Karin Keller-Sutter, Swiss President (AP) GENEVA: The Swiss president says Switzerland is among 15 countries with which the United States plans to conduct “privileged” negotiations to help reach a deal in the wake of sweeping US tariffs on dozens of countries that have shaken global markets.Karin Keller-Sutter, in an interview with broadcaster SRF published Friday, […]
A coalition of 12 US states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the US Court of International Trade in New York, seeking to overturn President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, which they say is unlawful and has disrupted the national economy. The legal challenge accuses Trump of abusing emergency powers under the 1977 International Emergency Economic […]
File photo: US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick (left) and US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick on Sunday said the Trump administration’s decision to temporarily exempt electronics like smartphones and laptops from steep new import tariffs was not permanent and that the products would soon fall under a new policy […]
China on Tuesday lashed out at US vice president JD Vance, calling him “ignorant and impolite” after he made a controversial remark about the United States borrowing money from “Chinese peasants.”“China’s position on China-US economic and trade relations has been made very clear,” said Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian during a press briefing. “It […]
Chinese Premier meets pro-Trump US Senator Daines and calls for dialogue instead of confrontation (Pictre credit: AP) BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Sunday that Beijing and Washington should choose dialogue instead of confrontation during his meeting with US Senator Steve Daines, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, as the two countries are locked […]
