China–United States trade war

U.S. President Joe Biden urged a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum, citing "unfair competition" as he seeks to win blue-collar votes in November's election.

US President Joe Biden is set to ban Americans from investing in dozens of Chinese tech and defence firms with alleged military ties.

The new executive order will come into effect on 2 August, hitting 59 firms including communications giant Huawei. The list of firms will be updated on a rolling basis.

It expands an order previously issued by former President Donald Trump.

China on Thursday announced that it will halve tariffs on hundreds of U.S. goods worth about $75 billion, the government said on Thursday.

The U.S. and China signed a "phase one" trade deal on Jan. 15 that marks a major milestone in the more than two-year trade war between the world's top two economies.

The agreement was signed by U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He during a White House ceremony attended by droves of government officials and business leaders.

The United States and China have no agreement on further tariff reductions, world agencies said.

In a step towards a trade deal, Beijing on Nov. 7 announced that China and the U.S. agreed to remove additional tariffs on their goods, local media reported.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Aug. 23 that he will boost tariffs on $550 billion worth of Chinese imports in the latest escalation of the trade war between Washington and Beijing.

Greek exportsdropped 9 percent year-on-year in June, but the country's trade deficit narrowed 22.9 percent because imports dropped even more, according to preliminary data compiled by the independent statistics authority ELSTAT.

Just days after the agreement for peace in the US-China trade war, US officials increased the pressure on Europe in the long-term dispute over Airbus aircraft subsidies, threatening to impose high tariffs on imports of additional EU goods worth 4 billion dollars, reports Econ.bg

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping struck a trade war truce on June 29, as Washington vowed to hold off on further tariffs and declared trade negotiations with China "back on track."