SINGAPORE – The pandemic has made it even more important for Singapore to maintain its global connections while continuing to innovate and digitalise, said Communications and Information Minister S. Iswaran on Wednesday (Sept 16). “With lockdowns and safe distancing measures
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US-China trade war in 300 words
The world’s two largest economies have been locked in a bitter trade battle. The dispute has seen the US and China impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of one another’s goods. US President Donald Trump has long
U.S. and EU hatch mini-deal to cut lobster, other tariffs
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and the European Union on Friday announced a mini-deal valued at around $200 million to cut import tariffs on a small range of products, including U.S. lobsters, in a sign of easing transatlantic trade
Canada to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, hopes for resolution
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will slap retaliatory tariffs on C$3.6 billion ($2.7 billion) worth of U.S. aluminum products after the United States said it would impose punitive measures on Canadian aluminum imports, a senior official said on Friday. Deputy Prime
South Korea's July 1-20 exports fall further on extended Covid-19 lockdowns
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korean exports extended their contraction during the first 20 days of July and by a larger percentage than in June as a protracted coronavirus lockdown and delay in economic reopening across the world continued to upend
New North American trade pact to take effect July 1-USTR
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday said he has notified Congress that the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement will enter into force on July 1, a month later than initially proposed. In a statement, Lighthizer