EU warns of countermeasures after Trump threatens 30 percent tariffs
The 27-member bloc says Washington’s latest threats against its exports are ‘absolutely unacceptable’.
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‘Syria possesses valuable assets,’ says DP World’s CEO, highlighting the country’s economic potential.
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As Grok provides instant fact checks to users on X, its ability to make things up is outstripping its usefulness.
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Because of droughts and increasing costs, beef buyers have relied more heavily on imports this year.
New levies, which come on top of tariffs on auto parts and industrial metals, will come into effect on August 1.
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The US has closed its ports of entry to Mexican cattle for fear of the parasitic, flesh-eating worm spreading north.
Brazil’s President Lula has rejected Trump’s efforts to use tariffs to extract political concessions.
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Deal announced as cereal giant Kellogg struggles as consumer demand slows due to inflation.
Rubio and Lavrov ‘confirmed their mutual desire to find peaceful solutions to conflicts’, Russian Foreign Ministry says.
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County officials had pressed the state for flood warning systems for nearly a decade but without luck.
The wireless carrier, which is seeking FCC approval on two deals, bowed the pressure from the White House.
