trade war

The container sector and, to some extent, the dry bulk sector would probably be the shipping segments most affected by the recently announced US and China

By Michael Martina and Steve Holland BEIJING/WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) – China warned on Friday it was fully prepared to respond with a

By Heesu Lee and Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) — China’s tariffs in one corner of the energy market signal U.S. shale fields may follow the

By Chris Bryant (Bloomberg Gadfly) — It’s hard to imagine Soren Skou and President Donald Trump getting along terribly well. The softly-spoken boss

By David Lawder and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/BEIJING, April 4 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration signaled on Wednesday that

By Michael Martina and David Lawder BEIJING/WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) – China hit back quickly on Wednesday against U.S. plans to impose tariffs

By Se Young Lee and Yawen Chen BEIJING, March 29 (Reuters) – China warned the United States on Thursday not to open Pandora’s Box and spark a

By Ben Blanchard and Tony Munroe BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) – China has increased tariffs by up to 25 percent on 128 U.S. products, from frozen pork

By Jonathan Stearns and Bryce Baschuk (Bloomberg) — The head of the WTO warned about the first signs of a trade war involving the U.S. and China that

By Ryan Collins, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley (Bloomberg) — What would it take for China to reduce its trade gap with the U.S.? Buy more natural gas,

By Hyunjoo Jin and Joyce Lee SEOUL, March 26 (Reuters) – The United States and South Korea agreed to revise a trade pact sharply criticized by U.S.

By Jason Koutsoukis (Bloomberg) — As the U.S. and China edge closer to a full-blown trade war, Canada has urged all nations to act to preserve

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, March 23 (Reuters) – The European Union’s trade chief is unsure what Washington wants in return for a permanent EU

By Jonathan Stearns (Bloomberg) — European Union leaders demanded a permanent EU exclusion from U.S. President Donald Trump’s metal-import

A trade war resulting from President Donald Trump tariffs on imports of aluminum and steel (or any other major trade action for that matter) would turn out bad

European shipowners are ‘greatly concerned’ with U.S President Donald Trump’s decision to impose additional tariffs on certain imported steel

By Gavin van Marle in Long Beach (The Loadstar) – The risk posed by Donald Trump’s appetite for a trade war with China could derail what promises to be

By Justin Sink (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump will sign an order on Thursday over steel and aluminum tariffs that he said could spare certain

By David Shepardson and Mike Stone WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump kept up pressure on trading partners on Saturday,

By Julie Verhage (Bloomberg) — Almost as quickly as it happened, it was gone. Shortly after President Donald Trump was elected on Nov. 8, the stock