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Former Trump trade chief says tariff war backfiring
Speed Read Gary Cohen warns tariffs have impacted US manufacturing and been a ‘convenient excuse’ for China to slow overheating economy
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Donald Trump gloats as China's GDP growth slows to 27-year low
Speed Read US president says new data shows tariffs are having ‘major effect’
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Financial markets braced for fresh Iran sanctions
Speed Read A renewed period of turbulence could end with a breakthrough in US-China trade war
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US curbs on Huawei starting to bite
Speed Read Chinese telecoms giant says international sales of handsets dropped by 40% last month as backlash against firm intensifies
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Economists fear a 2020 US recession surge
Speed Read America's business leaders worry Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policies will send US economy into a tailspin
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Why US might blacklist Hikvision
In Depth World’s largest surveillance company, worth $39bn, has come under scrutiny for its role in the suppression of the Uighur people
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Why the US has back-peddled on steel and aluminium tariffs
In Depth Trump eases levies on Canada and Mexico, boosting hopes for a new North American free trade agreement
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Market volatility as US-China trade war takes new twist
Speed Read Fiery rhetoric from China mitigated by optimistic remarks from Donald Trump on Twitter
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China will retaliate over Trump tariff hike, predicts Ludlow
Speed Read Washington expects swift response after US president raises spectre of full-blown trade war
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China-US trade talks go down to the wire
Speed Read World’s biggest economies go to the brink over last-minute concessions to delay tariff hike
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Trump tweets put China trade talks in doubt
Speed Read Global markets plunge after US president ramps up rhetoric ahead of Wednesday’s meeting
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US and China on brink of trade deal
Speed Read Agreement to roll back $200bn tariffs could be agreed this month
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German state to take stakes in marquee domestic companies
Speed Read Shift in industrial strategy to prevent foreign takeovers ‘needed to safeguard the country’s prosperity’ says minister
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US and China hold first round of trade war talks
Speed Read Officials meet in Beijing with optimism high a breakthrough can be made ahead of March deadline
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