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Following Washington’s imposition of 10% tariffs on Chinese goods, China announced on Tuesday that it will apply 15% tariffs to U.S. coal and liquefied natural gas shipments. According to Beijing’s commerce ministry, “a 15 percent tariff...

After the United States halted imposing tariffs on Canadian exports, Ontario, Canada’s economic powerhouse, abandoned plans Monday to prohibit American businesses from bidding on the province’s lucrative government contracts. “We have temporarily averted tariffs that would...

President Donald Trump claimed that although the 25 percent tariffs would cause economic “pain” for Americans, they would be “worth the price.” He then stated that he will speak with both Canada and Mexico on Monday...

In an effort to prevent a trade war sparked by US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, Mexican auto and agricultural manufacturers appealed for “dialogue” on Sunday. In...

From February 10 to 13, 18 Dutch firms will travel to Bangladesh as part of a trade delegation called the Netherlands Circular Textile Trade Mission, which aims to foster business-to-business cooperation with Bangladesh’s apparel and textile...

Afghanistan’s Taliban government took over management of Kabul’s famed Serena hotel on Saturday, a hotel statement said, a luxury property targeted by Taliban attacks during their insurgency.  The Kabul Serena Hotel was run for nearly 20...

Chinese officials declared on Sunday that they “firmly oppose” the new tariffs that US President Donald Trump has imposed on Beijing and that they will take “corresponding countermeasures to resolutely safeguard our own rights and interests.”...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Saturday that Canada would impose a 25 percent tax of its own on a few American items in retaliation for the US tariffs. “Canada will be responding to the US...

President Claudia Sheinbaum declared on Saturday that Mexico would impose tariffs and other measures of its own in response to the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. According to Sheinbaum, she instructed her economic minister...

Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) Limited constructed an environmentally friendly steel facility in Chattogram with the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) Private Sector Investment Finance (PSIF) program. According to a JICA press release here, the new...