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Government decisions on tariffs, trade agreements, rules of origin and market access, and the negotiations that produce them.
Scotland secretary Douglas Alexander says closer EU trading ties would be a bigger prize for Britain than separate trade deals, the Guardian reported. He endorsed no route, and the dated item is next month's EU summit, where Burnham hopes to sign deals on emissions, electricity and farm products.
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EU leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to weigh trade steps on China after a €200 billion goods deficit in the first half of 2026. Importers and exporters of cars and other manufactured goods face possible new barriers, but the summit has not named products or a timetable.
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President Trump is keeping his tariffs even as more than 64% of US adults say he has gone too far, up from 58% in January. Importers deciding whether to absorb the duties until the Nov. 3 midterms have little in the record to suggest relief follows the vote.
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Washington and Beijing agreed at a three-day Xi-Trump summit to set up an AI incident channel, with an AI dialogue set for November. The reported terms go no further than talks on risks and benefits, so security teams have nothing to plan around before those talks.
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Both governments drew $20bn lists at rates up to 50%, which holds the collectable duty near $10bn a year; the item with no price tag is the Keystone reopening Canada withdrew when the metals deal died.
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Scott Bessent named the proposal on Sunday, four days before Trump meets Xi at the White House. On the record, its one stated boundary is AI incidents that could affect national security.
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Rodrigo Adao and three co-authors used 2017-19 data from all 50 states and D.C. to infer whose income U.S. tariff policy treated as most valuable. The answer sorts by industry far more than by geography.
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Washington's duties of up to 50 percent now cover nearly $20 billion of Canadian goods, about $10 billion at the top rate. The Council of Canadian Innovators says one of its members is holding extra US inventory anyway.
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Washington put 50 per cent tariffs on US$20 billion of Canadian goods on August 22 and Ottawa answered at the same scale. At unchanged volumes that is about $10 billion of duty facing each side, on two very different export bases.
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Canada has been left out of the rounds that matter while Mexico bargains Section 232 relief against a higher North American content rule. Because Washington refused the 16-year extension, whatever gets signed is reopened in 2027.
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