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China deploys army of farmers in tit-for-tat trade war with U.S.
Beijing is the biggest buyer of U.S. soybeans, importing some $14 billion last year — or about two-thirds of American farm exports to China.
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What consumer goods and food items could cost 10% more as of July 1 | CBC News
The federal government has released its final list of U.S. imports that will be slapped with tariffs starting Sunday - with some notable changes from the list that was floated at the beginning of June, before industry had a chance to weigh in on the proposals.
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Quebec Says Canada Should Rethink Milk Pricing to Appease U.S.
Canada's largest dairy-producing province said the nation should reconsider its new milk price policy to ease tensions with the U.S. The perception is Canada's new class 7 milk pricing was enacted to hurt the competitiveness of American products, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said Friday in an interview at Bloomberg's New York office.
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China is slamming $34 billion worth of US goods with tariffs. Here are the states that will be hurt the most.
China is hitting the US with $34 billion in tariffs and eight states are going to see more than $1 billion of exports get hurt by the tariffs. Most of the states are in the South as the tariffs focus on agricultural and energy goods.
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Analysis | The U.S. isn't being very neighborly. Here's what it means for Canada's foreign policy.
Nearly a month after hosting the Group of Seven meeting - and looking ahead to July's NATO summit in Brussels - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government are trying to process what happened in Charlevoix. Days of Twitter insults and temper tantrums later, it is becoming clear that President Trump is less interested in deals with U.S.
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Omarosa Manigault is in Trump's White House because of her loyalty. But what is she doing there?
Omarosa Manigault was incredulous. As she was leaving a gathering of African American members of Congress in the Oval Office, a group of reporters cornered her. For months, the Trump administration had sent strong signals that it would increase support to historically black colleges and universities.
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Trump's tariffs are starting a trade war with Europe, Mexico, and Canada - here's what tariffs are, and how they could affect you
President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, the European Union, and Mexico will cause prices in the Us to rise on everything from cars to beer cans. Here's how the tariffs could hit businesses, the economy, and you.
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Trump taps Kushner to lead a SWAT team to fix government with business ideas
President Trump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises - such as reforming care for veterans and fighting opioid addiction - by harvesting ideas from the business world and, potentially, privatizing some government functions.
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This could push Amazon's Jeff Bezos past Bill Gates as the world's richest human
By It won't be long until Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos is shouting, "I'm the king of the world!" Bezos just leapfrogged the venerable Warren Buffett to become the world's second-richest human, according to Thursday's reading of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. At $75.6 billion, Bezos is still worth $10.4 billion less than No.
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Here are the 12 business leaders Trump hosted for his first big White House meeting
President Donald Trump, in his first big meeting, sat down with 12 CEOs of the United States' largest companies. He told the group - which included SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Ford CEO Mark Fields, and Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson - that his administration would prioritize corporate tax cuts and decrease regulation, following up on his "America First" campaign promise.
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