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Trade war escalates as China raises its retaliatory tariff on U.S. imports to 84%, effective tomorrow
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Read More »Trump’s 104% tariffs on China to take effect at midnight, quashing earlier market gains
The United States said on Tuesday that 104 per cent duties on imports from China will take effect shortly after midnight, even as the Trump administration moved to quickly start talks with other trading partners targeted by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada falls to Scotland, will play China for bronze at world curling playdowns
Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based team dropped a 7-4 semifinal decision to Scotland’s Bruce Mouat on Saturday at the Temple Gardens Centre. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Deadline for TikTok sale extended by 75 days, as Trump vows to work with China
U.S. President Donald Trump extended a deadline by 75 days for Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell U.S. assets of popular short video app TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban that was supposed to have taken effect in January under a 2024 law. CBC | World News
Read More »China slaps 34% retaliatory tariff on the U.S., says Trump’s levy ‘seriously violates’ world trade rules
China announced Friday that it will impose a 34 per cent tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures following U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” slate of double-digit tariffs. CBC | World News
Read More »Companies sought to diversify from China. Now Trump’s tariffs will hit those Asian alternatives hard
Several Asian nations reeled on Thursday as they were hit with some of U.S. President Donald Trump’s heftiest tariffs, which now threaten the economies that have benefited from investment after Trump imposed levies on China during his first term. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada routs China for 8th victory in 9 matches at world men’s curling championship
Canada’s Brad Jacobs defeated China’s Xiaoming Xu 8-2 in the early draw at the world men’s curling championship in Moose Jaw, Sask. CBC | Sports News
Read More »China launches military drills around Taiwan, calls its president a ‘parasite’
China began joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan on Tuesday as a “stern warning” against separatism and called Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te a “parasite,” as Taiwan sent warships to respond to China’s navy approaching its coast. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump dangles possibility of lower tariffs for China to make TikTok sale happen
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to reduce tariffs to get a deal done with TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance, to sell the short-video app used by 170 million Americans. CBC | World News
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