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America’s top trading partners are responding to President Donald Trump’s trade policies by trying to take their business elsewhere.
China and Canada reached a wide-ranging agreement to lower trade barriers and rebuild ties, signaling a pivot in Canadian foreign policy and a break from alignment with Donald Trump’s trade agenda.
A trade deal between Canada and China is offering relief for New Brunswick fishermen, as it has resulted in the elimination of a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian lobster and crab.
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Survey says slowing economy is the No. 1 worry for US businesses in China, not trade friction
A survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in China has found that U.S. businesses are more concerned about the country's slowing economy than trade friction.
Kenya has struck a preliminary trade deal with China that would give 98% of its exports duty-free access to the large Chinese market, the Nairobi government said on Thursday, with a full, final agreement in the pipeline.
From aircraft orders in France to reopened beef and pork markets for Ireland and Spain, mainland officials are leaning hard into diplomacy.
Canada has long stuck closely to the US on China policy, even through a diplomatic crisis over high-profile prisoners. Along with historic trade ties, that alignment is now cracking.