Sentences with phrase «trade threats»

The U.S. and China traded threats about tariffs back and forth during the week.

The White House is planning to make a major announcement Thursday about whether it will impose new limits on steel and aluminum imports, three people familiar with the event said, following months of speculation about whether President Donald Trump would follow through on trade threats and impose tariffs that could roil global markets.

Those economic restrictions were intensified during a febrile 2017, when the U.S. and North Korean leaders traded threats while Kim pushed his nation to the verge of being able to fire a nuclear - tipped missile at the U.S. mainland.

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Toronto: China Vows «Fierce Counterstrike» Against Trump's Increased Trade Threat

Now, because of U.S. trade threats, the American companies are allowed to sell and advertise their cigarettes in all three nations without even carrying the warnings on the packages that are required in United States.

The comments come amid continued tensions between Holyrood and Westminster, with both sides trading threats on the timing of the referendum.

China's rubber - stamp parliament unanimously handed President Xi Jinping a second term Saturday and elevated his right - hand man to the vice presidency, giving him a strong ally to consolidate power and handle US trade threats.

But oil prices slipped as the U.S. and China traded threats over tariffs on scores of imported goods.

Just in case you had trouble sleeping after Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump traded threats about each ruler's «nuclear button,» the North Korean supreme leader also said something uncharacteristically optimistic in his New Year's Day speech.

Escalating U.S. - China Trade Threats, Hurricane Harvey's New Shipping Legacy, Shifting Auto Supply Chains

Mike Allen, Axios co-founder and executive editor, discusses White House leaks, President Trump's trade threats, and Mark Zuckerberg's trip to Capitol Hill.

Just months ago, Trump and Kim were trading threats and insults as the North made rapid advances in pursuit of nuclear - armed missiles capable of hitting the United States.

The Trump administration's trade threats have rocked relations and business ties between the world's two largest economies.

In 2016, energy - intensive industries and industries exposed to trade threats would get emissions allowances to offset their compliance expense.