International Trade

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AMLO’s Nafta Chief Aims for U.S. to Lift Steel Duties This Year

Bloomberg | November 30, 2018 | International Trade

The chief Nafta negotiator for Mexico’s president-elect said that the continuance of U.S. tariffs on the nation’s steel exports at the signing of a new trade deal is regrettable and he hopes they’ll be lifted by the end of this year.

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Germany’s Last Coal Miners Get Shafted

Bloomberg | November 30, 2018 | Energy | International Trade

The bitter reality for German coal country is supplies will come from Russia and the U.S. for decades to come.

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Merkel Late for G-20 as Mid-Air Drama Strands Her in Germany

Bloomberg | November 29, 2018 | International Trade

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plane suffered an emergency en route to the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires as a serious electrical malfunction forced the pilots to return to Germany, where the plane landed heavily in Cologne on a runway surrounded by fire trucks.

China’s Official Manufacturing Gauge Worsens Amid Trade War

Bloomberg | November 29, 2018 | International Trade

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China Hawk Navarro Is Part of Trump Entourage at G-20 Summit

Bloomberg | November 29, 2018 | International Trade

White House trade adviser and noted China hawk Peter Navarro traveled with President Donald Trump to the Group of 20 summit in Argentina, where the U.S. leader will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to discuss the trade war between the two countries.

China Is So Desperate for Pork That It’s Buying American Again

International Trade

Bloomberg | Top Story | November 29, 2018

China Is So Desperate for Pork That It’s Buying American Again

A disease sweeping through Chinese hog herds is helping negate the effects of the trade war for American farmers, with U.S. pork sales to the Asian nation back to levels before tariffs were introduced.

Republicans rejected free trade for no good reason

Bloomberg | November 29, 2018 | International Trade

Trade war hurts chances of ending Balkan feud, Serb leader says

Bloomberg | November 29, 2018 | International Trade

Yuan faces a 10% tumble with trade war set to worsen, BNY says

Bloomberg | November 29, 2018 | International Trade

Long line of soy ships sets the scene for Trump, Xi dinner date

Bloomberg | November 29, 2018 | International Trade

Germany’s economy faces hit from Trump’s autos fixation

Bloomberg | November 29, 2018 | International Trade

Trump renews auto tariff threat as trade czar aims at China

International Trade

Bloomberg | Top Story | November 28, 2018

Trump renews auto tariff threat as trade czar aims at China

President Donald Trump raised the prospect of slapping a 25 percent tariff on imported cars and ordered a review of China’s retaliatory auto tariffs against the U.S. as his administration continued to scramble to respond to General Motors Co.’s announcement of plant closures this week.