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Business 5 years ago

US suspends French tariffs over digital services tax

Washington had announced the tariffs in July after a US investigation showed a French digital services tax (DST) unfairly singled out US companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon.

Business 5 years ago

EU and UK give each other until Sunday to save Brexit talks

Johnson came to Brussels on Wednesday in a last gasp effort to salvage trade talks that are teetering towards failure.

Business 5 years ago

EU trade chief calls on US to drop tariffs in Airbus-Boeing dispute: FT

Repairing the transatlantic relationship would be EU's top priority, and the US should withdraw its Airbus-related tariffs as a confidence-building measure, the EU's new trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis told the FT.

Business 5 years ago

Canada drops counter-tariffs threat after US nixes aluminum levy

The US announced that its duty-free treatment will be retroactive to Sept. 1.

Business 5 years ago

WTO finds Washington broke trade rules by putting tariffs on China; ruling angers US

China’s Commerce Ministry said Beijing supported the multilateral trading system and respected WTO rules and rulings, and hoped Washington would do the same.

Business 5 years ago

US leaves tariffs on Airbus aircraft unchanged at 15%

USTR initially imposed 10 percent tariffs on Airbus aircraft but hiked that to 15 percent in March.

Business 5 years ago

Trump reimposes 10% tariff on Canadian aluminum

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he had ordered a 10 percent tariff on Canadian aluminum be reimposed.

Business 5 years ago

Government mulls introducing more measures to curb imports

The government is planning to impose several measures to reduce imports in the short and medium term and strengthen the local manufacturing industry.

Business 5 years ago

UK announces new post-Brexit global tariff regime

The United Kingdom announced a new post-Brexit tariff regime on Tuesday to replace the European Union's external tariff, maintaining a 10% tariff on cars but cutting levies on tens of billions of dollars of supply chain imports.