Despite the delays caused by the coronavirus, China has the capability to at least comply with promises in the phase one trade deal with the US.
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi is the only leader not to agree to sign up to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
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Presidents Xi and Trump agreed to restart trade talks at the G-20, but even if a major deal is reached, US companies would still have a very hard time doing business in China.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He has been leading his side in trade negotiations.
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Hundreds of scientists and Indigenous leaders have asked the EU to demand tougher imports standards to protect Brazil’s rainforests, wetlands and savannahs.
Canada, Mexico and other U.S. allies aren’t walking away from the principles of economic cooperation.
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The US and China once again exchanged fire in their escalating trade war. Tariffs have been the main source of ammunition thus far, but China has other weapons it could begin to deploy.
China’s Xi and Trump look on as U.S. and Chinese business leaders sign trade deals.
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The administration’s objectives for NAFTA negotiations with Canada and Mexico, set to begin in August, will do little to help American workers, let alone create shared prosperity across the continent.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, sitting at the president’s right, announced the China trade deal.
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The Trump administration’s new deal with China, which won’t benefit many workers, shows the pitfalls of pursuing bilateral agreements at the expense of multilateral ones like NAFTA.
TPP’s death may make patrolling the South China Sea more dangerous.
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The main arguments in favor of the TPP were economic. But there’s another reason the Trump administration should rethink its promise to nix it: Its demise will weaken US national security.
Fishers in Mozambique won’t benefit from southern Africa’s latest deal with the EU.
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