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White House gets report that could trigger auto tariffs
Feb 18, 2019
WASHINGTON — The White House received on Monday a Commerce Department report on the auto industry that could trigger tariffs against imported cars and intensify tensions with Europe.In response, the EU promised a quick and effective reply if the United States were to impose import duties on European autos, a spokesman for the European Commission sa ...
To fight off unemployment, Iraqi youth plant start-up seeds
Feb 17, 2019
BAGHDAD — Stuck between an endless waitlist for a government job and a frail private ...
Wall Street rallies on trade optimism
Feb 16, 2019
NEW YORK — Wall Street rallied on Friday, with the Dow and the Nasdaq posting their e ...
A380 aimed high, but never hit cruising speed
Feb 14, 2019
PARIS — Nearly 30 years ago Airbus began charting a new course for air travel with a mammoth jet that would shuttle hundreds of people to fa ...
Stocks greet sign of trade truce extension with glee
Feb 13, 2019
LONDON — Investors hungry for progress on resolving a US-China trade war seized on US President Donald Trump's comment that he could let a M ...
DHL hires hundreds of customs staff to prepare for no-deal Brexit
Feb 12, 2019
AMSTERDAM — Deutsche Post DHL has hired hundreds of workers to deal with new customs procedures expected to be imposed after March 29, when ...
Britain, Switzerland agree on post-Brexit trade
Feb 11, 2019
BERN, Switzerland — Britain and Switzerland signed a deal on Monday to preserve trade relations between the two countries even if London opt ...
US team in Beijing for trade talks after IMF ‘storm’ warning
Feb 11, 2019
BEIJING — US negotiators met with their Chinese counterparts in Beijing on Monday for a new round of high-stakes trade talks, hoping to reac ...
High-stakes US-China trade talks resume as deadline approaches
Feb 10, 2019
WASHINGTON — With a March 1 deadline fast approaching, US and Chinese officials resume negotiations next week to prevent escalation of a tra ...
World stocks poised for weekly loss; dollar firms again
Feb 09, 2019
By Lewis KrauskopfNEW YORK — World stocks fell for a third straight day on Friday on pessimism about global economic growth and trade tensio ...
Shares go weak as data disappoints, dollar extends power surge
Feb 07, 2019
LONDON — Mounting global growth worries thrust share markets into reverse on Thursday, while the dollar scored its longest winning run since ...
Aussie dollar goes down under as global slowdown forces RBA shift
Feb 06, 2019
LONDON — The Australian dollar nosedived on Wednesday after its central bank opened the door to a possible rate cut, in yet another indicati ...
BP results, miners boost Britain's blue-chip share index
Feb 06, 2019
British blue chip shares hit their highest in more than two months on Tuesday after heavyweight BP doubled its annual profit and miners rall ...

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