Steel and aluminium take centre stage in the president's latest trade spat but the protectionist agenda is being increasingly called into question by financial market investors and US firms.

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The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, has declared that his reincarnation will be born outside China, directly challenging Beijing’s claim that it alone can appoint his successor. Traditionally, senior ...

With last-minute entreaties failing to dissuade President Trump from his protectionist path, Australian companies are now ...

Trump expands 25% steel and aluminium tariffs globally; EU retaliates with counter-measures: Live updates - President’s action to protect American metals producers steps up campaign to reorder global ...

The United States must expedite its development of fusion energy or risk falling behind China on energy dominance, said ...

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Volkswagen is in talks with digital cockpit system developer Ecarx to put the Chinese company's technologies in cars it sells ...

The EU is responding with levies on €26 billion (S$38 billion) worth of US goods. Read more at straitstimes.com.

"Some people would say, Russia is now changing and is turning away from the East, from China, from India, from Africa. It’s ...

MOSCOW, March 12. /TASS/. The United States knows that Russia will never violate its legal and political commitments with ...

Now, new tariffs applied to steel and aluminum have taken effect which is expected to aggravate growing tensions with America's trading partners. The tax hike raises a flat duty to the metals entering ...