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EU ready to open talks with U.S. to fix trade row
Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2018
The European Union is ready to engage with the United States to solve a trade row triggered by Washington's decision to impose metal impose tariffs, E.U. Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said on Thursday.
Trump calls for G-7 countries to drop all tariffs, subsidies
Posted on Sunday, June 10, 2018
President Trump proposed a major shakeup of the world’s economic order during a summit in Canada this week, suggesting the world’s big economies drop all tariffs and market-distorting subsidies and go to a fully free system of trade.
Merkel Urges Europe to Step Up in Trump’s New World Order
Posted on Friday, June 8, 2018
Chancellor Angela Merkel made a forceful pitch for Europe to play a more assertive role in global affairs as U.S. President Donald Trump dismantles the post-World War II order, setting the stage for a potential tense standoff at…
Iran opens new nuclear facility for centrifuge production
Posted on Thursday, June 7, 2018
Iran’s nuclear chief on Wednesday inaugurated the Islamic Republic’s new nuclear enrichment facility that is geared toward producing centrifuges which will operate within the limits of the nuclear deal Tehran signed with world powers.
EU sets July timeframe for US tariff reprisals
Posted on Wednesday, June 6, 2018
The EU says it expects to retaliate next month after the US imposed tariffs on the bloc's steel and aluminium products, sparking fears of a global trade war.
Merkel: Germany will exert its influence to push Iran out of Syria
Posted on Monday, June 4, 2018
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel emerged from their 90-minute meeting in Berlin on Monday still disagreeing about the merits of the Iranian nuclear agreement, but in accord about the need to push Iran out…
