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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US officials have considered lifting tariffs on Chinese imports to calm volatile stock markets and encourage Beijing to make concessions in current trade talks, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. American and Chinese trade officials have until March 1 to resolve their trade war, to prevent a sharp increase in punitive US duties on $200 billion in Chinese goods. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin raised the idea of revoking tariffs on […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced an agreement to start negotiations on a trade deal Wednesday, dampening the prospect of Washington imposing tariffs against another trading partner. After talks in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the two leaders issued a joint statement about talks to produce “early” results, without giving any firm details on a timetable. Although the […]
