US tariffs

The problem facing the US is not trade. It is the reluctance to take advantage of the opportunities generated by the disruption trade can bring.

(June 6): President Trump’s abrupt decisions to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico (initially set at 5% on June 10 and gradually raised to 25% unless Mexico takes more forceful action to contain illegal immigration) and also to end India’s preferenti

SINGAPORE (May 22): The increases in US and Chinese tariffs are having a negative impact on their businesses, according to 74.9% of respondents in a recent survey by AmCham China and AmCham Shanghai of its member companies.

WASHINGTON (Feb 8): President Donald Trump said he won’t meet Chinese President Xi Jinping before a March 1 deadline to avert higher US tariffs on Chinese goods, intensifying fears the two won’t strike a deal before the end of a 90-day truce.