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Legal barriers hindering ASEAN trade: Report
09 Apr 2018
Trump now threatens tariffs on $100 bn more of Chinese goods
06 Apr 2018
President Donald Trump views the widening trade deficit as a sign of economic weakness and as the result of bad trade agreements and unfair practices by America's trading partners while economists attribute this to American consumers’ appetite for imported products
Brazil’s ex-president Lula narrowly fails in bid to stay out of jail
05 Apr 2018
Brazil’s top court early today rejected former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s plea to stay out of prison while he appeals a corruption conviction, in a vote that likely ends his political career and deepens divisions in the country
China retaliates with 25% import duty on $50-bn worth of US goods
04 Apr 2018
By targeting high-tech sectors that Beijing wants to promote, the US is signalling that its strategic aim is to prevent China from gaining global technological leadership
Saudi crown prince defends Israel in rift with Iran
03 Apr 2018
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has said the Jewish people have a right to their ‘own land,’ as he sought an ally against the Ayatollah Khamenei-led Islamic Republic of Iran
China responds to US steel tariff with duty hike on US pork, fruits
02 Apr 2018
Escalating the trade dispute, China on Monday retaliated to US President Donald Trump’s duty on Chinese steel and aluminium by raising import duties on US pork, apples and other products worth an annual $3 billion
Skripal skirmish shatters Russia’s ties with the West
31 Mar 2018
Russia has ordered the expulsion of more than 150 diplomats from two-dozen western nations in retaliation for similar action taken against its diplomats
US govt to scan social media profiles of all visa applicants
31 Mar 2018
140 Russian diplomats kicked out of US, Europe, Australia
27 Mar 2018
The poisoning of a Russian double agent in London, allegedly by his former employees in Moscow, has led to a sudden spurt in tension between the West and the Vladimir Putin regime
America’s new NSA is ‘rigid, bombastic ideologue’
24 Mar 2018
Diplomats and analysts worry that the Trump-Bolton combine could wreck US foreign policy, resulting in disastrous moves that could destabilise the delicate balance of power around the globe
China hits back at Trump’s imposition of tariffs on its products
23 Mar 2018
Trump blames China for the loss of six million jobs and the shutting down of 60,000 factories in the US as trade between the US and China has shot up from about $115 billion in 2000 to $635 billion today
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