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The EU may as well “apply to be a province of China” such is its inability to wean itself off that country’s supply of critical raw…

LeBron James becoming available has, typically, been a seismic NBA event. Teams famously spent the several years leading up to his 2010 free agency clearing cap…

Getty ImagesThe US government is to start sending out letters to countries with details of higher US tariff rates that will begin on 1 August, President…

Patrick Clahane and Rebecca WearnBBC NewsBBCIt’s pitch black and we’re crawling along a secret underground tunnel beneath a high street in Hull. We pass rotting beams…

The EU and US are closing in on a high-level “framework” trade deal that would avert 50% tariffs on all exports from the bloc next Wednesday,…

The US economy added 147,000 jobs in June, a sign of continuing strength in the labor market amid Donald Trump’s trade war.The number of jobs added…

A trade deal between the United States and Vietnam has marked the first full pact President Donald Trump has sealed with an Asian nation, but has…

The United States and Vietnam struck a trade agreement that sets 20% tariffs on many of the south-east Asian country’s exports following last-minute negotiations, Donald Trump…

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President Trump attends a press conference in Hanoi on Nov. 12, 2017, during his first term in office. Luong Thai Linh/AFP Contributor/AFP via Getty Images hide…