Tag: Proteccionism

• Thursday, October 18th 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  US determined to a trade deal with the UK, “as soon as it is ready” after Brexit

  

  The United States administration has formally confirmed it intends to pursue a trade deal with the UK “as soon as it is ready” after leaving the EU. Donald Trump’s trade representative Robert Lighthizer notified Congress of plans to open negotiations with the UK, as well as with the EU and Japan.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2018 - 09:36 UTC

  China files WTO case against the US arguing tariffs are an illegal attempt of protectionism

  

  China's Ministry of Commerce announced it is pursuing legal remedy against the U.S. in a brief statement on its website — the latest in an escalating trade conflict between the world's two largest economies.

• Thursday, April 26th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Macron enchants US Congress while questioning some of Trump's policies

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron has used his speech to the joint houses of the US Congress to denounce nationalism and isolationism as threats to global prosperity. The speech was widely interpreted as a thinly veiled attack on President Donald Trump's America First agenda.

• Wednesday, March 21st 2018 - 10:03 UTC

  Financial leaders reject protectionism, but prepare for a trade war

  

  The world’s financial leaders rejected protectionism on Tuesday and urged “further dialogue” on trade, but failed to diffuse the threat of a trade war days before U.S. metals tariffs take effect and Washington is to announce measures against China. Finance ministers and central bankers of the world’s 20 biggest economies, which represent 75% of world trade and 85% of global gross domestic product, discussed trade disruptions as a risk to growth at a two-day meeting.