President Trump eyes August for trade deal with Japan

New York: US President Donald Trump said he may announce something on a US-Japan trade agreement in August, hinting he will push for results well in advance of the six-month deadline he laid out earlier this month. A senior official in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration told reporters the two leaders had reached no […]

European Union seeks to break US stranglehold on WTO

Brussels: The European Union on Monday will take steps to get around a stranglehold the US has placed on the World Trade Organisation’s appellate body, which would allow countries to continue to adjudicate disputes within the international system. Trade ministers from the 28-nation European Union are expected to start the process of negotiating an interim […]