Trump and Xi meet as trade, Taiwan and the Iran war dominate a high-stakes US-China summit.
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Brazilian officials are hoping for the best outcome from the meeting, given tensions over Trump’s tariff policy.
US says it will hike tariffs to 25% because the EU has not complied with trade deal last year that set tariffs at 15%.
Trump has threatened to increase tariffs on EU cars and trucks exported to the US from 15 percent to 25 percent.
US President Trump meets with oil firms over ways to minimise impact on fuel supplies amid US blockade of Iranian ports.
Canada’s prime minister has used Trump’s attacks on allies and others to refocus Ottawa’s foreign policy.
China has detained nearly 70 Panamanian-flagged ships after Supreme Court ruling on Panama Canal, US officials say.
In a significant pact, India and Russia agree to the deployment of soldiers and warships on each other’s soil during peace and wartime.
More than 330,000 importers paid up to $166bn in tariffs on 53 million shipments of imported goods.
The tit-for-tat tariff increase comes amid cross-border tension over illicit drugs and fate of politician Jorge Glas.
The case is to overturn the temporary tariffs that Trump imposed after the Supreme Court struck down his earlier ones.
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