Trade War

China and the United States have kept retaliatory tariffs on a number of products, while extending exemptions on others, in their ongoing trade war. Photo: ShutterstockMinistry of Finance says renewed tariff exemptions on American goods will be in place until September 16, 2021 Beijing and Washington have both kept retaliatory…

The wine industry has dealt with multiple shocks this year, perhaps more than any other rural sector, and there are fears that some smaller businesses will go bust.Lawyer Will Taylor, who has been advising wine companies for decades, said the industry was facing a terrible time in the coming year.The…

Updated 2 weeks ago · Published on 8 Sep 2020 9:40AM · A printed label, ‘Made in China’, is used to cover ‘Made in Hong Kong’ labelling on a tin of sauce produced at the Koon Chun Sauce Factory in Hong Kong, which produces soy, hoisin and oyster sauces found…

Why is Prime Minister Trudeau refusing to stop Meng Wanzhou's extradition? This is the question I have been asking myself over and over since Wanzhou's arrest in Vancouver by the Canadian authorities for an extradition in December 2018. As a clear retaliation to this act of aggression taken by Canada, the…

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In brief: Several Asian manufacturers looking to diversify supply chains have partially shifted production lines to India, Vietnam, and Taiwan. This trend started as a result of the US-China trade war and only accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic, with Mexico as the next hot property. The trade war between China…

Rob Atkins/Getty Images In these difficult times, we’ve made a number of our coronavirus articles free for all readers. To get all of HBR’s content delivered to your inbox, sign up for the Daily Alert newsletter. Pre-pandemic, you might remember, the U.S. government threatened to impose 100% tariffs on French…

US liquor imports have fallen off the table. In the second quarter of 2020, the US brought in about $1.8 billion in liquor from abroad, down from $2.5 billion in 2019, a fall of nearly 30%. The decline has been most acute for whiskey imports, which are down by almost…

* Results broadly in line with analyst expectations* Miner to delay share buyback decision to Sept 2021* Analysts see scope for recovery as commodity prices recover* Shares fall by 1.6% (Adds chief executive, analyst comment, share price movement)MELBOURNE - Aug 20 (Reuters) - Australian miner South32 Ltd on Thursday reported…

Early this month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the “Clean Network” plan, a trade war offensive aiming to cut Chinese tech companies off from United States consumers. Before a numb and beleaguered public could wrap its head around such a plan, Trump dispatched a pair of chaotic executive orders…