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The Standard
5 hours ago
- Politics
- The Standard
US-Philippines trade talks yield modest tariff shift after Trump-Marcos meeting
President Donald Trump meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Washington. (Photo: AP/Alex Brandon)


CTV News
19 hours ago
- Politics
- CTV News
LIVE: PM Carney delivers opening remarks at meeting with premiers
Live Prime Minister Mark Carney makes opening remarks as his meeting with Canada's premiers kicks off in Ontario. Watch LIVE here.


LBCI
20 hours ago
- Politics
- LBCI
LBCI sources: Positive atmosphere follows Berri-Barrack meeting
Sources told LBCI that the recent meeting between Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and U.S. envoy Tom Barrack was 'extremely positive.' According to the sources, the talks helped dispel the pessimism that had clouded the atmosphere in recent weeks.
Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Bessent says he will meet Chinese officials, discuss tariff deadline extension
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that he will meet his Chinese counterpart next week and discuss what is likely to be an extension of an August 12 deadline for higher tariffs. Bessent told Fox Business that trade with China was in "a very good place" and the meetings in Stockholm would take place next Monday and Tuesday. "I think we've actually moved to a new level with China, where it's very constructive and very we're able - we're going to be able - to get a lot of things done now that trade has kind of settled in at a good level," Bessent said


Japan Times
a day ago
- Business
- Japan Times
Trump, Xi aides discussed autumn U.S.-China leaders' meeting
Aides to Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have discussed a potential meeting between the leaders during a trip by the U.S. president to Asia later this year, according to two people familiar with the plans. While plans for a meeting have not been finalized, discussions on both sides of the Pacific have included a possible Trump stopover around the time of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea or talks on the sidelines of the Oct. 30-Nov. 1 event, the people said. Trump has sought to lower tensions with Beijing in recent weeks after pausing a tit-for-tat tariff war that has upended global trade and supply chains. China has also sought the attendance of international guests, including some from the United States, for a Sept. 3 Beijing ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, a spokesperson for China's Embassy in Washington told a briefing last week for reporters. The Kremlin said on Monday it did not rule out the possibility of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump meeting in Beijing in September if Trump decides to attend that ceremony. Putin has confirmed his attendance. "Diplomacy between heads of state plays an irreplaceable strategic leading role in Sino-U.S. relations," Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Monday, declining to comment on a possible Trump-Xi meeting. The White House also declined to comment. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday there would be "talks in the very near future" between the countries. "Trade is in a good place, and I think now we can start talking about other things. The Chinese, unfortunately ... are very large purchasers of sanctioned Iranian oil, sanctioned Russian oil," he told CNBC. He added: "We could also discuss the elephant in the room, which is this great rebalancing that the Chinese need to do." Trump has sought to impose tariffs on virtually all foreign goods, which he says will stimulate domestic manufacturing and which critics say will make many consumer goods more expensive for Americans. He has called for a universal base tariff rate of 10% on goods imported from all countries, with higher rates for imports from some, including China. Imports from China have the highest tariff rate of 55%. Trump has set a deadline of Aug. 12 for the U.S. and China to reach a durable tariff agreement. Other points of friction between the countries include China's support for Russia, trade in fentanyl-related chemicals, regional security worries, and exit bans on some American residents. The most recent high-level U.S.-China meeting was on July 11, when U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had what both described as a productive and positive meeting in Malaysia about how trade negotiations should proceed. Rubio said then that Trump had been invited to China to meet with Xi, and said that both leaders "want it to happen." On Friday, China Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said China wants to bring its trade ties with the U.S. back to a stable footing and that recent talks in Europe showed there was no need for a tariff war.