Tag: trade agreement

• Saturday, May 11th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  China says three issues lie in the way of a trade agreement with the US

  

  Three issues lie in the way of an agreement between China and the United States, which will have to be ironed out in upcoming talks in Beijing, said China’s chief trade negotiator as the US moved to impose higher tariffs on Chinese goods.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Trump anticipates a “signing summit” with China's Xi: trade agreement “very, very close”

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Monday he expects to hold a “signing summit” with China’s President Xi Jinping to seal a trade deal, since negotiators are “very, very close” to an agreement. Cheering global stock markets, the new comments confirm the dispute will not ratchet up immediately, averting an even bigger impact on the global economy. 

• Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  Trump downplays a trade deal with China ahead of Saturday's meeting with Xi in Buenos Aires

  

  United States president Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet on Saturday in Argentina on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires, a U.S. media outlet reported on Monday. The two leaders will meet a day after the United States, Mexico and Canada sign a new trilateral trade agreement, the online edition of Inside U.S. Trade said.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:08 UTC

  Russia and Argentina reach fisheries agreement to boost catches and trade

  

  Russia and Argentina have approved a draft agreement on fisheries cooperation. The agreement will make seafood exports from Argentina to Russia significantly easier and boost trade volumes. Russia will also obtain a right to fish in Argentine waters, the agreement stipulates.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 08:57 UTC

  Trump hails the launching of the United States/Mexico/Canada trade agreement

  

  After 14 months of talks between the United States and its closest allies, President Donald Trump celebrated the United States Mexico Canada Agreement, or USMCA, a new trade agreement that is poised to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.

• Thursday, September 6th 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  U.S. trade deficit at a five month high in July; China maintains a comfortable surplus

  

  The U.S. trade deficit rose to a five-month high in July, with the politically sensitive gap with China hitting a record high, which economists said could embolden the Trump administration to aggressively pursue its “America First” agenda.

• Thursday, September 6th 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  Trump says the US is not yet ready to reach a trade agreement with China

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States was not yet ready to come to an agreement over trade disputes with China but he said talks would continue.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 16:57 UTC

  European Parliament stresses ‘desirability’ of EU/Mercosur balanced trade agreement

  

  Current trade negotiations between the European Union and Mercosur dominated the opening speeches at of Eurolat (Europe/Latin America Parliaments) Fifth Plenary Session which is taking place in Montevideo.