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China to halve retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of US goods worth about $75 billion

Weizhen Tan and Evelyn Cheng | CNBC | 02/05/2020

Retaliatory duties on some U.S. goods will be cut from 10% to 5%, and from 5% to 2.5% on others, according to a statement from China’s Ministry of Finance. The…

No meeting with Trump, but WTO chief sees U.S. ‘sense of urgency’ on trade reforms

Andrea Shalal | Reuters | 02/05/2020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – W...

Germany’s Merkel arriving in South Africa to talk trade

Mogomotsi Magome | Associated Press News | 02/05/2020

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merke...

China to halve tariffs on some U.S. imports as virus risks grow

Se Young Lee, Yawen Chen | Reuters | 02/05/2020

China on Thursday said it would halve additional t...

U.S. Trade Deficit Narrowed in 2019 for First Time in Six Years

Harriet Torry and Eric Morath | The Wall Street Journal | 02/05/2020

The U.S. trade deficit narr...

U.S. Trade Deficit Shrinks, but Not Because Factories Are Returning

Ana Swanson | New York Times | 02/05/2020

The overall United States trade deficit shrank last ...

Coronavirus and oil: Why crude has been hit hard

BBC News | 02/04/2020

The world’s biggest oil producers could be about to slash output as they grapple with...

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