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Trump’s Big Syria Announcement Surprised His Own Sanctions Officials
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When US President Donald Trump announced in Saudi Arabia on May 13 that he would lift all sanctions on Syria, the decision – which will boost a country devastated by 13 years ...
By Edward Fishman
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Trump to Remove U.S. Sanctions on Syria in Major Policy Shift
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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria at the behest of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, a major U.S. policy shift ahead of an exp...
By Alex Zerden
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Trump Faces $2 Trillion Hurdle to Win Money From Saudi Prince
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US President Donald Trump’s hopes of securing as much as $1 trillion in investment commitments from Saudi Arabia might clash with another costly ambition - transforming the ki...
By Rachel Ziemba
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AI, Energy and Data Centres: How the UAE Has Approached Trump’s Second Term
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Since US President Donald Trump returned to office this year, his administration has announced a series of partnerships and investments involving the UAE – and more could come...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S.-China Agree on Trade Consultation Platform amid Sky-High Tariffs
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The United States and China have agreed to establish a new platform for more tariff negotiations after two days of talks in Geneva, aimed at lowering trade tensions....
By Emily Kilcrease
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The U.S.-China Trade Meeting’s Low Bar: Progress
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President Donald Trump signaled Friday that his soaring tariffs on China may soon begin to drop. That doesn’t mean the two countries are close to a deal....
By Emily Kilcrease
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An $80 Billion UAE Firm Is Wooing Trump and Luring Wall Street
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Even by Abu Dhabi’s standards, the recent rush of investment bankers is unprecedented. Wall Street giants from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to Morgan Stanley are courting the hott...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Officials Weigh Fast-Tracking Deals With Gulf Wealth Funds
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Trump officials have internally discussed potentially granting the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar a special fast-track status for deals, a move that could smooth...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Trump’s Tariff on Foreign-Made Films Is on Shaky Legal Ground: ‘How on Earth Are They Going to Enforce This?’
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President Trump is on shaky legal ground if he follows through on a plan to impose a 100% tariff on films produced “in foreign lands.” Experts agree that the pledge is legally...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Trump’s Fixation on a Tariff Battle Win Against China Could Cost Him the Trade War
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President Donald Trump bet that his 145 percent tariff on Chinese imports would bring Chinese leader Xi Jinping running to cut a deal on trade....
By Emily Kilcrease
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“Turning the Presidency into Performance Art”: Sanctions Expert on What Trump Confuses About Tariffs
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With all its spectacle and chaos, Donald Trump’s shock and awe strategy is both domestic and global. Domestically, Trump and his agents are targeting the American government a...
By Edward Fishman
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Tech Industry Fears Donald Trump’s Trade War Will Hamper U.S. AI ‘Dominance’
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Donald Trump’s global tariff regime is endangering his ambitions of encouraging domestic chip production while hampering US goals of dominating the race to develop world-beati...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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What to Watch for as Trump’s ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs Kick In
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At 12.01am EST (04:01 GMT) on Wednesday, United States President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs will kick in, ramping up a global trade war that has roiled stock markets ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Hitting China’s Friends Hard — and Giving Beijing a Golden Opportunity
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President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs are expected to cut deep against both friend and foe, but several of the nations that stand to suffer the most are right on China's d...
By Emily Kilcrease
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In Leaderless South Korea, Trump’s Tariffs Will Overshadow Snap Election
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With a snap election looming, South Korea's rival parties jockeyed for position with vows to focus on the economy and livelihood, but the leaderless country remains hamstrung ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Trump Tariffs Offer Opportunity for China
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Asia's largest economy promptly slapped identical tariffs on the United States and said it would impose export controls on rare earth elements vital in consumer and medical te...
By Jacob Stokes
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The Trade Surplus That Trump Never Mentions
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In justifying his latest tariffs announcement, President Donald Trump complains of unfair trade deficits, saying the US has been “looted, pillaged, raped, plundered” by other ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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What 'Unprecedented' U.S. Tariffs Mean For Europe
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US President Donald Trump's April 2 announcement to raise tariffs to the highest level in more than 100 years has sent stock markets tumbling and shaken the global economy....
By Emily Kilcrease
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No Tariff ‘Liberation’ for China
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“The only way this gets resolved is through a leader-level summit that both leaders would have to be open to, but China is backed into a corner with a tariff rate this high,” ...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Donald Trump Erects a Protectionist Barrier Around America
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US presidents from Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton and George W Bush have used the White House Rose Garden to celebrate significant moments in America’s drive to liberalise the ...
By Richard Fontaine
