Agreement reached by U.S., Canada and Mexico to replace NAFTA. NEW YORK, Dec 10- Oil prices inched up on Tuesday as OPEC's deal with associated producers last week to deepen output cuts in 2020 continued to provide a floor for prices, but U.S.- China trade tensions clouded the demand outlook. Brent crude settled up 9 cents at $64.34 a barrel, and West Texas...
WASHINGTON/ MEXICO CITY, Dec 10- Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of worker rights and hold down prices for biologic drugs by eliminating a patent provision. The event at the National Palace at noon local time, was attended by Mexico...
President Donald Trump has days to decide whether to impose tariffs on nearly $160 billion in Chinese consumer goods just weeks before Christmas, a move that could be unwelcome in both the United States and China. The White House's top economic and trade advisers, including Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Larry Kudlow, Peter Navarro, and Treasury...
Lisa Page's lawsuit alleging violation of the Privacy Act came a day after the Justice Department's internal watchdog in a new report said she "did not play a role in the decision" to open a probe into Trump's 2016 campaign or related cases.
Over the next week it risks losing a few drops as deadlines approach for the United States to impose new tariffs on China, British voters decide what has been called a "nightmare" election between far-left and far-right candidates, and other central banks take stock of what seems an increasingly turgid global economy. "Our broad view is that the global economy has...
CHICAGO, Dec 10- U.S. soybean futures firmed on Tuesday, rising for a sixth consecutive session on hopes that the United States and China will continue to progress toward an interim trade deal. Corn futures also edged higher on an improved trade outlook as Canada, Mexico and the United States approved changes to a preliminary trade deal struck last year to replace...
Joe Biden's son Hunter served on the board of the Ukrainian firm Burisma, which is playing a key role in impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON/ MEXICO CITY, Dec 10- Canada, Mexico and the United States have agreed to a fresh overhaul of their quarter-century-old regional trade pact after negotiators approved changes to a preliminary deal struck last year, and officials will sign the new agreement on Tuesday. Democrats, changes that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said made it an "...