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Shark movie may solve the U.S.-China film puzzle
The science-fiction deep-sea thriller “The Meg” is on track to become the most successful coproduction between Hollywood and Chinese moviemaking houses, reviving prospects for an emerging area of...
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As China retaliates in Trump trade war, damage for Northwest cherry growers...
Four members of Washington’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asking that cherry growers be included in a $12 billion aid package the Trump administration is...
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Trump strikes a trade deal with Mexico and threatens to freeze out Canada
President Trump said the United States and Mexico had agreed to revise key parts of the North American Free Trade Agreement and would finalize it within days. His apparent willingness to move on...
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Trump’s NAFTA facelift would mark an ugly ‘win’ for America
The trade agreement needed a retooling, but the Trump administration's bullying is alienating allies. And a new NAFTA faces serious barriers, with big risks if talks collapse.
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Canada reels as it tries to imagine its economy without NAFTA
President Donald Trump has gone behind Canada’s back and negotiated what he calls a trade deal with Mexico, leaving Canada on the sidelines. It’s the biggest rift yet in the relations between the two...
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Brazil’s election anxiety puts deals like Boeing’s Embraer tie-up on hold
In addition to Boeing and Embraer, corporate giants from Eletrobras to Petrobras to LyondellBasell all have their deals stuck on hold until Brazilians vote in October and clear up prospects for markets...
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Trump is said to support $200B in Chinese tariffs
Companies and members of the public have until Sept. 6 to submit comments on the proposed duties, which cover everything from selfie sticks to semiconductors. The president plans to impose the tariffs...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Talks to keep Canada in a North American trade bloc broke up Friday and will resume next week with the two longtime allies divided over such issues as Canada’s dairy market and U.S....
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Amazon’s strategy to reach 500 million Indians: Speak their language
Amazon’s expansion into Hindi — its first foray into an Indian language, — is vital to the company’s ambition of making India its next big market.
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US, Canada extend trade negotiations to Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Canadian negotiators will extend at least through Friday their negotiations to reach a deal that would allow Canada to remain in a North American trade bloc. Canada’s envoy —...
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Trump threatens new tariffs on $267B of Chinese imports
American retailers haven’t been hit that hard by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. But that could be about to change, just as they are preparing for the all-important holiday shopping season.
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Canada’s strong-willed foreign minister leads trade talks with U.S.
She is many things that would seem to irritate President Donald Trump: a liberal Canadian former journalist. And those who know Chrystia Freeland say she’s unlikely to back down in a confrontation with...
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Washington wheat harvest is strong, but trade concerns weigh on growers
Good weather this year provided farmers with an amazing crop, but trade decisions could hurt the market in the future.
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Trump wants $200 billion in China tariffs despite talks, sources say
President Donald Trump instructed aides on Thursday to proceed with tariffs on about $200 billion more in Chinese products despite his Treasury secretary’s attempt to restart talks with Beijing to...
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Tilray is first Canadian company to import medical pot to U.S.
Tilray, a subsidiary of Seattle-based Privateer Holdings, will work with the University of California San Diego's Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research on a clinical trial.
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Winners and losers from Trump’s tariffs
President Donald Trump set the world’s two largest economies on course for an all-out trade war, unleashing a list of $200 billion of Chinese products set for tariffs just as the critical holiday...
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As trade war escalates, stock markets shrug — here’s why
The S&P 500 rose more than 0.5 percent as investors continued to see few signs that American companies would be hurt by Chinese attempts to retaliate against President Donald Trump’s stance on trade.
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China once looked tough on trade, but now its options are dwindling
China’s responses to U.S. tariffs have failed, so far, to thwart President Donald Trump’s trade offensive, and with the White House amping up the fight again, Chinese leaders are not sure how to respond,
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Who’s killing Africa’s elephants? UW study identifies ivory trafficking cartels
Samuel Wasser, director of the UW Center for Conservation Biology, explains how DNA analysis has been used to trip up crime networks that funnel ivory to buyers around the world. He says, 'When you’re...
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Chinese counterfeiters will bag profits in trade war
Knockoffs of famous brands like Coach and Kate Spade are mostly made in China and arrive at U.S. shores through clandestine channels that evade tariffs. The authentic purses and their components are...
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