US President Donald Trump had threatened 60% tariffs on Chinese goods on his campaign trail.
By Alek Buttermann Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, has unveiled a bold economic plan aimed at reducing imports from China, a move widely seen as a response to US President-elect Donald Trump's accusations that the country serves as a backdoor for Chinese goods entering the US market.
President Claudia Sheinbaum is detaining more migrants, seizing more fentanyl and positioning her country as a key ally against China. But the U.S. stance has shifted, too.
On the campaign trail, Mr Trump promised a 10 per cent to 20 per cent charge on all imported goods and 60 per cent on Chinese products. He also vowed a 25 per cent tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10 per cent duty on Chinese goods.
US President Donald Trump has relaunched the trade war with China, by threatening to impose a 10 per cent duty on imports from Beijing, AFP reported. In his second term, Donald Trump has hinted of imposing a 10% tariff on imports of Chinese-made goods from February 1.
Many Latin American countries are trying to distance themselves from Beijing. But in response to President Trump’s sweeping deportation plans, Honduras is doing the opposite.
Markets were cautiously optimistic after Trump took a lighter approach to China on Monday. That sentiment lasted a day.
President Donald Trump said from the White House that he's looking at a 10% tariff on imports from China. He pushed Xi Jinping crack down on fentanyl.
U.S. stock futures and Asian shares outside China slumped on Monday as investors weighed the implications of Chinese startup DeepSeek's launch of a free, open-source artificial intelligence model to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT.
President Donald Trump did not immediately impose tariffs on Monday as previously promised but said he was thinking about imposing 25% duties on imports from Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1 over illegal immigrants and fentanyl crossing into the U.
China has strengthened trade with Latin America at the expense of the U.S. But Donald Trump, who threatens to raise tariffs on Mexico, could upend those ties.
Pakistan will likely have to walk a tightrope, balancing its relations with Washington and Beijing as the US begins its tariff