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February 20, 2019

US automakers to Trump: Don't slap tariffs on imported cars

America's auto industry is bracing for a potential escalation in President Donald Trump's tariff war with the world, one that ...

February 18, 2019

EU warns of reduced imports if Trump puts tariffs on cars

The European Union warned U.S. President Donald Trump Monday that the bloc will step back from a commitment to buy more ...

February 15, 2019

AP analysis: Hundreds of companies excused from steel tariff

Despite President Donald Trump's tough talk on trade, his administration has granted hundreds of companies permission to ...

February 15, 2019

The Latest: Trump might extend March 2 trade deadline

The Latest on China-U.S. trade talks in Beijing (all times local): 1:07 a.m. U.S. President Donald Trump says there's a ...

February 15, 2019

Trump's new trade decision: Impose tariffs on imported cars?

Sometimes, on a bad night, Brad Strong wakes at 2 a.m. and can't get back to sleep. The insomnia isn't about his family or ...

February 15, 2019

ONLY ON AP: Maduro blames US sanctions for crisis

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday blamed the economic sanctions imposed by the United States against Venezuela ...

Robert Lighthizer, Liu He, Steven Mnuchin

February 14, 2019

China, US open trade talks as Beijing says exports rebound

U.S. and Chinese negotiators opened talks Thursday on a sprawling trade dispute as Beijing reported its January exports ...

February 13, 2019

US, China envoys hold talks before Trump tariff decision

U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are meeting this week for talks President Donald Trump says will help decide whether he ...

February 11, 2019

Economists: Hard Brexit would hit German auto industry hard

A no-deal Brexit could affect more than 100,000 jobs in Germany, and regions of the country with Volkswagen and BMW factories ...

February 10, 2019

Lessons for Brexit from Norway's hard border with Sweden

With fresh snow crunching under their boots and a handful of papers to be checked and stamped, truck drivers from Latvia, ...

February 05, 2019

Iran says Europeans aren't buying oil despite US waivers

Iran says European nations have not responded to its offers to sell them crude oil despite having U.S. waivers.

February 01, 2019

EU moves to limit steel flooding in due to US tariffs

The European Union says it is introducing new measures to prevent steel produced for the U.S. market from flooding into ...

February 01, 2019

As US questions free trade, EU and Japan usher in new deal

The European Union and Japan on Friday ushered in a landmark trade deal they say will boost business between the two economic ...

January 30, 2019

UK farmers worry where exports will go without EU deal

Wyn Evans's family has owned this 200-acre plot in western Wales for generations, a bucolic expanse where 370 sheep and 80 ...

January 30, 2019

Timeline: The China-US-Canada battle over Huawei

The United States has brought charges against Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies and one of its top executives in a case ...

January 29, 2019

China-US row over tech giant Huawei overshadows trade talks

U.S. criminal charges against Chinese electronics giant Huawei have sparked a fresh round of trans-Pacific recriminations, ...

January 25, 2019

AP Explains: What a Venezuelan oil embargo could mean for US

Diplomatic relations between U.S. and Venezuela have hit a new low over President Donald Trump's decision to recognize the ...

January 24, 2019

The Latest: Soros warns on China, urges US take tough line

The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local): 9:25 p.m. Billionaire philanthropist George ...

January 18, 2019

EU wants to exclude agriculture from trade talks with US

The European Union insisted Friday that agriculture be kept out of the EU-U.S. trade negotiations, despite Washington's ...