On Monday, South Korea and Britain are scheduled to sign an agreement to reinforce supply chains for key products which have been hammered by the Coronavirus pandemic. British trade minister Anne Marie Trevelyan is scheduled to host her counterpart Yeo… Read More ›
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US business groups wants US to cut import tariffs despite China not complying to Phase 1 trade commitments
More than 36 influential business groups from the United States and asked U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to restart trade talks with China; they have also asked that Washington cut its tariffs on Chinese exports to the United States, said… Read More ›
China buying U.S. agricultural products as per Phase 1 trade agreement, looks forward to coordinated response
On Sunday, China’s Global Times cited China’s ambassador to the U.S. as saying, China is in the midst of implementing the first phase of the U.S.-China trade pact and hoped that the two could work together to assess the changing… Read More ›
Canada ratifies USMCA trade deal
According to a top official from the Canadian government, the parliament has quickly ratified the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade pact even as it ramps up efforts to stop the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus. Canada was the last of the… Read More ›
Trump scheduled to sign USMCA on Wednesday
U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign a trade pact between the United States, Canada and Mexico on Wednesday during a ceremony at the White House, said an administration official while adding, invitations for attending the event has already… Read More ›
U.S.-China Phase One trade deal to be signed ‘very shortly’: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump stated, the United States and China would “very shortly” sign the so-called Phase One trade pact. “We just achieved a breakthrough on the trade deal and we will be signing it very shortly,” said Trump at… Read More ›
Mexico accepts U.S. steel demand in USMCA deal with rider
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard has stated, Mexico’s acceptance on U.S. demand on steel in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement would be conditional only if the rule takes effect at least five years after the trade pact’s ratification. Earlier this year,… Read More ›
Trade deal with UK to be a priority post-Brexit: Michel Barnier
Michel Barnier, the European Union’s Brexit negotiator, has told EU lawmakers that he will make Britain’s new trade deal with the EU a priority after Brexit, said a report from the Financial Times citing sources briefed on a closed-door meeting…. Read More ›
Trump wants to use FDI to re-build basic infrastructure in the United States
In a nutshell, here is the essence of the U.S Vice President Mike Pence’s 3 nation tour of Asia. In a strategic development in U.S.-Japan relations, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is set to meet Taro Aso, Japan’s Deputy Prime… Read More ›