カテゴリー: Tariffs
April trade data comes the day before representatives from Washington and Beijing were set to meet to discuss Trump’s tariffsChinese trade with the United States slumped in April even as its total exports beat forecasts, official figures show, as trade…
Row over exemption of national insurance contributions for Indian short-term workers overshadows deal A multibillion-pound free trade agreement with India has long been touted as a big Brexit boon.Cheaper clothes and shoes for British shoppers, a huge …
China’s vice-premier He Lifeng will meet US treasury secretary Scott Bessent in Switzerland between 9 and 12 MayChina has vowed to “safeguard international fairness and justice” in upcoming talks with the United States in Switzerland, the first meeting…
India has made concessions in trade negotiations, leaving UK heralding deal as ‘most significant’ since BrexitIt is not exactly the deepest and most comprehensive trade deal the UK has ever entered, but the timing of the announcement that Keir Starmer …
Beijing will ‘strengthen bottom-line thinking’ as reports say it could drop tariffs on some US products Business live – latest updatesXi Jinping has announced a plan to counter China’s continuing economic problems and the impact of the US trade war, as…
Visit to New Delhi by VP and family has to navigate tensions over visas for Indian tech workers and farmers’ hostility to lowering tariffsIndia’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, and the US vice-president, JD Vance, have hailed “significant progress” in …
Statement from commerce ministry criticises ‘selfish’ countries that make any trade deals with the US that harm ChinaChina has warned it will take “resolute and reciprocal” countermeasures against other countries negotiating with the US if they make a …
Beijing’s game plan to best Trump in the tariff wars• Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home addressIn all the confusion of Donald Trump’s trade policies, two things have become clearer. First, that China is the White House’s main tariff target…
Chinese customs official says trade has diversified away from US in recent years and plays up its ‘vast domestic market’China has played down the risk of damage to its exports from Donald Trump’s tariffs, with an official saying the “sky won’t fall,” a…
Unctad says many countries targeted with high tariff rates are unlikely to be a threat to USBusiness live – latest updatesThe UN’s trade and development arm, Unctad, is calling on Donald Trump to exempt the world’s poorest and smallest countries from “…
Xi Jinping expected to present China as reliable partner in contrast to US, which imposed – then suspended – tariffs over 40% on some countriesUS politics live – latest updatesThe Chinese president, Xi Jinping, warned there would be “no winners” in a t…
President’s first stop is Vietnam as China urges US to end trade war and return to ‘right path of mutual respect’The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will visit Vietnam on Monday as he begins a tour of south-east Asia where he will seek to strengthen tie…
Lasting damage has been done not only to Trump’s political credibility but to globalisation as a systemAt the beginning of this helter-skelter week, Downing Street was declaring globalisation not only dead but a failure. Now, only five trading days lat…
This blog is now closed, you can read the latest in our Ukraine coverage hereUkrainian defence minister Rustem Umerov has offered an update on talks and commitments made in Brussels, as he posted about Germany’s declaration it would offer €11bn in furt…
Chinese companies are relieved Trump’s wider tariffs have been paused but on social media, posts are full of defianceOn Thursday morning in Shanghai, as shoppers filled the luxury malls and delivery drivers whizzed around the winding streets at breakne…