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China is engaged in ‘deliberate’ efforts to undermine the U.S. and Europe, says EU envoy Gitenstein

Mark Gitenstein, the U.S. ambassador to the EU, said China is deliberately distorting markets with a glut of cheap goods.…

Biden raises tariffs on $18 billion of Chinese imports: EVs, solar panels, batteries and more

The Biden administration announced stiff new tariff rates Tuesday on $18 billion worth of Chinese imports. The White House said…

The U.S. is now Germany’s biggest trading partner — taking over from China

After years of China being Germany’s main trading partner, the U.S. looks like it’s quietly taking that top spot as…

U.S. issues hundreds of sanctions targeting Russia, takes aim at Chinese companies

The United States on Wednesday issued hundreds of fresh sanctions targeting Russia over the war in Ukraine in action that took aim at Moscow’s circumvention of Western…

Biden blames China, Japan and India’s economic woes on ‘xenophobia’

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that “xenophobia” from China to Japan and India is hobbling their growth, as he argued that migration has been good for the U.S.…

Trump could drive inflation higher with his second-term economic agenda, analysts say

Former President Donald Trump is building a second-term economic agenda that analysts say could reheat the very inflation that he…

U.S. ambassador insists security pact with Australia, U.K. won’t spur a nuclear arms race

The trilateral defense and security pact between Australia, U.K., and the U.S. — commonly referred to as AUKUS — is…