Tag: United States

• Friday, August 2nd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Brazil already engaged in trade talks with United States, says minister Guedes

  

  Brazil has begun negotiating a trade agreement with the United States, the South American country’s economy minister said, kicking off knotty talks between longstanding competitors whose leaders want closer commercial ties.

• Friday, August 2nd 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  US business lobbies warn extra tariffs will hurt American consumers

  

  President Donald Trump's threat to impose 10% tariffs on the remaining US$300 billion of Chinese imports from Sept. 1 will hurt consumer purchases, raise prices further and limit hiring, four large retail trade groups warned on Thursday.

• Friday, August 2nd 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Trump slaps additional 10% punitive tariff on US$ 300 billion of Chinese goods

  

  President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he will hit China with punitive tariffs on another US$300 billion in goods, escalating the trade war after accusing Beijing of reneging on more promises.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Maduro's former Vice President wanted by US for “international narcotics trafficking”

  

  United States immigration officials have added Venezuelan government minister Tareck El Aissami, a suspected drug smuggler, to their list of most wanted fugitives, they said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Trump declares Brazil a trusted major non-NATO ally of the US

  

  President Donald Trump on Wednesday boosted Brazil's status as a US military ally, easing the path for the Latin American giant to buy more sophisticated weaponry. In a notice sent to the State Department, Trump said, “I hereby designate the Federative Republic of Brazil as a major Non-NATO Ally of the United States,” referring to the powerful North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Five members of the US Congress on a two-day visit to Gibraltar

  

  A delegation of five members of the United States Congress is in Gibraltar for a two day visit. This follows the trip to Washington by Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Joseph Garcia earlier this year. The visit has been organized through the United Kingdom under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (MECEA) scheme.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Trump after a trade deal with Brazil, but Brasilia says any tariffs agreements must include Mercosur members

  

  President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will pursue a U.S. trade agreement with Brazil, suggesting a friendly relationship with President Jair Bolsonaro could help lower trade barriers between the two biggest economies in the Americas.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Maduro and Guaidó desperate: Venezuela on the verge of losing Citgo to an arbitration award

  

  Venezuela could lose its largest U.S. asset after a court allowed a Canadian gold miner to seize shares of Citgo Petroleum Corp.’s parent to satisfy an arbitration award.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 10:13 UTC

  Brazil's efforts to improve ties with the US, “need not worry China, we never had a problem with China”

  

  Brazil’s efforts to build better ties with the United States need not worry China, the South American economy top trade partner, because it had never had a problem with China, the Brazilian foreign minister stated. At issue in the past has been how previous Brazilian administrations handled relations with China, Ernesto Araujo said.

• Monday, July 29th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Mexico will help Honduras create 20.000 jobs planting trees

  

  A scheme to create 20,000 jobs in Honduras has been agreed between the country's president and Mexico's leader in an attempt to stem the flow of migrants toward the United States.