EU and UK working out final terms of trade deal
(ATF) Britain and the European Union were on the verge of striking a trade deal on Thursday in a bid to avoid a bitter split that could cause chaos for traders on each side.The United Kingdom faces a cooler relationship with its biggest trade partner, which was not foreseen at …
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Biden should press China to stick to trade deal: US trade rep
President-elect Joe Biden should keep pressing China to stick to the 'Phase 1' trade deal and use tariffs as leverage, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who said that Beijing had done a "reasonably good job" implementing parts of the deal.In a rare interview this week, Lighthizer defended the Trump administration's …
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Huge repercussions loom over EU-UK trade talks
Britain and the European Union sought on Sunday to strike an elusive trade deal, with failure likely to end with trade in chaos, markets tumbling and a huge economic price to pay. Here are some of the potential pressure points of a no-trade deal after five years of Brexit crisis. …
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China eyes more US corn after recent flood crisis
China's government is reportedly discussing permits for millions of tonnes of additional corn imports over the next year, amid a surge in animal feed demand and after extensive flooding in the Yangtze basin drought damage hit domestic supplies.A round of new import orders from China would make it the world's …
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