 04-02-2025 16:05 Trump triggers a trade war and Chinese President Xi Jinping hurls back 15 percent levies on coal and liquified natural gas imports. The two world leaders are expected to meet Tuesday.
GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY G20 finance ministers meet on world economy hit by crises, conflicts 28-02-2024 12:55 G20 finance ministers will meet Wednesday in Brazil, seeking ways to shore up a global economy whose nascent recovery is threatened by a raft of conflicts and crises, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
GEOPOLITICS China's Xi offers Russia 'firm support' in 'core interests' 24-05-2023 09:18 Chinese President Xi Jinping offers Beijing's support on Moscow's "core interests" at a meeting with Russian prime minister.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Russian envoy, Nicaraguan leader deride impact of US sanctions 20-04-2023 14:13 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega played down the impact of US sanctions during a four-hour meeting in Managua on Wednesday
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Brazil rejects US criticism, defends Russia ties 18-04-2023 12:08 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, hours after Washington criticized Brazilian president's recent remarks on US defence support for Ukraine.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Brazil's Lula heads to China to boost ties 11-04-2023 14:23 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva departed Tuesday for an official visit to China aimed at boosting the already deep ties between the Asian giant and Latin America's biggest economy.