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Donald Trump invites Xi Jinping to US to sign phase one of trade agreement, says top White House official
•Trade talks between the world's two largest economies began last November but have not yielded desired results even after more than a dozen rounds of negotiations in both Beijing and Washington.
US-China trade deal talks progress after almost 16-months-long standoff; officials claim agreement could be signed this month
•The United States and China on Friday said they made progress in talks aimed at defusing a nearly 16-month-long trade war that has harmed the global economy, and US officials said a deal could be signed this month
Donald Trump outlines first phase of deal to end trade war with China, suspends October tariff hike
•Donald Trump on Friday outlined the first phase of a deal to end a trade war with China and suspended a threatened tariff hike, but officials on both sides said much more work needed to be done.
US mulls withdrawal of zero tariffs for India amid widening dispute over trade, investment policies; $5.6 bn of exports may hit
•The trigger for the latest downturn in trade ties was India’s new rules on e-commerce that restrict the way Amazon and Walmart-backed Flipkart do business in a rapidly growing online market.
How the new NAFTA 2.0 between US, Mexico, Canada will shake up business in 3 country bloc: All you need to know
•The North American trade agreement hammered out late Sunday between the United States and Canada, following an earlier U.S.-Mexico deal, shakes up — but likely won't revolutionize — the way businesses operate within the three-country trade bloc.
Canada, US to stay in trade pact with Mexico, Trump touts 'great deal' in place of 24-year-old NAFTA
•Canada is back in a revamped North American free trade deal with the United States and Mexico after weeks of bitter, high-pressure negotiations that brushed up against a midnight deadline.
Ford pushes back despite Donald Trump tweet, says it won't make Focus Active hatchback in US because of stiff tariffs
•Ford won't be moving production of a hatchback wagon to the United States from China — despite President Donald Trump's claim Sunday that his taxes on Chinese imports mean the Focus Active can be built in America.
Canada stunned and worried about Trump trade threats; some locals are 'afraid', some defiant: 'We won't be insulted like that, by a man with no brain'
•It started with US President Donald Trump's attacks on Canadian dairy farmers. Then Washington slapped tariffs on Canadian steel, citing national security. There was that disastrous G-7 summit in Quebec. Now it's a new North American free trade agreement that excludes America's northern neighbor. Canadians are stunned by the repeated broadsides from what has long been their closest ally and some have even begun boycotts.
Donald Trump set to replace 'job killing disaster' NAFTA with new US - Mexico deal; threatens to slap Canada auto imports with new tariffs
•The Donald Trump administration and Mexico have reached a preliminary accord to end the North American Free Trade Agreement and replace it with a deal that the administration wants to be more favorable to the United States.
Donald Trump says he's 'terminating' NAFTA; seals 'incredible' trade deal with Mexico; leaves Canada out for now
•US President Donald Trump is announcing a trade "understanding" with Mexico that could lead to an overhaul of the North American Free Trade Agreement.