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French wine vs US tech prowess: new Trump-Macron standoff
PARIS (AP) — France is pushing ahead with a landmark tax on tech companies like Google and Facebook despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of retaliatory tariffs on French wine. That’s rattling...
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AI event in Seattle brings together Japanese companies and U.S. innovators
In a pitching session reminiscent of a speed-dating event, about 10 Northwest startups shared their accomplishments and aspirations with Japanese investors eager to stoke business relationships.
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Trump lashes out at China ‘rip off’ as trade talks resume
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump lashed out at China for what he said is its unwillingness to buy American agricultural products and said it continues to “rip off” the U.S., just as the two nations...
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Trump offered Putin U.S. help fighting wildfires, Kremlin says
Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to offer U.S. help fighting Siberian wildfires, the Kremlin said in a statement. Putin thanked Trump for the offer but said a group of...
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Pentagon chief to review cloud contract Trump says favors Amazon
New Defense Secretary Mark Esper ordered a review of the Pentagon’s cloud-computing contract after President Donald Trump endorsed criticism that Amazon.com is being given an unfair advantage for the...
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Trump says he’ll put 10% tariffs on remaining China imports
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump intensified pressure on China to reach a trade deal by saying he will impose 10% tariffs Sept. 1 on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese imports he hasn’t...
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How Trump’s latest China tariffs could squeeze US consumers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest tariffs President Donald Trump plans to impose on Chinese goods would cost U.S. households an average of $200 a year, some economists estimate, and would start to bite...
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Vigor’s latest chapter underscores the crisis of American shipbuilding
Will private equity boost the Northwest's most important shipbuilder or look for a fast buck? Behind the question is the long and dangerous decline of a vital industry.
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U.S. Labels China a Currency Manipulator, Escalating Trade War
(Bloomberg) — Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. The Trump administration formally labeled China a currency manipulator, further...
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‘It could be very serious:’ Why some analysts fear a U.S.-China currency war
President Trump's trade actions may be responsible for lowering the value of renminbi (yuan), although the president lashed out against "currency manipulation" on Monday on twitter.
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Stock shock shows how Trump keeps gambling with the economy
The trade war with China is a self-inflicted blow. Only a strong economy is cushioning us against bigger pain — so far.
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3 candidates pull ahead of pack in Port of Seattle primary election
King County voters are asked to fill two open seats on the five-member Port of Seattle Commission.
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Lufthansa plans Seattle-Munich nonstop flights
Flights will begin in June 2020, running six days a week.
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Airport sit-ins, citywide strikes and street protests: What’s happening in...
Hong Kong’s airport is one of the busiest in the world. And on Friday, hundreds of demonstrators set up camp there, waving British flags and chanting “Hong Kong people, add oil!” in an apparent call to...
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The ‘Amazon of Africa’ faces a big challenge: No addresses
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — She had eight hours, 32 packages to deliver and no addresses. So, the woman on the front lines of Africa’s burgeoning e-commerce industry stayed on the phone, listening to...
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Airline, luxury brands follow China’s lead on Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — The chief executive of Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways warned Monday there will be “disciplinary consequences” for employees involved in “illegal protests,” as the airline joins a...
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From Givenchy to Versace, big brands are apologizing to China
As tensions in Hong Kong continue to escalate, China has sought to rein in international brands that have mistakenly identified the semiautonomous territory and other Chinese-claimed lands as...
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Hong Kong’s next crisis may be economic as protest fallout grows
The short-term worry is that Hong Kong's economy is headed for a recession as local unrest combines with the U.S.-China trade war to pummel retail sales, weigh on real estate prices and sink the city's...
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Hong Kong airport protest shutdown tarnishes business image
Mass flight cancellations at Hong Kong’s airport disrupted one of the world’s busiest air-transport hubs on Monday, causing chaos for tourists and business travelers and playing havoc with global...
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U.S. offers U.K. quick sector-by-sector post-Brexit trade deals
National-security adviser John Bolton said the United States was ready to offer Britain sector-by-sector trade deals to help the country after a no-deal departure from the European Union (EU). On a...
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