Tag: US

• Wednesday, June 5th 2019 - 10:50 UTC

  PDVSA: Venezuelan oil exports fall 17% in May

  

  Venezuelan oil exports fell by 17% in May compared to April, due to the difficulty to sell barrels of heavy crude oil that US refiners used to buy and process before the sanctions imposed on the Nicolás Maduro government, reported Reuters.

• Saturday, June 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Markets and US businesses lobbies react negatively to Trump's tariffs on Mexican imports

  

  Mexico's president has insisted his government will not be provoked after President Donald Trump announced escalating tariffs on all goods unless Mexico curbed illegal migration. Andrés Manuel López Obrador described Mr Trump's slogan “America First” as a fallacy and said universal justice was more important than borders.

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 08:24 UTC

  Oil prices edge up on the Iran situation, but inventories are still very high

  

  Oil prices edged up on Thursday to extend gains into a third straight session, as tensions in the Middle East stoked fears of potential disruptions to supply. Brent crude futures were at US$72.04 a barrel at 0110 GMT, up 27 cents, or 0.4per cent, from their last close. Brent closed up 0.7per cent on Wednesday.

• Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Cuba calls John Bolton a “pathological liar”, denies it has troops stationed in Venezuela

  

  Cuba branded U.S. national security adviser John Bolton a “pathological liar” on Thursday for his allegation that it has troops stationed in ally Venezuela and said the latest U.S. sanctions would further hurt but not vanquish the Cuban people.

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  EU and US set to begin trade talks, but farm goods remain a contentious issue

  

  President Donald Trump and the head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, agreed last year that they wanted to reduce trade barriers. The decision by EU ministers gives the Commission authorization to conduct formal talks.

• Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  US and China “making progress” towards ending the trade war

  

  President Donald Trump on Friday said talks with Beijing were making progress toward ending the trade war between the world's two top economies, but he again stopped short of predicting success.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  China approves foreign investment law hopefully to improve relations with US

  

  China's rubber-stamp parliament approved a foreign investment law on Friday that was fast-tracked and may serve as an olive branch in trade talks with the United States. The legislation aims to address long-running grievances from foreign businesses, but the US and European chambers of commerce have voiced concerns that they were not given enough time to give their input.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  US and Brazil reach space accord to be signed next week when Bolsonaro visits Washington

  

  The United States and Brazil have negotiated an accord to safeguard U.S. space technology the South American nation hopes will be used in commercial rockets lifting off from its launch site near the equator, the Brazilian government said on Monday.

• Friday, March 8th 2019 - 08:44 UTC

  Major blackout in Venezuela; Caracas in complete darkness: “light will return when Maduro is removed”

  

  Most of Venezuela has been hit by a continuing electricity blackout that began on Thursday afternoon. The power cut plunged the capital Caracas into almost complete darkness during rush hour and has extended to the vast majority of the country.

• Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  UK will not lower its food standards to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with US

  

  The UK will not lower food standards to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with the US, the government says. It comes after Washington published its objectives for a US-UK trade pact. The US wants “comprehensive market access” for its farmers' products that would see more US-made food on British supermarket shelves.