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Is the US forcing Zambia to trade minerals for lives?

Zambia must decide by April 30 if it will provide American businesses with preferential access to its minerals.

Trade deal with U.S. harming farmersโ€™ interests, says AIKS leader

Farmers and tenant cultivators are facing an unprecedented crisis due to flawed policies of successive governments, says Ashok Dhawale

The economic winners & losers in the US-Israel war on Iran

The economic winners & losers in the US-Israel war on Iran

Can a US-governed โ€˜Pax Silicaโ€™ hub turn Philippines into a chip powerhouse?

The United States is planning to build an โ€œeconomic security zoneโ€ in the Philippines to counter Chinaโ€™s dominance in critical technologies. The 4,000-acre (1,619-hectare) hi-tech industrial hub will reportedly be the first of its kind in the world, operating under US common law despite being on Philippine soil. Washington says it will be the first โ€œAI-native investment acceleration hubโ€ developed under the US-led Pax Silica initiative, a framework aimed at mobilising allied economies around...

Canadian PM says close economic ties with US have become a โ€˜weaknessโ€™

Mark Carney says Canada must build economic ties with other countries amid shifting relationship with the United States.

USโ€™ Greer pushes for funds to escalate Trumpโ€™s trade war with China

In a defiant display of โ€œAmerica firstโ€ brinkmanship, Washingtonโ€™s top trade negotiator on Thursday sought additional funding to support US President Donald Trumpโ€™s new trade wars, insisting the administration will not be held hostage by Beijingโ€™s retaliatory tactics ahead of a high-stakes leadersโ€™ summit next month. With Trump set to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping on May 14-15, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer used the agencyโ€™s budget hearing to draw a hard line: the US is doubling down...

Only virtual talks, no new investment push before Xi-Trump summit: Greer

Just weeks before a planned summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Washingtonโ€™s top trade negotiator signalled a cautious, tightly managed approach to China ties, ruling out a pre-summit visit to Beijing, favouring continued virtual engagement, and indicating no new push to expand bilateral investment. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer indicated on Tuesday that preparatory talks with Chinese counterparts would take place virtually, ruling out an in-person...

Trump tariffs cast shadow as US-China trade shrinks ahead of Xi meeting

Direct trade between China and the United States continues its shrinking trend, new US government data showed on Thursday, as the anniversary of โ€œLiberation Dayโ€ highlights how last yearโ€™s tariff escalations deepened tensions between the two global powers. The figures come ahead of a planned leadersโ€™ meeting in Beijing next month, where both sides are expected to explore ways to stabilise relations after a period of renewed economic strain, and just hours before he announced a fresh set of...