Trump’s tariffs on China, EU and more, at a glance.
Donald Trump unveiled and then enacted a two-step tariff approach Wednesday as his long-awaited “Liberation Day” plans were released during a Rose Garden event at the White House.
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Ghana’s Export Revenue in 2024 Dominated by Gold, Crude Oil and Cocoa
This significantly outpaced the country’s imports, which stood at GH₵250.2 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of GH₵44.7 billion, according to the latest Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) Trade Report.
US Trade Regulations Violated? Three Detained in Singapore in the Nvidia GPU Raid
Singaporean authorities have arrested three individuals on fraud-related charges linked to the alleged unauthorised re-export of Nvidia GPUs to DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm, potentially bypassing US trade restrictions, according to ChannelNewsAsia (CNA)
Zelenskyy heads to US for Trump meeting with minerals deal expected to be signed.
Zelenskyy’s visit is expected to focus in large part on a potential U.S.-Ukraine deal on the European country’s rare-earth minerals, which are used to make a variety of tech products
U.S. and Ukraine Agree to Minerals Deal, Officials Say.
Details of the agreement are not yet known, but a major sticking point had been a demand from the Trump administration to a $500 billion share of Ukraine’s rare earths and other minerals in exchange for the aid the US had already provided Kyiv, which was previously rejected by Zelensky.
US hits back after China condemns Trump’s ‘tariff shocks’ at WTO
China condemned tariffs launched or threatened by US President Donald Trump at a World Trade Organisation meeting on Tuesday, saying such “tariff shocks” could upend the global trading system in a warning dismissed as hypocritical by Washington.
Trump says no exclusions with metal tariffs to start in March
Leaders in Europe and Canada have said they will not let Donald Trump’s plans to hit their steel and aluminium exports with tariffs go unchallenged.
New ‘Global Growth Team’ Created By Trade Secretary
A new ‘global growth team’ of UK Trade Envoys has today [28 January] been appointed by the Trade Secretary to drive UK exports and investment as the Government pulls every lever available to drive economic growth under its Plan for Change.
President Trump to Global elite in Davos – Invest in US or face massive tariffs
He laid out a carrot-and-stick approach for private investment in the U.S.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Trade wars sparked by Trump tariffs would be disastrous
The World Trade Organization chief said on Thursday that any tit-for-tat trade wars prompted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats would