Insights and Stories of Andrea Shalal

Dec. 2, 2019 at 6:49 pm CST

Washington/Rio de Janeiro | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump ambushed Brazil and Argentina on Monday, announcing tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports from the two countries in a measure that shocked South American officials and left them scrambling for answers. In an early morning tweet, Trump said the […]

By Andrea Shalal, Gabriel Stargardter

Oct. 25, 2019 at 9:57 am CDT

Washington | Reuters – Top U.S. and Chinese trade officials will discuss plans on Friday for China to buy more U.S. farm products, but in return, Beijing will request cancellation of some planned and existing U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, people briefed on the talks told Reuters. Robert Lighthizer, the […]

By Andrea Shalal, David Lawder

Aug. 1, 2019 at 3:40 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to impose a 10 percent tariff on a remaining $300 billion list of Chinese imports starting Sept. 1, after U.S. and Chinese negotiators failed to kickstart trade talks between the world’s two largest economies. The levies – which would […]

By Andrea Shalal, David Lawder

Sep. 6, 2013 at 4:44 am CDT

The U.S. government should soon give the go-ahead for the largest-ever Chinese acquisition of a U.S. company: a Chinese food group’s US$4.7 billion deal to buy Smithfield Foods, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Government approval of the purchase of Smithfield, the world’s largest pork processor, by Shuanghui […]

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