The European Parliament agreed to suspend the ratification process for the EU-U.S. trade deal in response to President Donald Trump’s threats to tariff eight countries for opposing the American acquisition of Greenland.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declared that the sovereignty of Greenland is “non-negotiable” during her address on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Advocates of hardball negotiations over Greenland in Europe have suggested stalling the ratification of the trade deal with the United States after President Donald Trump announced that America will impose tariffs on eight countries for opposing the United States acquiring the arctic island.
Ramping up the pressure in the diplomatic feud over the future control of Greenland, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will impose a 10 per cent tariff on eight European nations for their opposition to America acquiring the territory.
China has once again surpassed the United States as Germany’s top trading partner, amid a sharp rise in imports from the communist country.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to block imports of Chinese cooking oil in retaliation for China’s apparent blockade of soybeans from the United States.
The Chinese Commerce Ministry on Tuesday announced sanctions against five subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilding company Hanwha Ocean.
When, if ever, should a country impose tariffs? A working paper by economists Oleg Itskhoki and Dmitry Mukhin provides an answer that is both surprising and vindicating of the Trump administration’s trade agenda.
The rest of the world understands what many economists still don’t: the U.S. economy is keystone of the global trading system.
The Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo signaled this week that it would make no further efforts to stimulate consumer demand in the flagging economy.
According to the always-dubious data released by the Chinese Communist government, China’s economy grew by 5.2 percent in the second quarter of 2025, which is slower than its 5.4 percent growth in the first quarter, but better than the 5.1 percent growth projected by analysts.
The EU will suspend retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods scheduled to take effect Monday in hopes of reaching a trade deal with the Trump administration by the end of the month.<
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Washington next week to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, with the war in Ukraine and trade tensions among the items on the agenda, the German government said Saturday.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump said Sunday evening that he has agreed to delay additional tariffs on the European Union after receiving a call from EU chief Ursula von der Leyen requesting an extension to come to a trade deal.
On his first full day in office, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz lashed out at the Trump administration for raising concerns about the state of democracy in the European nation following the green light to spy on the opposition AfD party.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said that “I’m hearing an awful lot from manufacturers in Wisconsin, if this thing drags on, the tariffs remain high, that their businesses will be
Hundreds of angry Chinese workers are marching in the streets of China’s industrial cities to protest layoffs and unpaid wages.
Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre — once heavily favored in the polls to become the next prime minister — not only lost to Liberal Mark Carney in Monday’s election, but he appears to have lost the parliamentary seat he has held for 21 years at press time.
A leading Labour Party peer has warned that his party will “get its head kicked in” by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the upcoming local elections in England as a result of its focus on woke issues rather than those facing its traditional working-class base.
Developing countries should strike swift trade deals with the United States at the “earliest possible” opportunity, the president of the World Bank said.
Chinese scientists are complaining that the tariff war is slowing down research and making it difficult for laboratories to obtain vital equipment and supplies from the United States.
Chinese Dictator Xi Jinping conducted a “charm offensive” this week, visiting Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia to shore up economic alliances amid China’s trade war with the United States.
The Trump administration on Monday informed U.S. chipmaker Nvidia that exports of its powerful H20 chips to China, and several other nations, will have to meet new licensing requirements.
China has restricted the export of several crucial rare earth minerals to the United States in response to President Donald Trump’s tariff increases.
China has stopped exporting several rare earth minerals that are crucial to making certain products in the tech, automobile, aerospace, and defense industries, according to several reports.
ATHENS, Greece — Greek Vice President and Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis told Breitbart News exclusively that President Donald Trump’s trade actions against the Chinese Communist Party, while difficult for much of the rest of the world, are important to help the United States lead the West into a new era of prosperity.
China raised its tariff on U.S. imports to 125% on Friday in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s latest tariff increase, while making plans to dispose of its excess goods by flooding the rest of the world with cheap exports.
A “Christmas truce” — extending the 90-day pause to tariffs on China, to fill Christmas orders — could be a timely, essential respite.
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal says President Donald Trump’s trade policies could create “the opportunity of a lifetime” for India.
China’s updated “Unreliable Entity List” — a list of American companies banned from doing business in China in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s tariffs — has grown to include eleven U.S. drone manufacturers.
China’s increasingly shrill and desperate efforts to prove itself tough and fearless against President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit a new low on Thursday, when Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning decided to post old footage of Mao Zedong, the founder of the Chinese Communist Party – and the worst mass murderer in history.
Beijing has been talking tough ever since President Donald Trump began raising tariffs against China, swiftly retaliating with its own tariff hikes instead of negotiating like most other major countries and vowing to “fight to the end.” There are some good reasons why China’s blustery confidence might be misplaced.
The U.S.-China trade war heated up on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China soared to a total of 104 percent and China retaliated by announcing an 84 percent levy on U.S. goods.
China’s state-run Global Times uncorked a furious editorial on Tuesday denouncing President Donald Trump for attempting to “blackmail” Beijing with his “abuse of tariffs.”
U.S. President Donald Trump shot down the European Union’s offer of a zero-tariff trade relationship on some goods, demanding that the bloc do more to rectify the significant trading imbalance, such as purchasing more American-produced energy.
China’s retaliation against President Donald Trump’s tariffs includes more export controls on rare earth minerals, which are vital to electronics and battery manufacturing.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday that the bloc has offered a “zero-for-zero tariff” trade arrangement on industrial goods with the United States in a bid to avoid a full-on trade war.
France’s trade minister said the European Union’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs could be “extremely aggressive” amid increasingly heated rhetoric from Paris.
President Emmanuel Macron’s call for French businesses to stop investing in the United States has been ridiculed and rejected by business leaders in the country.
China announced on Friday that it will impose a 34 percent tariff on all U.S. goods in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs on Wednesday. The Chinese tariff hike is scheduled to take effect on April 10.
