Mercosur to expand common tariff exemptions as trade war rages

Mercosur countries have decided to relax common external tariffs on 50 products of the choice of each of its members, giving them more flexibility to negotiate deals as they seek to avoid Donald Trump’s tariffs, or retaliate against them.

Mass protests across US show resistance to Trump

They came out in defense of national parks and small businesses, public education and health care for veterans, abortion rights and fair elections. They marched against tariffs and oligarchs, dark money and fascism, the deportation of legal immigrants and the Department of Government Efficiency.

China to impose additional 34% tariffs on all US imports

China will impose additional 34-percent tariffs on all products imported from the United States starting from April 10, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced Friday.

Trump puts tariffs on islands inhabited only by penguins

President Donald Trump has announced new tariffs on a collection of remote islands—despite the fact that their only residents are penguins.

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs, risking inflation and trade wars

Trump imposes a 34% tax on imports from China and 20% on EU

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners — a 34% tax on imports from China and 20% on the European Union, among others — that threaten to dismantle much of the architecture of the global economy and trigger broader trade wars.

EU has ‘strong plan’ to respond to Trump’s tariffs, bloc’s chief says

European Union executive head Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc has a “strong plan” to retaliate against United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs, although its preference is a “negotiated solution”.

Canada is merely first in line

All of America’s allies should prepare for Trump’s coercion

Earlier this week, it appeared as if the Trump administration was going to follow through on its threat to impose a sweeping 25 percent tariff across the board on Canadian exports to the United States. Canada owes the United States “a lot of money, and I’m sure they’re going to pay,” President Donald Trump claimed. “We may have, short term, some little pain, and people understand that. But long term, the United States has been ripped off by virtually every country in the world.” Ottawa was sent scrambling for a response and announced a set of retaliatory tariffs, targeting $150 billion on an array of U.S. products, including appliances, machinery, and agricultural goods. “Tariffs against Canada will put [U.S.] jobs at risk, potentially shutting down American auto assembly plants and other manufacturing facilities,” warned Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Power politics won’t yield the bonanza that Trump has promised: Foreign Affairs

If U.S. allies work together, they can confront Trump

TEHRAN - In an article published on its website on January 30, Foreign Affairs says, “The United States’ return to nineteenth-century power politics will likely not yield the bonanza that Trump has promised.”