Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is celebrating an agreement avoiding US tariffs as a major political and diplomatic triumph for his government. “We didn’t win everything, but we were able to claim a victory with there being no tariffs,” said chief negotiator Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s foreign affairs secretary, on June 9.

Migrants will pay the price of Mexico’s tariff deal with Trump

The US Justice Department has formally asked Britain to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face charges that he conspired to hack US government computers and violated an espionage law, the UK has confirmed.

US formally asks UK to extradite WikiLeaks' Assange

The United States (US), on June 5, withdrew duty-free market access to over 3,600 products that it was providing to India under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP).

Decoding the GSP puzzle

A truck driver transporting Mexican goods to the United States expressed relief near the border on Monday (June 10), after Mexico averted a tariff war with its largest trading partner.

Relief at Mexico-U.S. border after Trump calls off tariffs threat

Vietnam has said it will crack down on goods of Chinese origin illegally relabelled "Made in Vietnam" by exporters seeking to avoid the United States. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports.

Vietnam to crackdown on Chinese goods relabelled to beat United States tariffs

As the US leads a drive for the West to shun Huawei over security fears, the Chinese tech giant has sought to strengthen its position in Africa, where it is already well-established.

With US driving West to shun it, Huawei seeks to strengthen grip on Africa

Mexico will take "unprecedented steps" to stem the flow of Central American migrants transiting the country to the United States, including by deploying National Guard troops, the countries said in a joint statement Friday.

Mexico promises 'unprecedented steps' to curb migration in US deal: Joint statement

Russia and the United States blamed each other for a near collision between their warships in the East China Sea on Friday (June 7) with both countries accusing one another of dangerous and unprofessional behavior.

U.S. and Russia blame each other for near collision in East China Sea

Additional sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States show that Washington's offer of talks is not genuine, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Saturday.

New US sanctions show offer of talks not genuine: Iranian foreign ministry

US President Donald Trump is back in the United States after traveling to the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. His arrival comes on the third day of talks between U.S. and Mexican officials over the looming threat of a 5% tariff on imports from Mexico.

Trump back in U.S., says trade talks 'doing well'

Finance chiefs of the Group of 20 major economies meeting in the Japanese city of Fukuoka debated Saturday over how to revise tax systems to ensure big companies pay their fair share and support economies as global growth slows.

G20 finance ministers debate taxation reforms

As of June 5, perhaps as part of his trade war, US President Trump ended the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for India. The GSP has been around since the mid-1970s and aims to help the “World’s poorest countries to use trade to grow their economies and climb out of poverty.

India's indifference to the US on GSP is the perfect response

By Annie Waqar The most ambitious effort to peacefully constrain the nuclear aspirations of a nation hangs by a thread. Eight years of patient and difficult negotiations to reach an agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme were cast aside when president Donald Trump withdrew US support for the deal in May 2018.

Iran nuclear deal is hanging by a thread

A rape lawsuit filed in the United States against Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has not been dropped, the plaintiff's lawyer said Wednesday, dismissing a report to the contrary.

Ronaldo's rape lawsuit in United States not dropped: Lawyer

UN relocates staff from Sudan, death toll rises to 108 The United Nations is moving some of its staff from Sudan, a spokeswoman said Wednesday, as the death toll from a crackdown on protesters soared to more than 100.

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Oil prices resumed their slide on Wednesday, dragged down by a surprise gain in US inventories and comments from the head of Russian state oil producer Rosneft questioning the point of a deal with OPEC to withhold supplies.

Oil prices fall on rise in US inventories, supply worries

In response to years of allegations by the United States and its allies that Huawei`s products could be accessed by Chinese Intelligence Agencies for spying, the company said on Tuesday that it is willing to sign a "no-spy agreement" with the US government if the opportunity opens up.

Huawei willing to sign 'no-spy agreement' with US government: Chairman Liang Hua

A former engineering manager used Huawei Technologies Co Ltd trade secrets and lured away 24 of its employees to improperly build his startup company, a lawyer for the Chinese telecommunications firm told a Texas jury on Tuesday.

Huawei lawyer tells US jury spelling errors, video shows rival stole trade secrets

On the second day of his visit to Britain, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he sees "tremendous potential" in US-UK trade deal. Addressing a joint press conference, outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May also resounded Trump's sentiments and added that the UK is "committed to a trade deal with the United States".

Donald Trump, Theresa May reiterate commitment for US-UK trade deal

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Siemens AG, Philips NV and General Electric Co for allegedly using local middlemen to negotiate bribes with the Chinese government and hospital officials to sell medical equipment, two US sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

US SEC probes Siemens, GE, Philips in alleged China medical equipment scheme: Report

The sudden deterioration in trade talks between the United States and China last month has ratcheted up concerns among US firms that the dispute could go beyond tariffs and affect business in the long-term.

US firms fret as China's FedEx probe, planned hit-list heightens trade frictions

China warned its companies operating in the United States on Tuesday they could face harassment from US law enforcement agencies, as it also rebuffed US criticism of a trade white paper as "singing the same old tune".

China warns its companies on US travel, rebuffs trade criticism

By Janos Besenyo Russia has never had an African colony. It stayed out of the scramble for Africa, only engaging with African states in the 19th Century. In 1869, for instance, the Russians gave Ethiopia military support to threaten the position of the British in their quest to control the Suez Canal.

Russia in Africa: Can it offer an alternative to the US and China?

Britain rolled out the royal red carpet for Donald Trump on Monday but the pomp, pageantry and banquet with Queen Elizabeth looked set to be overshadowed by the US President's views on Brexit, the UK's next leader and a row over China's Huawei.

US President Donald Trump welcomed to Buckingham palace by Queen Elizabeth

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