World ✳
Trump removes some Canada tariffs, adds new ones before midterms
President Trump lifted tariffs on some Canadian goods while placing new tariffs on others, days before US midterm elections.
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Campaign group says UK could rejoin the EU within five years
Best for Britain, a group that opposes Brexit, says in a new report that the UK could finish talks to rejoin the European Union within one five-year term of Parliament, Britain's law-making body.
EU halts Brazilian beef imports after audit dispute drags on
The European Union has stopped imports of beef from Brazil because Brazil has not given EU officials the guarantees they need to check that Brazilian beef producers meet EU food-safety rules.
World ✳
Canada and US near trade deal as provinces put American liquor back on shelves
Canada's trade minister Dominic LeBlanc says the country is close to a new trade agreement with the United States.
USA ✳
Canadian provinces refuse to back down as US tariff talks stay stuck
Trade talks between Canada and the United States remain stalled after Washington threatened tariffs of up to 50%.
Trump puts new tariffs on drones, but EU and UK pay much less
US President Donald Trump has placed steep new import taxes on drones and drone parts, saying he wants to rebuild American drone manufacturing, which the White House calls key to modern warfare.
Analysis ✳
China now polls ahead of the US worldwide, and is gaining in trade and biotech too
Four separate studies published this month found China pulling ahead of the United States in several areas at once: global opinion polls now favor China over the US in most countries, China's trade surplus keeps growing, its biotech industry is running drug trials faster and cheaper, and its military has added disinformation and fake videos to its war plans for Taiwan (a self-governing island China claims).
Brussels stops calling it "trade friction" with China — and that quietly rewrites every file
A single phrase in Brussels' new China paper — that Beijing seeks to "reshape the global order" — reclassifies every EU-China decision from trade dispute to strategic contest.