Tag: tariff

• Tuesday, March 4th 2025 - 09:29 UTC

  Canada will retaliate if Trump moves on with tariffs

  

  Canada's Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly announced Monday that her country was ready for if or when US President Donald Trump decides to move on with the 25% tariffs currently on pause following a telephone understanding with acting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

• Monday, August 17th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  UK Trade Secretary pledges to fight US tariffs on Scotch whisky

  

  British Trade Secretary Liz Truss pledged to fight U.S tariffs on Scotch whiskey, calling them “unacceptable and unfair” in an op-ed in the Telegraph on Sunday. “I will fight to consign these unfair tariffs to the bin of history”, she wrote while accusing the European Union of failing to protect British and Scottish interests.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 08:02 UTC

  China slaps 80% tariff on Australian barley alleging subsidies and dumping

  

  Australia is “disappointed” China has imposed massive tariffs on its barley and will consider taking the dispute to the World Trade Organization, the country's agriculture minister said on Tuesday.

• Monday, April 25th 2011 - 06:43 UTC

  WTO warns Doha Round talks are at ‘serious risk’: crucial meeting 29 April

  

  The head of the World Trade Organization warned the decade-old Doha Round talks on a new global commerce deal involving billions of dollars are at “serious risk” because of differences over cutting tariffs on industrial goods.