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Trump Administration to Impose New Tariffs on Brazil

The United States accused the country of unfair trade practices. The tariff will replace ones that the Supreme Court struck down.

By Ana Swanson and Ana Ionova

US targets Brazil with tariffs as relations deteriorate

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US unveils new 25% tariff on certain imports from Brazil

Brazil said 'reciprocal' measures would be taken against the US's new tariffs on the country.

Brazil condemns US move to impose 25% tariffs next week

Trade office cites investigation of Brazilian trade practices while Marco Rubio says Lula’s policies ‘bad for Americans and bad for Brazilians’ Brazil has condemned the US decision to impose 25% tariffs on certain Brazilian products, after the Trump administration found a range of what it deemed unfair trade practices by the South American country. “The Brazilian government repudiates the decision announced today by the United States government regarding the imposition of 25 percent tariffs ...

By Associated Press

As U.S. moves closer to permanent daylight time, is it inevitable that Canada will follow?

The United States took one step closer to abandoning the practice of changing the clocks every spring and fall, raising the question: how would such a move down south impact Canada?

U.S. slaps 25% tariff on most Brazilian goods over 'unfair trade practices'

A separate U.S. probe into forced-labor enforcement has also proposed an additional 12.5% duty on Brazilian goods that would stack on top of the 25%, with a decision due within days.

US slaps 25% tariffs on Brazil with election looming

The US will impose a 25% tariff on most imports from Brazil starting later this month. It's the first action in the Trump administration's new tariff strategy, after the Supreme Court struck down its prior impositions.

Rubio says 25% US tariffs on some Brazilian goods price for Lula’s ‘ego’

The US will begin charging 25 per cent tariff on imports of certain goods from Brazil following an investigation alleging that the country engaged in unfair trade practices. The year-long inquiry “found a number of Brazil’s practices to be unreasonable and discriminatory, restricting the competitive position of American farmers, workers, innovators, and exporters,” the Office of the US Trade Representative said in a social media post late on Wednesday night. Imports of coffee, beef, and certa...

By Bloomberg

US imposes a 25 percent tariff on some Brazilian imports, citing unfair trade practices

The United States will slap 25 percent tariffs on some Brazilian goods starting July 22 following a yearlong investigation under the Trade Act of 1974. The probe concluded that Brazil engaged in unfair trade practices. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva condemned the move, saying it was politically motivated to favour his rival for upcoming elections, Flavio Bolsonaro. Also in this edition, we look at the Japanese firm trying to bring back 1980's style corporate culture.

By Charles PELLEGRIN

US imposing a 25% tariff on some Brazilian imports starting July 22, citing unfair trade practices

The Trump administration is imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil after finding a range of what the U.S. deemed unfair trade practices by the world’s 10th-biggest economy

By Michelle L. Price

China charms world, now more popular than US; Xi tops Trump on trust: Report

Recent global surveys reveal that China's image is increasingly favorable compared to that of the United States. Under Xi Jinping's leadership, he commands greater trust internationally than Donald Trump does. While personal freedoms remain a strength for the US, this advantage is slowly diminishing as China is perceived to engage less in interventionist policies worldwide. These trends underscore a noteworthy shift in international perceptions.

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Trump's 25% Brazil tariff: Why now, what triggered it and what happens next? Explained

The Trump administration has imposed a 25% tariff on select Brazilian imports following a USTR investigation.

Netanyahu postpones planned visit to United States after late sen. Graham's funeral delayed

Previously, Netanyahu had been set to fly to Washington on Saturday night to attend former senator Lindsey Graham's funeral and to meet with US President Donald Trump.

US Slaps Brazil With New 25% Tariff Over Unfair Trade Practices

The latest move also comes as President Donald Trump's administration pushes to rebuild his economic agenda after the US Supreme Court in February struck down a swath of his global tariffs.

S. Korea, US, Japan military chiefs agree to deepen security cooperation

The top military officers of South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed to deepen trilateral security cooperation, including by continuing their annual multidomain exercise Freedom Edge, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday. South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Jin Yong-sung met US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine and Japan’s Chief of Staff Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura in Washington on Wednesday for the 23rd trilateral meeting of the three countries’ top military officers

By The Korea Herald

Australia to toughen modern slavery penalty after U.S. tariff threat

Laws will have a new criminal offense if companies with revenue over $70 million fail to prevent modern slavery, including forced labor and debt bondage, in their supply chains.

Australia to toughen modern slavery penalties

Australia will make big companies criminally liable for modern slavery in supply chains, the nation's top lawyer said Thursday, weeks after the United States threatened trade tariffs over the issue.

US unveils new 25% tariff on certain imports from Brazil

Manila to host ASEAN, US, China foreign ministers for high-level meetings  

Foreign ministers from the bloc and its partners — the US, China, Canada, Australia, Russia, New Zealand, and India — will gather in Manila for high-level meetings

By Bea Cupin

US to levy 25% tariff on most imports from Brazil

The U.S. will impose ⁠a 25% tariff on most imports from Brazil starting July 22, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Wednesday, the first action under the Trump adm...

Angry backlash as US bars citizens from entering directly from Congo's Ebola zone

Former senior CDC officials have called the 'do-not-board' policy highly unusual.

US unveils new 25% tariff on certain imports from Brazil

The 25 percent tariff is set to take effect on July 22, as the Trump administration seeks to rebuild its tariff agenda following legal setbacks. The post US unveils new 25% tariff on certain imports from Brazil appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah

What to know about ‘explosive diarrhoea’ parasite outbreak in US

Nearly 7,000 people in the US may have been infected with a diarrhoea-causing parasite, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said.

By Abubakar Ibrahim