EU postpones trade talks with Australia amid submarine row - FRANCE24

 A long-planned round of Australia-EU free trade talks have been postponed, a European official confirmed Friday, after fury over Canberra's decision to cancel a major French submarine contract.

US and EU forge alliance on technology amid growing wariness of China

 

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Washington evalúa tratado comercial con Taiwán

 

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EU lawmakers clear post-Brexit trade deal with Britain

 

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China sets sights on Middle East with Iran co-operation deal - BBC News

China and Iran signed a deal over the weekend that their foreign ministers said was designed as a strategic partnership to last for the next quarter of a century.

Saudi Ports Authority Launches Initiative To Support Shipping Lines Amid Suez Crisis - UrduPoint

Saudi Arabia has proposed a support initiative for international shipping lines amid the current Suez Canal crisis by providing services for ship transfers and containers unloading at the country's Jeddah Islamic Port, the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) said on Monday.

Completing refloat of Suez Canal ship won't be easy - Boskalis CEO - The Jerusalem post

News about the partial refloating of the giant container ship that was stuck in the Suez Canal is good, but completing the operation would not be a "piece of cake," Boskalis CEO Peter Berdowski told Dutch public radio on Monday.

Canale di Suez: la "Ever Given" si muove (anche grazie ad un rimorchiatore italiano)

 

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SUEZ-KRISE: Wie bekommt man den Riesen-Pott "Ever Given" wieder flott - Experten rätseln weiter

 

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Suez Canal: Ships stuck in 'traffic jam' as salvage efforts continue - BBC News

The blockage of Egypt's Suez canal by a giant container ship is causing a "traffic jam" in the Red Sea, according to a merchant seaman on a nearby ship.

U.K. to join Asia-Pacific free trade pact CPTPP - The Hindu

The U.K. government has announced that it is applying to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), one of the world's largest free-trade areas made up of 11 developed and emerging economies in the Pacific, under its post-Brexit plans.

Brexit Is Madness: French Finance Minister - Tasnim News Agency

France’s finance minister said it’s the UK that will lose out big from Brexit, as the UK and EU attempt to overcome significant differences and secure a trade deal in extended, last-ditch talks.

OJ, bourbon, jeans among American goods hit with EU tariffs

Peanut butter, denim, orange juice, bourbon, motorcycles and cigarettes are a few of the items on a European Union list of American goods now labeled with hefty import taxes.

US imposes metal tariffs on "key allies". The EU will impose counter measures

The US is to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from allies in Europe and North America.

Trump says 'trade wars are good and easy to win'

US President Donald Trump ha spoke out defiantly against global criticism of his plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, seeming to welcome the idea of a trade war.

EU Ready to Hit Back If Trump Imposes Anti-EU Trade Measures

The European Union says that if US President Donald Trump initiates unfair trade measures against the 28-nation bloc, it would stand ready “to react swiftly and appropriately.”

Trump Administration Says US Mistakenly Backed China WTO Accession in 2001

The United States mistakenly supported China’s membership of the World Trade Organization in 2001 on terms that have failed to force Beijing to open its economy, the Trump administration said on Friday as it prepares to clamp down on Chinese trade.

US-Backed Militants Selling Weapons to ISIL in Syria at Al-Tanf Base

The former security commander of al-Tanf base in Syria revealed that his comrades have been selling arms to the ISIL terrorist group, adding that the US army took no action to stop the trade once it came in hold of relevant infoamtion.

IMF warns of 'severe' economic damage from Brexit

The International Monetary Fund has warned of potentially "severe" economic damage from a British exit from the European Union.

Brexit to be costly for Britain (CBI survey)

Brexit would be more costly than remaining in the European Union (EU), according to a survey released Monday by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).