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Biden in Japan to launch regional economic plan to counter Beijing
Date: May 22, 2022
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) -President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday to launch a plan for greater U.S. economic engagement with the Indo-Pacific, facing criticism even before the programme is announced that it will offer scant benefit to countries in the region. On the second leg of his first Asia...
PM johnson: UK hopes to clinch Indian free trade deal by year-end
Date: April 21, 2022
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Britain hopes to complete a free trade deal with India by the end of this year, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday as he emphasised the need to reduce reliance on foreign oil and gas due to the conflict in Ukraine. “We’re hoping to complete another free trade agreement...
Euro zone trade deficit extends to feb as energy import burden rises
Date: April 20, 2022
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The euro zone suffered a trade deficit for a fourth consecutive month in February as surging energy prices led to a sharp increase in the value of energy imports, data showed on Wednesday. Eurostat said the non-adjusted trade deficit of the 19 countries sharing the euro was 7.6 billion euros ($8.2 billion)...
Chinese trade with Russia feels the sting of Ukraine war
Date: April 1, 2022
By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese exports to Russia have been buffeted as the rouble swings in value, clear evidence of a ripple effect that Western sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are having in China, even as it sticks by its neighbour diplomatically. Chinese multinationals have stayed in Russia while...
Biden, G7 revoke russia’s favored nation trading status
Date: March 11, 2022
By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday the G7 industrialized nations will revoke Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status, and announced a U.S. ban on Russian seafood, alcohol and diamonds, the latest steps to punish Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. The move would deliver “another crushing below”...
EU imposes anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese steel fasteners
Date: February 18, 2022
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is imposing tariffs on imports of steel fasteners from China on the basis that they are being sold at artificially low prices, the EU official journal said on Thursday. Tariffs of between 22.1% and 86.5% will apply from Friday on Chinese imports of the product that ranges from simple screws to...