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Canada To Drop Some Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Products, Carney Says

Canada’s leader said he would follow the United States in dropping tariffs against American goods covered by the existing free trade agreement.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and President Trump during a Group of 7 meeting in June in Kananaskis, Canada.
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Trump Starts Investigation That Could Lead to Tariffs on Wind Turbines

The tariffs would hamper a clean energy industry that the president has often railed against.

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The Vineyard Wind farm, off Massachusetts.
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Europe Gets a Written Trump Trade Deal, With a Caveat for Automakers

Under the newly fleshed-out details, Washington will maintain high tariffs on vehicles imported from the bloc until the E.U. takes steps to lower its levies on many American products.

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Cars at the Port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. European automakers face 27.5 percent tariffs on vehicles exported to the United States.
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Europe Gets a Written Trump Trade Deal, With a Caveat for Automakers

Under the newly fleshed-out details, Washington will maintain high tariffs on vehicles imported from the bloc until the E.U. takes steps to lower its levies on many American products.

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Cars at the Port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. European automakers face 27.5 percent tariffs on vehicles exported to the United States.
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Brazil-U.S. Talks on Mining Rare Earth Minerals Are Complicated by Trump’s Tariffs

Tensions between President Trump and Brazil’s leader could derail a promising alliance to unlock the world’s second largest reserve of the minerals.

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A mine in Minaçu, Goias state, Brazil, that produces rare earth elements, including neodymium, praseodymium, terbium and dysprosium.
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How Trump Is Forcing Foes to Pay Up

President Trump is getting universities, trading partners and law firms to agree to spend big on his terms, often to end fights he picked.

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President Trump insisted on securing a $200 million payment in negotiations with Columbia University on top of the policy changes it had already committed to make.
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Canada and Mexico Look to Team Up as Trump’s Tariff Threats Loom

Mexico and Canada have long viewed each other with indifference or even distrust. They’re now talking about teaming up.

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President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada in June during a summit of the Group of 7 nations in Kananaskis, Alberta.
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No Tariff Exemption for European Wine and Spirits, at Least for Now

As the text of a trade agreement comes together, European Union negotiators haven’t persuaded the Americans to cut alcohol tariffs to zero.

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As the United States and the European Union move closer to a final trade agreement, it looks like alcohol will be subject to a 15 percent tariff.
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Trump’s Tariffs Will Crush India’s Exporters, Threatening Livelihoods

New U.S. taxes on American imports, even at 25 percent, will hurt many Indian businesses and may put vast numbers of people out of work.

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A jewelry store in Chennai, India. The potential damage to India’s gems and jewelry industry of tariffs that may go as high as 50 percent is not yet clear. But insiders are raising alarms.
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Trump Is Pushing India Back Toward China

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been moving to align India with the United States and freeze out China. Now, efforts to rebuild ties between the Asian giants are gaining momentum.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Trump met at the White House in February, when relations between the two were friendlier.
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A Centrist Surges in Bolivia as Voters Turn Away From Socialism

Rodrigo Paz, who had trailed in the polls, won the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, as decades of dominance by a leftist party neared an end.

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Senator Rodrigo Paz, right, at a campaign rally last week with his running mate, Edman Lara. Mr. Paz will face Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga in the second round of Bolivia’s presidential election in October.
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Russia Seeks to Add Trade and Arms Control Into Trump-Putin Talks

Over recent months, the Kremlin has been trying to move the diplomatic focus away from Ukraine to bilateral issues, such as trade and strategic stability.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in a photo released by Russian state media on Thursday. He told officials that he hoped to discuss “strategic offensive arms control.”
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Trump Warns of Economic Disaster if Court Strikes Down Tariffs

The president has crowed about the billions of dollars collected so far from tariffs. That money could be at risk if the White House loses the legal battle.

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President Trump has widened the scope of his punishing trade war even as its legality remains unsettled.
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Trump Wields Tariffs as a Force in Diplomacy, to Questionable Effect

The president has threatened more tariffs on Russia and its trading partners and has imposed harsh ones on India and Brazil to try to sway matters of war and politics.

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Workers transporting coffee beans in Alfenas, Brazil. President Trump raised tariffs on Brazilian goods to 50 percent last month.
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Trump Wields Tariffs as a Force in Diplomacy, to Questionable Effect

The president has threatened more tariffs on Russia and its trading partners and has imposed harsh ones on India and Brazil to try to sway matters of war and politics.

