US President Donald Trump has announced renewed tariff threats against the European Union (EU) and China, citing trade imbalances and the fentanyl crisis as primary drivers. Speaking at the White House on Wednesday (January 22),
In an operational alert, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (Fintrac) says there is reason to believe people are depositing and withdrawing funds at online casinos to disguise proceeds from the traffic of fentanyl and other deadly opioids as wagers and winnings.
Whether it is over TikTok, fentanyl or trade, Beijing might welcome a compromise to buy time to address its ailing economy and bolster its position globally.
U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration was discussing imposing a 10% tariff on goods imported from China on Feb. 1 because fentanyl is being sent from China to Mexico and Canada.
While synthetic opiods are a relatively new class of drugs, opium has a long destructive history in trade wars and warfare, beginning with the First Opium War.
US President Donald Trump had threatened 60% tariffs on Chinese goods on his campaign trail.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that even more tariffs could be coming as soon as next week: This time China was his target, as Trump threatened to unleash a wave of higher taxes on imports from America’s second-biggest trading partner.
Donald Trump said Tuesday during the first presidential press conference of his second term that he wants to make a deal with Chinese President Xi to crack down on fentanyl smuggling: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: People are getting killed and families are being destroyed.
Chinese products will soon face a 10% tariff coming into the United States in a move that could ramp up conflict between the world’s two largest economies.
The Trump administration is discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports. Trump said the EU also has troubling trade surpluses with the United States.
Bilateral cooperation on fentanyl can save lives, protect societies and punish drug traffickers. The United States and China need to work together to address the fentanyl crisis, which has cost hundreds of thousands of American lives.
President Donald Trump said a 10% tariff on China could probably come as soon as February 1, "based on the fact that they're sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada." Trump spoke during an event at the White House on Tuesday.