March 19, 2018

This Rio sale may be more than Australia can swallow: Gadfly

Rio Tinto has hired UBS AG to explore a possible initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange after planned trade sales came up short.

March 15, 2018

Trudeau dodged steel tariffs. Now he’s angling to save NAFTA

Donald Trump is already taking up a lot of Justin Trudeau’s bandwidth. Steel tariffs sent it to another level.

March 12, 2018

Germany’s Merkel still hopes for talks on U.S. tariffs

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe must be ready to respond to the unilateral imposition of trade tariffs by the United States but she first hoped for talks on the…

March 8, 2018

Trump sets steel and aluminum tariffs; Mexico, Canada exempted

Trump has also demanded concessions from the European Union and has threatened to hike tariffs on auto imports from Europe.

March 7, 2018

Gold slips after hitting 1-week high on trade war fears

Fall followed news that a top economic advisor to the Trump administration had resigned, stoking fears of a trade war and knocking down the dollar.

March 7, 2018

EU warns Trump of trade war, China raises concerns at WTO

Europe and the IMF urged Donald Trump on Wednesday to step back from the brink of a trade war, after the resignation of his economic adviser emboldened those encouraging him…

March 6, 2018

Brazil court denies Norsk Hydro request to resume production

Norsk Hydro ASA to resume full operations at its unit Hydro Alunorte, a court said, in the latest setback after allegations it had contaminated water in the area.

March 6, 2018

US steel and aluminum tariffs a ‘black day for the world’ — BHP

BHP chief executive officer Andrew Mackenzie believes US President Donald Trump’s plans for steel and aluminum tariffs will harm the global economy.

March 5, 2018

Trump ups trade pressure on Canada, Mexico; senior Republicans urge rethink

Trump said Canada and Mexico could avoid planned steel and aluminum tariffs if they ceded ground in talks on a new NAFTA trade deal.

March 2, 2018

Canada retaliation in US tariff row ‘like grabbing your own throat’

Crops, meat and energy trade in both directions across the Canada-US border, making it difficult to retaliate against US products in those industries.