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Workers transporting coffee beans in Alfenas, Brazil. President Trump raised tariffs on Brazilian goods to 50 percent last month.
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Trump Extends China Tariff Truce by Three Months

President Trump’s order continues a reprieve from the threat of escalating tariffs and export controls, which rocked the global economy earlier this year.

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A wholesale garment market in Guangzhou, China.
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Trump Extends China Tariff Truce by Three Months

President Trump’s order continues a reprieve from the threat of escalating tariffs and export controls, which rocked the global economy earlier this year.

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A wholesale garment market in Guangzhou, China.
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U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China

In a highly unusual arrangement with President Trump, the companies are expected to kick 15 percent of what they make in China to the U.S. government.

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Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, last month. Mr. Huang and President Trump struck the 15 percent arrangement at a White House meeting last week.
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What Lobsters and Chickens Reveal About Europe’s Trade Strategy

The European Union struck a trade deal that protected political priorities, like chicken and beef standards, while allowing headline-grabbing concessions. Consider lobsters.

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Freshly caught lobsters last year in Stonington, Maine.
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Putin Briefs Leaders of China and India on Talks With U.S. on Ukraine

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia may be seeking to build support among countries that have backed Moscow or remained neutral in the conflict.

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President Vladimir Putin of Russia meeting with Ajit Doval, India’s national security adviser, in Moscow on Friday, in a photo released by Russian state media.
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India’s Modi Left Soul-Searching After Failed Courtships of Xi and Trump

The collapse of the prime minister’s high-stakes efforts to transform ties with the world’s two superpowers has exposed the limits of India’s leverage.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeing relations with President Trump break down over issues including trade with Russia.
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New Tariff on ‘Transshipped’ Goods Mystifies Importers

The Trump administration levied a hefty tariff on goods that are moved through other countries, but it has not yet fully explained its plans.

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In addition to an extra 40 percent tariff on goods that pass through more than one country, the White House is designing rules to apply higher charges on components that go through a similar transshipment before assembly.
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Cambodia Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

The gesture comes after a U.S.-brokered cease-fire with Thailand, and a trade deal with Washington that blunted a threat of heavy tariffs.

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President Trump has made no secret of his desire to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Trump’s Tariff Gamble Puts America’s Ties With India at Risk

As the president pursues his goals on Russia and trade, America’s relationship with an important partner in Asia could end up as collateral damage.

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Assembling printed circuit boards at factory in Bengaluru, India, in June.
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India Digs In After Trump Doubles Tariffs

Facing a 50 percent tariff as a penalty for buying Russian oil, India says it is “unfortunate” that it is being punished for acting in its national interest.

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A factory in Tamil Nadu, India, last year.
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After Trump’s Tariffs, Carney Seeks to Reduce Canada’s Economic Ties to U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney suggested he’s unlikely to add additional retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, but he is trying to help affected companies develop new products and find new buyers.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney visiting a lumber mill on Tuesday in British Columbia to announce efforts to help the lumber industry.
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Bolsonaro House Arrest Casts Shadow Over Brazil-U.S. Trade Talks

The Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s order could complicate efforts to negotiate over President Trump’s punishing tariffs, set to go into effect this week.

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Former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil is awaiting trial under house arrest after he was accused of overseeing a coup plot.
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U.S. Imports Slid in June on Higher Tariffs

Imports from other countries fell around 4 percent from the previous month as President Trump’s steep tariffs discouraged businesses from ordering goods.

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Trump’s Demand to Trading Partners: Pledge Money or Get Higher Tariffs

President Trump is using an “Art of the Deal” approach to get other nations to hand over cash to lower their tariffs.

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President Trump has added an extra wrinkle into trade deals by suggesting countries invest in the United States or face higher tariffs.
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What Do Trump’s Tariff Hikes Mean for Canada’s Trade-Dependent Economy?

After Canada failed to strike a trade deal with Washington, the president raised tariffs on some Canadian exports this week.

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Tiff Macklem, the governor of the Bank of Canada, said that tariffs on cars, steel and aluminum were “having a very direct, severe effect” on some industries.
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