TEHRAN, September 15 -Trade and investment ministers of G20 member nations say there is an “urgent need” to improve the World Trade Organization (WTO) amid US plans to impose further tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese products.
TEHRAN, September 08 - China’s trade surplus with the United States widened to a record in August even as the country’s export growth slowed slightly, an outcome that could push President Donald Trump to turn up the heat on Beijing in their cantankerous trade dispute.
TEHRAN, August 13 -A vessel carrying U.S. soybeans was unloading its cargo worth at least $23 million at the Chinese port of Dalian on Monday, becoming one of the first shipments to incur hefty new import duties as the trade row deepens between Beijing and Washington.
TEHRAN, August 11 -China’s top newspaper rebutted growing criticism in government circles that Beijing should have taken a lower profile to head off its trade war with the United States, saying on Friday that, like an elephant, China cannot hide its size and strength.
TEHRAN, August 10 - US President Donald Trump has announced to double steel and aluminum tariffs on Turkey, saying relations between Washington and Ankara “not good” as tensions mount between the two countries.
TEHRAN, August 3 - China's foreign minister said Thursday that U.S. threats to hike tariffs run against the trend toward globalization and will hurt U.S. businesses and consumers.
TEHRAN, July 22 - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday the European Union could not consider negotiating a free trade agreement with the United States without Washington first recalling its tariffs on steel and aluminum.
TEHRAN, July 18 -Japan’s exports to the United States fell for the first time in 17 months and Japanese business sentiment soured amid worries about U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policies.
TEHRAN, July 16 -European Council President Donald Tusk said on Monday China, the United States and Russia had a duty not to start trade war s and called on the three countries to reform the World Trade Organization.
TEHRAN, July 12 - China tried to step up pressure on Washington in their growing tariff war Thursday by suggesting U.S. companies lobby American leaders, while a Korean union warned President Donald Trump's threat of higher auto import duties could lead to job losses in Alabama.
TEHRAN, July 12 - The EU on Thursday slashed its growth forecast for the eurozone in 2018, warning that the rising trade tensions with the United States were hitting the economy.
TEHRAN, July 11 - The United States and China have fired the next shots in their escalating trade war , with Washington threatening to impose fresh tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese goods and Beijing vowing to retaliate.
TEHRAN, July 09 - The visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang to Germany is intended to signal that the two exporting powerhouses stand together against unilateralism and protectionism, Beijing's ambassador to the European Union said.
TEHRAN, July 07 -The first shots have been fired in a trade war between China and the United States that experts say could be damaging for the world economy.
TEHRAN, July 04 - China will implement duties on $34 billion worth of goods imported from the US from July 6, Reuters reported, citing its sources in Beijing.
TEHRAN, June 30 - Canada has launched a retaliatory trade war against the United States by introducing fresh punitive tariffs on American summertime essentials, vowing to continue with the new tariffs until Washington relents.
TEHRAN, June 28 - US President Donald Trump de-escalated a confrontation with China on Wednesday, dropping plans to impose strict limits on Chinese investment in U.S. technology companies and instead urging Congress to strengthen existing laws that apply to all foreign countries.
TEHRAN, June 27 - European Council President Donald Tusk said the European Union must prepare for the worst due to the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump, as a trade war looms between Washington and Brussels.
TEHRAN, June 22 - U.S. protectionism is self-defeating and a "symptom of paranoid delusions" that must not distract China from its path to modernization, Chinese state media said on Friday as Beijing kept up with its war of words with Washington over trade.
TEHRAN, June 19 - China on Tuesday threatened "comprehensive measures" in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariff hike, raising the possibility Beijing might target operations of American companies.