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China to halve tariffs on some U.S. imports as virus risks grow

Se Young Lee, Yawen Chen | Reuters | 02/05/2020

China on Thursday said it would halve additional tariffs levied against 1,717 U.S. goods last year, following the signing of a Phase 1 deal that brought a truce to a…

U.S. Trade Deficit Narrowed in 2019 for First Time in Six Years

Harriet Torry and Eric Morath | The Wall Street Journal | 02/05/2020

The U.S. trade deficit narr...

U.S. Trade Deficit Shrinks, but Not Because Factories Are Returning

Ana Swanson | New York Times | 02/05/2020

The overall United States trade deficit shrank last ...

Coronavirus and oil: Why crude has been hit hard

BBC News | 02/04/2020

The world’s biggest oil producers could be about to slash output as they grapple with...

Detailed vision for future UK trade policy needed for UK ports

Jesica Casey | Dry Bulk | 02/04/2020

Speaking about a future trading relationship with the EU, the ...

Pound falls as Boris Johnson takes tough line on EU trade deal

Richard Partington | The Guardian | 02/03/2020

Post-Brexit stance by Brussels is threat of tariffs ...

Berned Beyond Recognition: How Sanders’s Rise Changes U.S. Foreign Policy

Michael Hirsh | Foreign Policy | 02/03/2020

After Iowa, Bernie Sanders’s progressive ...

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