TEHRAN, June 15 - US President Donald Trump has approved a plan to impose punishing tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of Chinese goods as early as Friday, a move that could put his trade policies on a collision course with his push to rid the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons.
TEHRAN, June 14 - China's government renewed its threat Thursday to scrap deals with Washington aimed at defusing a sprawling trade dispute as the White House prepared to release a list of Chinese goods targeted for tariff hikes.
TEHRAN, June 09 - World stock markets were mixed on Friday at the start of a tense Group of Seven summit amid disagreement between the US and allies on trade, Iran and other issues.
TEHRAN, June 08 - French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to take the lead of the European brigade against U.S. President Donald Trump at the summit of the Group of Seven wealthy countries in Canada.
TEHRAN, June 07 - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had warned Europe a few years ago about the risk of the United States imposing its rules on other countries, but that nobody had wanted to listen.
TEHRAN, May 22 - The US Treasury said it updated Trump on the remaining concerns about China’s trade practices and awaits the president’s action to address them, a sign that a trade war is still a possibility despite recent progress.
TEHRAN, May 21 - US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says negotiations with Chinese officials have been successful and as a result a trade war with China is “on hold.”
TEHRAN, April 09 - Following the latest trade clash between the United States and China due to tariffs the two countries have imposed on one another’s goods, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he does not expect a trade war .
TEHRAN, April 06 - China says it is ready to fight “at any cost” in a worsening trade dispute with the United States, shortly after US President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on an additional $100 billion in Chinese goods.
TEHRAN, April 05 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to visit U.S. President Donald Trump on April 27, just before the expiry of an exemption for the European Union from U.S. import duties on steel and aluminum, mass-selling daily Bild reported on Thursday.
TEHRAN, April 04 - China on Wednesday issued a $50 billion list of U.S. goods including soybeans and small aircraft for possible tariff hikes in an escalating and potentially damaging technology dispute with Washington.
TEHRAN, April 04 - A trade war between the US and China might be an unlikely boon to Iran’s pistachio exports which have resurged following the lifting of sanctions on Tehran.
TEHRAN, March 26 - US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said President Donald Trump intends to implement $60 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports, adding that Washington is “not afraid” of a trade war with Beijing.
TEHRAN, March 26 - Dean Henderson, author and geopolitical analyst from Missouri, said the threat of an uptick in US-China trade tensions would lead to “higher wages and more jobs” for Chinese and American workers.
TEHRAN, March 24 - Amid an escalating war of words with the US, China says it has “already prepared” to defend its national interests in the face of US attacks on bilateral trade ties.
TEHRAN, March 23 - China is likely to respond directly to US President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on up to $60bn of goods and trigger a bilateral trade war that will hurt both countries, experts have said.
TEHRAN, March 11 - Any trade war with the United States will only bring disaster to the world economy, Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan said on Sunday, as Beijing stepped up its criticism on proposed metals tariffs by Washington amid fears it could shatter global growth
TEHRAN, March 11 -A trade war between the US and China will spell “disaster” for the entire world economy, Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan has warned, after Donald Trump signed orders greenlighting stiff tariffs on imported aluminum and steel.