Exports
Huawei expects no relief from US sanctions but is confident
Ren Zhengfei doesn’t want it, company is developing its own technology.
EDC regrets US$41M loan to back Bombardier sale to Zuma allies
Money helped the Gupta family, closely connected to former South African president, who face corruption charges.
China’s Xi gets tougher on Trump after new tariff threat
Regulators are threatening to place American companies on an “unreliable entities” list that might face curbs on their operations.
US-China trade war leaves Europe as collateral damage
Germany’ s economy is stalled or shrinking, signs years of declining unemployment may be ending.
China’s yuan falls further amid trade war fears
A weaker yuan might disrupt Chinese efforts to shore up cooling economic growth.
Chinese importers looking at buying more US farm goods
Beijing blocked imports of U.S. soybeans and raised tariffs on other farm products in response to Trump’s duty increases on Chinese goods.
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UPDATE: Trudeau pushes CETA in EU leaders’ summit
French National Assembly begins its consideration of France’s ratification bill.
Ottawa announces $8.3M to support beef industry amid China standoff
Six projects but biggest recipient is Canada Beef, which is getting $5.3 million to grow sales internationally.
Poloz in no rush to move interest rate, warns of trade threats
Target at 1.75% for a sixth-straight meeting as the country bounces back from a weak stretch.
US trade deficit rises to five month high of US$55.5B in May
The goods gap with China widened 12.2% to US$30.2 billion.
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Cease fire in US-China trade war doesn’t bridge differences
Trump said he would hold off for the “time being” on plans to impose tariffs on US$300 billion more in Chinese imports.
US mulls tariffs on additional US$4B of EU good
Could target a further 89 sub-categories following an earlier list in April.
US manufacturing growth slows in June for 3rd straight month
Trade fights with China, Europe and Mexico, as well as an increase in the greenback’s value, have cut into US exports.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump overstates benefits from Mexico tariffs
Exaggerated how much of the auto industry had moved to Mexico and inaccurately asserted tariffs on all Mexican goods would immediately return jobs to the US.
Canada OK with EU plan to help WTO deal with Trump disruption: Carr
Alternative arbitration process would mirror the function of the Appellate Body.
