China pushes back with 84% tariffs on goods from US
China Finance Ministry has announced that it is to impose 84% tariffs on US goods as it pushes back against the 104% tariffs announced...
Trump hits China with 104% tariffs, will target pharmaceuticals and gives go-ahead to dig...
Donald Trump has hit China with a staggering 104% tariffs on imports in retaliation for China imposing a 34% tariff on goods coming from...
Trump hits China with fresh new 50% tariffs
The US will impose additional 50% tariffs on China if that country does not withdraw its 34% retaliatory tariff, Donald Trump has said.
The move...
Trump’s global tariffs create havoc
US President Donald Trump has announced new global tariffs in what he has termed "Liberation Day".
From 10% on UK up to 34% on China,...
EP Trade Committee Chair on US tariffs: “Unjustified, illegal and disproportionate”
Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE), Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, reacts to the 20% tariff announced by US President Donald Trump tonight.
“While...
New tariffs by the Trump administration: press conference on Thursday at 9.00 CET
The Chair of the International Trade Committee and standing rapporteur for the US, Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE), will hold a press conference in Strasbourg...
Parliament urges the EU to defend its interests
On Tuesday, MEPs discussed trade, defence and competitiveness with Presidents Costa and von der Leyen, pushing for action to strengthen the EU economy and...
Asian earthquake death toll reached 1,000
The death toll from the massive earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday has now reached 1,000 according to authorities in Bangkok.
As rescue...
Myanmar earthquake death toll rises above 140
At least 144 people have died in Myanmar with many hundreds injured after a 7.7 magnitude tremor struck northeast of Mandalay.
Many hundreds of people...
Six dead as tourist sub sinks off Egypt
At least six people died when a tourist submarine sank in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt.
Officials said that 39 tourists had...
