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On April 11, 2025, China announced it would raise tariffs on U.S. goods to 125%. This response is part of the ongoing trade war. China stated it would ignore any future U.S. tariff increases. The Chinese finance ministry argued that such measures no longer make economic sense for importers.

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WTO chiefs past and present demand rapid reform to keep global free trade alive

A former World Trade Organization boss has said the future terms of global trade, rocked by U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

World’s Friendliest Superpower? As Trump Upends Globe, Europe Positions Itself.

Ursula von der Leyen is trying to ensure that if the international trading system is remade, the E.U. is at the center of ...

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‘Nothing Is Certain but Uncertainty’: How the World Is Reacting to Trump’s Tariff Reversal

Some say the abrupt 180 has only made things more confusing as the world attempts to navigate Trump’s trade war.

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Trump claims countries are ‘cheating’ the U.S. on trade. What does that mean?

While cheating on trade does happen — genuine accusations of it can be adjudicated at the World Trade Organization — the White House’s formula for calculating the tariff rates leaned on how much of a ...

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U.S. Tariffs Threaten to Undermine World Trade Organization

As the Trump administration's hostility towards the United Nations and other international organizations keeps growing, a New York Times columnist last week proposed what he frivolously described as ...